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How can English language teaching research be more relevant to teachers?
I have been teaching English as a foreign language for nearly 40 years, the last thirty-one years at universities in Japan. I have researched and published on a range of topics that include "the ...
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Research on effectiveness of language teaching in ulpans / ulpanim?
After the creation of Israel in 1948, ulpans (or ulpanim) were set up for the intensive study of Hebrew. Today, ulpans still exist; they are institutes or schools "designed to teach adult immigrants ...
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What can teachers do to promote or increase mastery of 把 structures in Standard Chinese?
Each lesson in the Chinese series of texbooks New Practical Chinese Reader contains a section entitled "Master the following phrases". Below are a few examples from lesson 16 (in volume 2):
现在就去 - ...
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required standards for US domestic foreign language education
In reference to my earlier post, I'm going to be teaching foreign languages in some capacity and was advised by a board of education that I ought to understand and incorporate foreign language edu. ...
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Practice AP and WebCAPE Exams and study guides
I'm creating a language teaching curriculum which will follow ACTFL and World Readiness Standard guidelines.
My end goal is for students to pass the US domestic AP exam (with a 4 or better) and/or a ...
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For teachers : Improving oral communication skills in a language by identifying weak areas
How often can you improve oral communication skills in a language where you have some level quickly by identifying weak areas and working of them? (This could be the past tense or the most important ...
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Do Krashenian-educated language teachers struggle to answer common student questions?
The Krashenian school of language learning emphasizes comprehensible input and values implicit (subconscious) knowledge far above explicit (conscious) knowledge.
Let's imagine a student who has ...
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Do students who have had both native and non-native language tutors say the non-native tutor is better?
Almost anyone who had a native speaker and a non-native speaker as tutor says the non-native speaker was better.
Reddit user Theevildothatido, 23 July 2023. (score 294)
A curious claim! It was ...
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Do native speaker teachers who have learnt a second language teach better?
Suppose there are two groups of teachers of a language, all native speakers. One group has the experience of learning a second language and the another group doesn't. Is there research that studied ...
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WebCAPE vs AP Exams for domestic prep
I am going to be teaching a foreign language in some capacity and am not sure if I should teach to prep for the WebCAPE exams or Advanced Placement exams from CollegeBoard.
I'll be following ACTFL ...
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How to explain certain grammar constructs to ESL students
How do I explain to someone whose first language is not English the following concept:
If I want to ask you about something, the phrase is "How does it work?"
If I am about to explain how ...
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What are the components of English Language teaching?
As far as I understand teaching English means:
Teaching how to listen in English
Teaching how to speak in English
Teaching how to read in English
Teaching how to write in English
But, what are their ...
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Teaching Methods
What are the features, pros and cons, and procedures of the different methods of teaching language, such as direct method, grammar-translation, task-based, and audiolingualism, etc?
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What research is there on the effectiveness of teaching languages without explicit grammar instruction, compared to other teaching methods?
I found that learning a language without explicit grammar instruction works very well (for me at least, and a few other people I know). The people that I have seen being taught in this way seem to ...
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What is a weekly lesson plan?
What is a Weekly Lesson Plan?
The context in Poland, Young Learners of Grade-3. ESL.
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