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Download full textA'lipour, Javad; Ketabi, Saeed – English Language Teaching, 2010
One of the complaints made by EFL learners is that when it comes to the instruction of the linguistic sub-skills, i.e., grammar and vocabulary, the class tends to become boring. In many classes, there is as of yet no collaborative activities to facilitate the learning of these two important sub-skills. Most of EFL classes are reminiscent of the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Skills, English (Second Language), English Instruction
Li, Changyu – English Language Teaching, 2009
It was in the 1970s that American linguist S.D. Krashen created the theory of "language acquisition". The theories on second language acquisition were proposed based on the study on the second language acquisition process and its rules. Here, the second language acquisition process refers to the process in which a learner with the…
Descriptors: College English, Language Acquisition, English (Second Language), English Instruction
Lei, Xuelian – English Language Teaching, 2009
Communicative approach has become popular in ELT in recent years. Good teacher talk lays focus on how effectively it could promote genuine communication in the classroom. In this essay, communicative teacher talk is studied, and its features are explored based on authentic classroom transcripts, and a summary of the existing problems is provided.
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Transcripts (Written Records), Lesson Plans, Classroom Techniques
Huang, Huan – English Language Teaching, 2009
As a means of communication, listening plays an important role in people's life. In a foreign language classroom, listening comprehension has never drawn the same attention of educators as it now does. So it is a vital importance to teach aural English more effectively. In view of present situation of aural English teaching and wrong ideas about…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Acquisition
Aubrey, Scott – English Language Teaching, 2009
Recently, culture has taken an important role in language education. In this view, creating a global cultural consciousness among second language (L2) students can help bridge the gap between linguistic ability and functional intercultural communication. This paper, which makes reference to Japanese adult EFL learners, justifies the body of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Education, English (Second Language), English Instruction
Meng, Fanshao – English Language Teaching, 2009
Large-class English teaching is an inexorable trend in many Chinese universities and colleges, which leads to a strange and serious phenomenon that most students' English is ironically but vividly described as "the dumb English". Therefore, cultivating students' communicative skills and developing their language competence has become a…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Large Group Instruction, English (Second Language), English Instruction
