by sheila_admin | Jun 17, 2012 | Language Skills
Speaking is one of the four main language skills. In general it is the second skill to be acquired after listening. Later comes reading and writing. There are many areas to speaking and this article looks at the main concerns you, as a teacher, should have here....
by sheila_admin | Jun 17, 2012 | Language Skills, Linguistics
In linguistics, the term Language Register is used to talk about the type of language a person might use in a certain social context, in other words, how formally they will speak. For example: A speaker might say I never done nuffin’ when talking to their...
by sheila_admin | Jun 16, 2012 | How To Teach English, Language Skills, Lesson Plans & Activities
Storytelling is an ancient art that developed alongside the development of language and it is one of the earliest forms of folkart. The story can be of a real event or it can be made up. Storytelling has been used over the millennia not only as a means of...
by sheila_admin | Jun 16, 2012 | Language Skills
Tongue Twisters are useful ways to practice pronunciation with your class, especially if the sound you are practicing does not exist in the students’ mother tongue. For example, the /ʃ/ sound does not exist in Greek and is often pronounced /s/ by Greek...
