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Schleppegrell, Mary J. – Language Teaching Research, 2020
English language teachers who work with children in schools need knowledge about how English works to construct and present knowledge. This article discusses three aspects of that knowledge: understanding variation in the registers needed to engage in different classroom tasks, being able to identify language features used in the disciplinary…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, English Teachers, English Instruction, Elementary School Teachers
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Prince, Peter – Language Teaching Research, 2013
The listening comprehension skill is frequently cited by both teachers and learners of a second language (L2) as perhaps the most difficult to deal with in any systematic way. One possible approach is to use the dictogloss task. This involves learners reconstructing a short text they have listened to. Originally developed to draw learners'…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Grammar