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Language Matters: Language Teaching: Some Notes on Method

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Studies in energy, history and language. Saturday, November 04, 2006. Language Teaching: Some Notes on Method. As a teacher, I use the communicative. Approach to language teaching. And this blog provides much information about its theory and practice. In some ways, the heart of CLT is the lesson planning cycle, which we stress from the beginning. To put CLT and lesson planning into context, it will be helpful to tell some of the story of teaching. Approach, Method, Design and Procedure:. Is a set of corr...

Language Matters: The Structure of Language

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Studies in energy, history and language. Sunday, September 24, 2006. The Structure of Language. To understand the importance of Communicative Language Teaching, let’s first investigate the complexity of language itself. Simply put, language is one of the wonders of the world. As a well-known linguist. It is impossible to fully grasp the flexibility of language, but here is another hint from linguist Steven Pinker. In his book Words and Rules. Such a simple language structure. As DNVDN can have enough use...

Language Matters: The Krashen Revolution

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Studies in energy, history and language. Thursday, August 31, 2006. About 25 years ago, a psychologist named Stephen Krashen. Is available on the web. Much has been made of Krashen's theory of second. Which consists of five main hypotheses: The acquisition-learning hypothesis. The natural order hypothesis, the input hypothesis, and the affective filter. Would improve her English, say, as they do to describe the process for the second language learner. The Natural Order Hypothesis. Based on a powerful...

Language Matters: Becoming a Good Teacher

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Studies in energy, history and language. Saturday, February 10, 2007. Becoming a Good Teacher. What are the qualities of great teachers? There is more. Good teachers adjust their language to a level students can understand without sounding unnatural or patronizing (this is called “modified input”.) They also use gestures, expressions and mime to communicate (this is called “comprehensible input”.). The qualities students want in a teacher. To culture. For example, a TEFL. Inductive and Deductive Teaching:.

Language Matters: A Primer on Phonology

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Studies in energy, history and language. Tuesday, September 19, 2006. A Primer on Phonology. Many teachers find great frustration in teaching pronunciation. Your students consistently return to the same speech. Errors no matter how frequently you try to exorcize them. Why? Older learners – especially adult learners – are never likely to speak like natives. When they open their mouths they immediately stand out as strangers among native speakers. We can often recognize someone’s accent. Patterns of stress...