It is clear in the titles “english as a Second Language” and “english as a Foreign Language” that there is a difference between the two english learners...
One of the biggest challenges I've encountered when teaching beginner students is avoiding the usage of their native language, mostly because I have always been in a situation where I know that language...
In my studies of english philology I attended a course that dealt with the interesting topic of how and to which success young and adult learners acquire a new language...
There is a plethora of research on the differences between, and effectiveness of, First and Second language acquisition – and much of it is inconclusive...
english is a massively established and integrated part of our new global society, with some hugely beneficial advantages and some terrible disadvantages...
In researching this topic, I found out that situations within the classrooms do occur occasionally and lead us to seek advice from more experienced people in order to maintain cooperative learning environment...
British english abbreviated as BrE is the form of english used in the United Kingdom and it comprises of all the english languages used within the UK...
Many people, including teachers and students, tend to believe that games are a waste of time and that the only way of learning is by completing large amounts of grammar exercises...
American literary icon Susan Sontag once said, “Intelligence is really a kind of taste: a taste in ideas”, and just like with food, everyone has different tastes...
The english and brazilian Portuguese (reffered here as Portuguese) phonological systems differ in many ways, and on the biggest problem for brazilian learners of english is orally interpreting a written piece of english, due to spelling...
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A basic knowledge of china and its linguistic background is needed in order understand the kind of problems chinese may face in the learning process of english...
When teaching any subject, it's important to understand that the age of the students in the classroom will make a significant difference in how they go about learning...
How does the previous study of a foreign language aide in learning or in teaching english? It is widely accepted that having previous foreign language experience can assist you in learning a third (or fourth) language...
Being from the united states, I sometimes take for granted that my native tongue is english because growing up I failed to recognize how important this language is outside of my country...
Many university graduates are currently facing an excruciatingly difficult job market; few if any actually find employment in the field they received their bachelor of arts in...