Tag - speaking

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.

27th June 2015

Learning Language Teaching, Observations, Task & Activity Design

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The 14 Categories of Language Use

21st March 2009

Course Design, Learning Language Teaching, Teacher Skills

1 min read

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

solving problems

discussing ideas

playing with language

acting out social roles

entertaining others

displaying one’s achievements

sharing leisure activities