Effective Language Teaching: Integrating Communicative Skills
Foundations of Language Teaching: Communicative Skills
For teaching and learning to be useful processes, we must place them in a communicative context with a communicative purpose.
The basic communicative skills must reflect real communicative situations, and thus they mustn’t be independent.
The use of one skill doesn’t necessarily lead to another one.
All communicative skills must be connected with meaning and with communication.
This connection is what will make it possible to start learning a different
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Understanding Fairy Tales: Elements & Characters
A fairy tale is a type of folktale or fable, often featuring fantastical elements and characters from nobility or royalty. These stories commonly include:
- Witches and queens
- Giants and elves
- Princes and princesses
- Dragons and ogres
- Talking animals
- Fairies
Learning Outcomes of Teaching Fairy Tales
Teaching fairy tales offers numerous benefits for children’s development, including:
- Developing comprehension skills through listening.
- Learning the narrative structure
Principles of Language Teaching for Young Learners
Key Concepts in Foreign Language Acquisition
Factors for Better Foreign Language Speakers
Several factors contribute to developing proficient foreign language speakers:
- Age: Learning before the critical period.
- Program and Curriculum: The type and structure of the language program.
- Instructional Hours: The number of hours dedicated to language instruction.
- Techniques and Activities: The specific methods and activities employed in class.
Maintaining Student Focus in Language Lessons
The statement, “When
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ICTs in Education: Definition and Impact on Learning Quality
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) stand for Information and Communication Technologies and are defined, for the purposes of this primer, as a “diverse set of technological tools and resources used to communicate, and to create, disseminate, store, and manage information.”
- Increasing Learner Motivation: ICTs such as videos, television, and multimedia computer software that combine text, sound, and colorful, moving images can
Effective Strategies for Early Language Learning
Key Concepts in Second Language Acquisition
Essential Definitions for Language Educators
- SLA: Second Language Acquisition
- L1: Mother tongue
- L2: Second language
- FL: Foreign language
- FLT: Foreign Language Teaching
- EFL: English as a Foreign Language
- CPH: Critical Period Hypothesis
- SL: Second Language
- Total Physical Response (TPR): Children listen and physically respond to a series of instructions from the teacher. A popular method for young learners.
- Reformulating: An indirect way of correcting language, such
English Grammar Essentials: Tenses, Adjectives, Questions
Question Formation: “What Did You Learn Yesterday?”
Understanding the components of a question and related vocabulary:
| Question Component | Example/Related Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Question Word: WHAT | Strong winds |
| Auxiliary Verb/Modal: DID | Heavy rains (pesado) |
| Subject: YOU | Mist, fog, smog |
| Main Verb: LEARN | Dump (heavy rain) |
| Preposition: ABOUT | |
| Object/Time: YESTERDAY? |
Tag Questions: Examples and Usage
- You live downstairs, don’t you?
- She is never late, is she?
- Let’s go swimming, shall we?
Basic Verb Forms: “To Play”
- Positive: I play
- Negative: