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Lexical Mathematics 2: The Soul Behind The Face

24 de abril de 2014

Collocation Competence – fluency and accuracy hand in hand There is a number of reasons why a sound knowledge of collocations is desirable, especially for more advanced learners. Hill (2000) relies on collocations to explain that language consists largely of pre-fabricate chunks of lexis. Therefore, not only is the accurate and appropriate use of collocations...Read More

Vocabulary

Accuracy, colocations, fluency, lexical features and challenges, lexical items, mental lexicons, quality exposure, teaching vocabulary

BRITÂNICO OU AMERICANO?

11 de abril de 2014

by Sandra Possas

Na semana de 01 a 05 de abril aconteceu na Inglaterra a 48ª Conferência Anual da Associação Internacional de Professores de Inglês como Língua Estrangeira – IATEFL. Com tudo o que vimos e ouvimos ainda ecoando, me pergunto o que podemos fazer para ajudar nossos alunos a aprender mais, mais rápido e com mais eficácia....Read More

Language Acquisition

american english, british english, fluency, language

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

Extracting a lot from a little II: “A relaxing cup of café con leche”

25 de fevereiro de 2014

by Ben Goldstein

This is the second of my posts which focus on drawing big conclusions from small details of language use. In the previous one we saw how the minimum of text, when combined with the right kinds of images, can generate a lot of different activities. This time round, we’re going to look at the intense,...Read More

Resources

Accuracy, English as a Lingua Franca, fluency, intelligibility, Viral video

Error Correction – Different Shades of Red, Yellow, Blue and Green

24 de fevereiro de 2014

by Adriano Zanetti

Error correction may be extremely strenuous for both learners and teachers if it is not dealt with caution. Some people tend to downgrade it whilst others find it a necessary condition for language acquisition on the grounds that grammatical and lexical competences can increase the rate at which learners develop. Corder (1967) found out that language learners produced...Read More

Classroom Management

accurary, colour-code correction, error correction, fluency, interlanguage, language imperfections, plateau level, quality feedback

Send the maid – Is Pronunciation Just anoder Coggy in da Will?

24 de janeiro de 2014

by Adriano Zanetti

I bet you might be trying to make sense of the phonics above. I wonder how you think this might impair one’s understanding. Of the many factors which contribute to how well a person speaks English, pronunciation seems to be really salient. Consequently, I believe that having a sound knowledge of pronunciation is important for...Read More

Pronunciation

exposure, fluency, intelligibilty, native-like, pronunciation work, speaking skills

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