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Reflections from a Language Teacher. Author Archives: TEFL Ideas. Reflections on Language Teaching by the author of TEFL 101: Principles, Approaches, Methods and Techniques. April 21, 2011. Hi everyone, this blog has been moved to http:/ www.teflideas.com/. The Semantic Translation Method. January 3, 2011. Http:/ www.teflideas.com/2011/01/03/the-semantic-translation-method/. TEFL 101: Principles, Approaches, Methods & Techniques. December 20, 2010. Http:/ www.teflideas.com/table-of-contents/. Blog at Wor...

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Blog challenge: How and why you learned a foreign language. February 17, 2012. Are always the most interesting questions. 8230; aren’t they? On Tuesday I posted the “ #1 reason to learn a foreign language. 8220;, and honestly, I posted it not so much because I believe there is a #1 reason but to engender discussion, disagreement, or to maybe even inspire a bit of devil’s advocate à la Chia Suan Chong. So, let’s shake things up with our different stories as. Image courtesy of Setreset via Wikipedia Commons.

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P is for Poverty of the stimulus | An A-Z of ELT

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An A-Z of ELT. Scott Thornbury's blog. P is for Poverty of the stimulus. The case for humans being innately and uniquely endowed with a ‘language instinct’ rests largely on the ‘poverty of the stimulus’ argument, or what is sometimes called ‘Plato’s problem’:. How do we know so much when the evidence available to us is so meagre? As Harris (1993: 57-8) elaborates:. Is this really true? Is the stimulus really so impoverished? 1977, cited in Sampson 2005). In one study ‘only one utterance out of ...Chomsky...

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The Value of Knowledge Today is on the Decline | A journée in language.

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The Value of Knowledge Today is on the Decline. December 6, 2012. Yesterday, I was inspired by a great post by Chris Wilson on How to Survive the Teacher Apocalypse. I thought about it all afternoon especially as it touched upon thoughts I had had on the cost of knowledge. The interesting turn for me came when I started reflecting more on the Value of Knowledge. Because realistically the costs of knowledge have and will continue to drop rapidly (despite the efforts of gatekeepers. So there was a slow gro...

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G is for Grammar(s) | An A-Z of ELT

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An A-Z of ELT. Scott Thornbury's blog. G is for Grammar(s). There is more than one way to skin a cat. And more than one way to describe a language. Hence, more than one type of grammar. It all depends on your point of view. Take this sentence, for example:. THIS DOOR IS ALARMED. Structuralist grammars foreground the way that the basic structure of this sentence (NP verb. Provides the template for any number of similar sentences, such as. This window is closed. Your days are numbered,. Your number is up.

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Julie’s story: ELT Freelancing in France for over 30 years. December 26, 2012. Without further ado… So how long have you been (…). Pay what you want. 12 from 12 Blog challenge from @yearinthelifeof. December 12, 2012. FIRST OFF, a warm congratulations to Vicky Loras on her 3rd year of blogging! Pay what you want. The Value of Knowledge Today is on the Decline. December 6, 2012. What folks are saying about @EnglishAddicts. December 4, 2012. Two new app Demos online #tesol #edtech. November 30, 2012.

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Reflections from a Language Teacher. The Semantic Translation Method. April 21, 2011. Hi everyone, this blog has been moved to. Http:/ www.teflideas.com/. Reflections on Language Teaching by the author of TEFL 101: Principles, Approaches, Methods and Techniques. View all posts by TEFL Ideas →. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. The Semantic Translation Method. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public).

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A is for Accommodation | An A-Z of ELT

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An A-Z of ELT. Scott Thornbury's blog. A is for Accommodation. You may well have seen this YouTube clip a month or so ago: British footballer Joey Barton is interviewed in France not long after having debuted for the Marseille football club. Much commented upon and mocked was his thick French accent, despite his being a native speaker of English and speaking little or no French. The. For example, described it as ‘an embarrassing display’ and ‘a comedy French accent’. Judge for yourself…. Winning social a...