in English Language Teaching to Adults) is the world’s most honoured entry-level credential for teaching ESL or EFL (TESL / TEFL). It is accepted throughout the world by organizations which employ English language teachers. According to ESOL Examinations (University of Cambridge)‚ over 900 courses are offered at more than 230 centres worldwide and produce over 11‚500 successful graduates every year. TEFL or TESOL are terms often used to describe qualifications for English Language teachers. CELTA
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“What Killed Audiolingualism” Audiolingualism is one of the nine 20th century language teaching approaches which was based on contrastive analysis about behaviorism and structuralism‚ and was created as a reaction to the reading approach that was lacking of emphasis on oral-aural skills. The results of this approach‚ audiolingual approach‚ were generally regarded a great success. The small groups of learners and high motivation were the caveats that undoubtedly contributed to the success of the
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is a comparison between Natural approach and Communicative Language Teaching. NATURAL APPROACH COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING Communication is the primary purpose of language so language is viewed as primarily messages and meaning. Little attention is paid to theories of language learning. Structures and grammar are mastered in stages but are not considered the central component of language. Language is lexical so vocabulary is stressed. Language is viewed as the ability to perform different
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TEACHING COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN MULTIMEDIA LANGUAGE LAB: ADVANTAGES AND APPREHENSIONS INTRODUCTION Communication is the ‘modus oprendi’ of social and commercial intercourse. It is communication which gets the world going. It is the ability of mankind to communicate across barriers and boundaries that has ushered the progress of mankind. Communication plays a crucial role in the functioning of organizations. Individuals use words to communicate. This process can be face to face or written
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The Role of Local Culture and Context in English Language Teaching -Mabindra Regmi The Relation between Language and Culture The structuralists portrayed language as an entity that could be segmented and through learning these segments‚ the totality would also be learnt. This method has been tested‚ challenged and in many cases discarded in the world of linguistics. The conception‚ propagation and inevitable discontinuation of ever new methods has prompted Sowden to express “there has indeed been
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Postmethod perspectives in ELT and materials development revisited: A critical approach A. Is still Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) alive and kicking? - A brief review The essence of CLT is the engagement of learners in communication so as to allow them to develop their communicative competence. In discussing the formulation of CLT in the 21st century‚ Savignon (2007) explains that "disappointment with both grammar-translation and audiolingual methods for their inability to prepare learners
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GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN SPANISH LANGUAGE TEACHING TO ADULTS (GCSLTA): MÓDULO 1 STUDY GUIDE INSTITUTO CERVANTES DE LONDRES UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON‚ UK WELCOME Dear Student Welcome to the ‘Graduate Certificate in Spanish Language Teaching to Adults: Module 1’. It is designed to give you a basic training in how to teach Spanish to adult learners. The course has run successfully for many years at the Instituto Cervantes‚ and is now accredited by the University of Roehampton. It is taught
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Teaching speaking to ethnic minority students of English at Hoa Binh Teachers’ Training College: Problems and solutions Author: Ngo Thi Thuy Huong Deputy Dean of Foreign Language Study Department Hoa Binh Teachers’ Training College Telephone number: 0218.3600.438 Email: nghuonghb@gmail.com Nguyen Thi Le Thuy Lecturer at Hanoi University of Industry Bio Data: Ngo Thi Thuy Huong has a BA in English. She has been a teacher of English at Hoa Binh Teachers’ Training College (HTTC)
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Teaching Listening Listening is the language modality that is used most frequently. It has been estimated that adults spend almost half their communication time listening‚ and students may receive as much as 90% of their in-school information through listening to instructors and to one another. Often‚ however‚ language learners do not recognize the level of effort that goes into developing listening ability. Far from passively receiving and recording aural input‚ listeners actively involve themselves
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reading comprehension‚ literary competence and literature in teaching English as a foreign language. 6 2. Past approaches until the second half of the 20th century. 7 2.1. Analysis of the past methods with reading and literature in view. 8 2.2. The shift in the attitude towards reading and literary texts in teaching English as a foreign language. 11 3. Modern approaches – introduction to Communicative Language Teaching. 12 3.1. CLT analysis in the context of reading‚ literary
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