Vocabulary Acquisition Learning vocabulary in large quantities remains a problem in the second or foreign language classroom. The advice on how many words to teach in each lesson varies, from 5 to 10 or 12. Yet, students need masses and masses of it to make progress – it’s not the grammar that makes theContinueContinue reading “V is for Vocabulary Acquisition”
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Task Based Language Teaching or Lexical Approach?
Task Based Language Teaching is a topic discussed on all TEFL courses and, especially on the Cambridge DELTA course, we expect to see it in action, at least beyond the beginner level. I have taken the liberty of copy-pasting the site introduction to the site which is not visible from the front page of theContinueContinue reading “Task Based Language Teaching or Lexical Approach?”
Protected: Manos K LSA2 Vocabulary Phrasal Verbs
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This is an opportune blog post as we have been doing language analysis work and discussing theoretical vs pedagogic grammars. Read Scott Thornbury’s post and comment on the validity of the following statements about various modal verbs taken from a variety of pedagogic grammars Please add your reflection in a comments below the post. ExcerptsContinueContinue reading