Lexical Set

Lewis believed in a different approach to that of teaching English as a set of grammar structures into which vocabulary could be placed. He shifted the emphasis through 180 degrees, suggesting that the basis of language should be ‘lexis’, i.e. groups of words which are naturally put together (collocations). By learning about the lexical chunks of language these could be used for real communicative tasks rather than striving for grammatical mastery.  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Yokohama and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: I liked that this lesson had so many ideas for activities to introduce and solidify new concepts in both vocabulary and grammar. Again, this will be a great chapter to turn back to for ideas in future lesson planning. My favorite part of the chapter was the part toward the end on teaching language functions. My default way of thinking about language acquisition is vocabulary and grammar, but functionality is ultimately the end goal. The acquired vocabulary and grammar are only useful if they can be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Longhai and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: M.X. - U.S. said: Unit 3 gave me information about main methods, techniques and theories of teaching. To achieve the goal of teaching, the teacher must adopt effective teaching methods. The teacher has many options to choose from, different techniques, designed specifically for teaching and learning. Grammar - Translation, based on learning about the language through finding equivalents in the own language. Audio-Lingualism is based on repetition drills, Presentation, Practice and Production that includes three...  [Read more]

Common Linguistic problems Contronyms, Heteronyms, Idioms, Oh my! English is an extremely complex language. Before a student can be considered truly proficient, he/she must not only master a variety of tenses and irregular verbs, sentence structure and parts of speech, but he/she must also work to understand and master lexical and structural ambiguities. Lexical ambiguities are very common and have a variety of names and definitions depending on the level of ambiguity. Homonyms are words that have the same spelling, but two or more meanings. An example of this is: mean. Is it describing an unkind person? Is it an average? Is someone talking about the definition of a word? Another type of lexical ambiguity is the heteronym. These are words that are spelled the same, but have different...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Dates Residential TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: K. K. - Sweden said: TEFL for non native english speaking teachersEnglish is the most widely spoken language by non-native speakers in the world (it is estimated that there are nearly 1 billion english-learners by now). It is an international communication tool in business, science and virtually all fields of humanities. No wonder that there is an increasing number of people of all nationalities and professions that want to learn this language. It is therefore inevitable that it will not be always possible...  [Read more]

Teaching methodologies in the "Super-learning" class “Super learning” (SL) is an accelerated learning technique and a fast-growing business, with varying results. Lessons usually last a whole day, and the course is often concentrated into a weekend. Some courses are based simply on suggestopedia, promising - but not always delivering - great results: “learn French in five days”. However, some successfully combine suggestopedia with other teaching methods to deliver good results. SL is designed to aid the learning process by removing learning barriers, stimulating both hemispheres of the brain simultaneously, as well as activating some of the intelligences not normally represented in a traditional course. The classroom environment is set up to facilitate subconscious learning, as...  [Read more]