With the establishment of the European Union and the need to communicate in english, among other languages, certain intra-European standards were needed...
I am very interested in learning about teaching grammar, since grammar is one of the most important components of language together with its sound system and vocabulary...
I understand that I have already written about my personal gains and experiences about this course in unit 20 but I do believe that I need to elaborate more on what I have already mentioned earlier for my research article...
I felt that this unit was a lot of common knowledge for me because I have taken language classes before and my japanese girlfriend had taken TOEFL before and she explained to me what all the different english external examinations were...
I enjoyed this section since I never really considered teaching the listening skills even though I experienced it on my own as a student taking spanish in high school...
I have been teaching english as a foreign language for the past 2 years, and my new job requires me to have an official certificate, otherwise I would probably not have chosen to complete this course...
When we started this course my first thoughts as a native english speaker was I did this when I was younger but as we were going through it, I had forgotten things that I did and this course was a great reminder of that...