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Reading: A Skill or Habit

24 de maio de 2014

By definition reading is the action of a person who looks at and understands the meaning of written or printed words or symbols. But there is much more to that than meet the eyes. Nuttall (1996:2) believes that not only does reading comprise decoding, deciphering and identifying words, but it is above all an opportunity...Read More

Skills

intensive and extensive reading, reading competence and proficiency, reading sub-skills, skills integration

Intelligi….what?

23 de abril de 2014

by cecilialemos

For quite some time now, I have been trying to lower my adult students’ affective filters about their pronunciation difficulties. These affective filters (proposed by Stephen Krashen) “(…) acts to control the amount and quality of input learners receive.” (Thornbury, 2006 p.8). Affective filters can include motivation, self-confidence and anxiety. Anyone who has taught or...Read More

Pronunciation, Skills, Teacher Development

adult students, communication, ELF, intelligibility, pronunciation

Eating People is Wrong

18 de abril de 2014

by Teresa Carvalho

I picked this title from Goodreads‘ weird book titles. By the way, the title above is from a book by English author and academic Malcom Bradbury (1932-2000), whom I have never read and whose book I am now curious about. The reason why I picked a random title for my post was because I wanted...Read More

Lesson Ideas, Resources, Skills, Vocabulary

The Listening Skill – Part 2

11 de abril de 2014

by Roseli Serra

“Listening is the Cinderella skill in second language learning”. (Nunan, 2005). For many years, listening skills were not prioritized in language teaching. Teaching methods emphasized productive skills, and the relationship between receptive and productive skills was poorly understood. Richards (2005) provides a clear description of how listening comprehension is achieved by native or non-native listeners....Read More

Language Acquisition, Skills

comprehension, interaction, language, Listening

Learning to Grammar

3 de abril de 2014

by Dominic Walters

Three private students of mine recently proclaimed that they believed they had become less fluent since the beginning of our lessons a little over two months ago. They were naturally preoccupied given that they were paying good money to improve their English. Needless to say, I had to put their minds at ease, and it...Read More

Grammar, Skills

Accuracy, fluency, grammar, skills, teaching

The Listening Skill – Part 1

11 de março de 2014

by Roseli Serra

Listening is an essential area of development in both native and second languages. It’s a very challenging skill for students to develop, yet one of the most important. Scarcella and Oxford (1992: p. 138) state that “listening is the process of receiving, attending to, and assigning meaning to an aural stimuli”. So listening is a...Read More

Skills

Listening, listening comprehension, skills

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