The opinions of second language learning (L2) theorists and researchers are divided over whether to use authentic or simplified reading texts as the means of input for beginning- and intermediate-level L2 learners. Advocates of both approaches cite the use of linguistic features, syntax, and ...
Though an increasing number of institutions are offering courses in English, most teaching in the Czech Republic still takes place in the Czech language. There are some great incentives to learn some Czech whilst studying abroad though. Developing additional language skills is an ideal way to capita...
English has played the role as a global language for quite some time. Some theorists mention some characteristics of English as a global language i.e. the use of English has spread across the world and it has become the most preferable foreign language teaching. English has also been used ...
A number of researchers and theorists (e.g., Walqui, 2000) have contended that intrinsic motivation correlates more closely with language learning success than extrinsic motivation, but a student's total motivation is most frequently a combination of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. External rewards...
level and others arguing for the genetic level of biotic growth. For others, language is a parasite; for others still, language is a virus [...] What is more, some language theorists mix and match biological analogies at so many different levels that we are left with no clear theory of...
An overview of key validity models and the specific needs of accountability testing, including English language proficiency, is included. An argument is made that validity evidence needs to be gathered during the test development phase, at both the individual student level and the aggregate level, ...
I adapt mybody language. I have taught my students that if I stand in a specific place in the classroom with my arms folded, they know that I’m getting frustrated with the level of noise and they start to quieten down or if I sit cross-legged on my desk, I’m about to say somet...
The proposition that merge is a universal in language is tautological. Whether the particular Merge proposed by Chomsky's is universal or not is open to question. Even among MP theorists, there is considerable disagreement about the nature of Merge and its properties, e.g. whether Merge is ...
One reason to leave this to further work is that it seems still a very open issue, among subject matter theorists, whether Frege puzzles should be dealt with by employing (distinctions concerning) subject matters, rather than devices of other kind. Notes Philosophically, this is highly plausible...
He had previously completed a one-month CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) course, and taught at local language schools. The students were 10 Mandarin-speaking residents of Australia, placed by their “beginner” level and L1 background. The class met weekly ...