A little bit delayed in posting this, but the 5-hour mark in my German quest is up.
In these 5-hours of active study I believe I have covered a large amount of basic grammar and have amassed a strong foundation of vocabulary through cognates with English. I have been working a lot on pronunciation Click here to read more.. »
Full reference: Pollard, Andee. (2010). English and the Korean Learner: A Question of Wants, Needs and Intelligibility. TESOL Review, 2, 75-96.
Abstract: This paper looks at how the Korean learner of English perceives a selection of English varieties – General American English, Indian English, Irish English, Korean English and Received Pronunciation – as well as how intelligible these same varieties are perceived. It is through understanding the perceptions of our students that Click here to read more.. »
You hear it all the time and I’m sure you’ve heard it before… The struggling learner with the ‘once a month’ study plan says it. The person that studied Spanish in high school while reading a comic book and not paying attention says it. The ‘average’ L1 English-speaker says it… It’s the monolingual catchphrase: ”I don’t have a talent for languages”
Rubbish.
Everyone has a ‘talent’ for language… it’s an in-built mechanism. We are human. We have language. But what do they truly mean when they say that they “don’t have a talent”? Click here to read more.. »
“OK guys, we’re going to describe this picture…” you say to your eager students. Silence is their response.
We’ve all experienced the silent response and will continue to experience it for as long as we teach a foreign language. But what are some ways to alleviate it? Click here to read more.. »
Over the last year or so I have given papers at a number of conferences throughout the region. These conferences have primarily involved discussions within TESOL and Applied Linguistics but have also crossed-over into the related realms of general education, lifelong learning and learning disorders.
There have been some great presentations at the conferences I’ve attended (..and some not-so-great!). Click here to read more.. »
