CategoryLearning Language Teaching

Principled Eclecticism

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In GRAMMAR, Learning Language Teaching, Who is Who in ELT

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According to Michael Swan, when teaching grammar, we should reject nothing on doctrinaire grounds: * deductive teaching through explanations and examples, * inductive discovery activities, * rule-learning, * peer-teaching, * decontextualised practice, * communicative practice, * incidental focus on form during communicative tasks, * teacher correction and recasts, * grammar games, * corpus...

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Protected: 1001 ELT CASE STUDIES * CASE 2 – My students just won’t use all these linking words or new vocab when answering discussion questions … What shall I do? – Use them yourself. Respond to the questions first. Be a good model answer provider.

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In Learning Language Teaching, Observations, Task & Activity Design

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Protected: 1001 ELT CASE STUDIES * CASE 1 – How to think of a good warm-up activity to start all my lessons over the next term in ONE HOUR or LESS? – Use threads.

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In ELN project, Instructional Design, Learning Language Teaching, Planning Lessons and Courses, Task & Activity Design, Who is Who in ELT

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The Nile ELT Glossary of ELT Terms

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In Learning Language Teaching

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Lots of ELT Terms are explained thoroughly and clearly at

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Learning Theories – all the major concepts at a glance

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In Course Design, Educational Technology, ESL Facts & Figures, Instructional Design, Learning Language Teaching, Learning Styles, Who is Who in ELT

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CONCEPT MAP

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What is Study-English-Online.Net?

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In Accents, Collaborative Learning, Commonly Made Mistakes, Course Design, Digital Storytelling, E-Learning Design & Management, Educational Technology, EFL/ESL CD-ROMs, ESL Facts & Figures, ESL statistics, Groupwork, Instructional Design, Interactive CD-ROMs, language learning e-tivities, Learner Skills, Learning Language Teaching, Learning Styles, NOTES, Observations, Statistics, Teacher Skills, Testing and Assessment, TEYL, Unsorted Notes, Using Blogs in EFL, Using Wikis in EFL, Web 2.0 Buzz Words, Web 2.0 Tools, Web Design, Who is Who in ELT

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Three Generations of Distance Learning Pedagogy

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In Accents, Collaborative Learning, Commonly Made Mistakes, Course Design, Digital Storytelling, E-Learning Design & Management, Educational Technology, EFL/ESL CD-ROMs, ESL Facts & Figures, ESL statistics, Groupwork, Instructional Design, Interactive CD-ROMs, language learning e-tivities, Learner Skills, Learning Language Teaching, Learning Styles, Observations, Statistics, Teacher Skills, Testing and Assessment, TEYL, Unsorted Notes, Using Blogs in EFL, Using Wikis in EFL, Web 2.0 Buzz Words, Web 2.0 Tools, Web Design, Who is Who in ELT

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Three Generations of Distance Learning Pedagogy

1. Cognitive Behaviourism
2. Constructivism
3. Connectivism

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Errors vs Mistakes

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In Commonly Made Mistakes, Learning Language Teaching, Observations, Testing and Assessment

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a mistake vs an error According to Corder (1967) cited by Ellis (2008), a ‘mistake’ is a deviation in learner language that occurs when learners fail to perform their competence. It is a lapse that reflects processing problems. An error, on the other hand, is a deviation in learner language which results from lack of knowledge of the correct rule (pp. 971, 961). global errors vs local...

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The 14 Categories of Language Use

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In Course Design, Learning Language Teaching, Teacher Skills

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RIvers & Temperly (A Practical Guide to the Teaching of English, OUP, 1978, p. 47) list 14 purposes or categories of language use establishing and maintaining social relations expressing one’s reactions hiding one’s intentions talking one’s way out of trouble seeking & giving information learning or teaching others to do or make something conversing over the telephone...

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Bilingualism: Facts & Stats

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In Accents, ESL Facts & Figures, ESL statistics, Learning Language Teaching, Statistics

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Source: The Bilingual Family: A Handbook For Parents by Edith Harding & Philip Riley, 1999, CUP. Over half of the world’s population is bilingual. This fact is usually surprising to many Europeans, who are under the impression that living with two or more languages is exceptional. (p. 27) What matters and what doesn’t in second language acquisition? Singleton’s survey (1983...

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