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What is a Language Teacher?
At a recent English Language Teaching or ELT conference, when I asked, “What is a language teacher?” a cornucopia of responses ensued. Many were quite verbose, others shorter and simpler, many rambled. For both EFL teachers and ESL or foreign langu...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Larry M. Lynch
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Learning a Language: What Makes Listening Difficult?
Of the four basic English language skills, reading, writing, speaking and listening, the most difficult to acquire is listening comprehension. It is also the one skill which cannot be “taught”.
In evaluations that university English and foreign lan...
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Learning the Arabic Language
The Arabic language is an ancient tongue that dates back to earlier than the 6th century. It is a language steeped in history, and shrouded in mystery. Today, the Arabic language is the 5th most spoken language on the planet, and it is the offici...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : John Davison
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Learning a Language: Make It Real and Youll Never Forget It
Sniffing, then squinting and holding up a Kiwi fruit a Chinese student muttered something I wasn’t sure I wanted to have translated. A classmate from Brazil leaned over, pointing to a photo in a picture dictionary. Two Korean ladies giggled, their ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Larry M. Lynch
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Using Audio Books for Learning English
My children's knowledge of the English language is far better than their friends'. The only reason for it is the fact that they are using audio books for learning English. My elder son has just finishing listening to the last Harry Potter audio boo...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Paton Jackson
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You Cant Get an Accent From a Book
Most of us were introduced to languages at school and I am sure the majority regret that they did not take it more seriously. I for one took French at school for 6 years and after all those years of bashing out mind numbing grammar and conjugating ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Mark Holland
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Curious Sayings and Humorous English Expressions of the Pennsylvania Dutch
English as a World Language
English, with its growing number of varieties, pidgins and inflections, is now firmly established as a world language. It is currently spoken as a second or foreign language by more speakers than those who call it their ...
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Learning a Foreign Language: Language Learning Software
You know the feeling – you’re visiting somewhere on business or for pleasure, the language being spoken all around you is not your native tongue, and you’re feeling left out, even slightly confused. Oh, if only … I could get into that conversation ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Pete Rumbles
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Read This Article If You Want To Learn A Foreign Language
By learning a foreign language you will open many new vistas in your life. You will pave the way for new friends, travel at a level not experienced by those who are simply “tourists” are will have an essential key to enter another culture to whatev...
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Learn Your Family Language to Connect With Your Roots
There are lots of reasons why people learn a foreign language - love, business, travel, hobby, necesity etc., but one reason that seems to pop up more and more is to connect with their roots. Many learn in order to speak with or write to relatives ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Ron Tichenor
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English Only in the EFL Classroom: Worth the Hassle?
Introduction
In considering the use of L1 (the learners mother tongue) in ELT (English Language Teaching) on the part of the teacher, one of the first assumptions is that the teacher has a sufficient command of the students L1 to be of value in the...
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How To Speak Spanish
Want to know how to speak Spanish quickly? Of course it can help to learn how to ask for the bathroom, and to say hello. Here are a few of those basic phrases, with the phonetic pronunciations:
Hola. (oh-la) Hello or hi.
Buenos dias. (bway-nos dee-...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Steven Gillman
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4 Easy Steps To Learn English
So, you want to learn to speak English. That is great. There are a ton of great resources out there that can help including over 49,000 ESL websites.
Now if you are like most other ESL students reading this article then you already have a fairly go...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Scott Morris
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Learn Spanish in Spain
Spanish is undoubtedly the growth language in the world at the moment; it is now spoken by an estimated 352 million people as a first language (with a further 417 million speaking it as a second language) making it the second or third most widely s...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Mike McDougall
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Try This for Perfecting Past Tense Pronunciation Practice
When I needed some fresh material for working in the past tense with my EFL, English as a Foreign Language, students in Barcelona, Spain I opted to create a short story. This three-paragraph narrative I wrote using only the past tense of regular ve...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Larry M. Lynch
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Teach English in Colombia: Grappling with Grammar, Gold, Guns, and Guayaba
Americans avoid Colombia for good reasons. A virtual civil war has been waged for nearly 40 years. Rates of crime and violence are among the world's highest. And then there's the "drug problem." Why would anyone consider coming here to teach Englis...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Larry M. Lynch
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Break Through Your Personal Spot
When a child comes to life he has chances to master a universe of cultures and languages. However, it's not up to the kid. It will be bound with the place it was born. One place to live - one language to speak. That's not a rule, of course, but tha...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Al Polonski
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Language Translation To Count On
What is more frustrating than not having language translation abilities? It could be that you think you have found them and find out down the line that they are no where near as good as you needed them to be. Regardless of why you need language t...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Leon Chaddock
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La Franco Phony - Why the French Wont Speak English
What is it with the French and their fear of the English language? Every couple of years or so there is an ugly backlash against l’anglophonie that crops up like a nasty patch of herpes simplex, and everyone starts scratching at it. Official procla...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Kurt Stewart
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Evaluating Resources for Use in the Classroom
Resources are a tool every teacher uses daily in order to enhance the learning environment, motivate students or assist in student comprehension. Resources can be basic materials such as worksheets, presentation materials (PowerPoints, etc.) or ev...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Michael Hines
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A French Teachers Memories: The Dog Ate It.
Any teacher happens to hear:
"Sure, I did the exercises, but my dog ate them".
Statistically, any dog is fed by paper and ink every other day. Dogs do not eat French exercises and essays only. They also like Maths. They devour English. They nibbl...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Gabrielle Guichard
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Visual Learning: Multi-Media in the Classroom
Visuals are a great tool to help with student comprehension as well as make for a more exciting class. Unfortunately, not all classrooms are equipped for this type of learning but most schools will have a multi-media room that can be utilized on a...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Michael Hines
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Literature in an ESL Classroom
Professor Colin MacCabe of the University of Exter School of English says that to truly know a language, you must know something of the literature of a language.
Literature is intellectually stimulating because a book allows a reader to imagine w...
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