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Authentic use of English language  
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MarniJamil -30 October, 2008 - 11:24
Last week was the final week of the semester in 2008.
Preserving Students´ Motivation when Improving Oral Skills in the Foreign Language Classroom  
Errors and mistakes play a crucial role in the process of developing speaking skills.
Conversation classes - Teaching basic grammar to adults (help!).  
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SofiJ -18 October, 2008 - 11:58

I've just started as an "Auxiliar de Conversacion" at a Spanish secondary school.

 

MEASURING ORAL PROFICIENCY IN DISTANCE, FACE-TO-FACE, AND BLENDED CLASSROOMS  
Although the foreign-language profession routinely stresses the importance of technology for the curriculum, many teachers still harbor deep-seated doubts as to whether or not a hybrid course, much le
Making students speak: MAP formula  
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albertrayan -20 May, 2008 - 05:30
“I teach English at an engineering college in Kerala (India). I’ve been asked by the college management to teach communication skills. I find it difficult to make all students speak; some students are always passive. It discourages me a lot. I don’t know whether the problem is with my approach or with my students. Please suggest some strategies that really work.”

This email message is from a lecturer in English.

English sentence stress  

Sentence stress is a difficult area to work on for learners and teachers alike. For this reason it's also an area which is often neglected, but this aspect of the language can cause problems for learners in both their speaking and perhaps more importantly listening.

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