Foreign Language Acquisition in Schools: Factors and Stages

Posted by on Feb 2, 2025 in Primary Education | 0 comments

Key Factors in Foreign Language Learning

When teaching and learning a foreign language, several factors within the school context must be considered:

1. The Language

  • Language Distance: Interference or language transference.
  • Native Language Proficiency: The learner’s skill in their first language.
  • Knowledge of the Second Language: Existing understanding of the target language.
  • Dialect and Register: Variations in language use.
  • Language Status: Relative prestige or cultural significance.
  • Language Attitudes:
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Syllabus Design and Materials in English for Specific Purposes

Posted by on Feb 1, 2025 in Primary Education | 0 comments

The Syllabus in English for Specific Purposes

A syllabus is a document that outlines what will (or at least what should) be learned in a course. The contents of a syllabus are partly determined by previous procedures and decisions, including the results of needs analysis, the chosen theory or theories of language, the linguistic levels and skills to be focused on, and the level of specificity of the course.

Different Layers of a Syllabus

  • The Evaluation Syllabus
  • The Organizational Syllabus
  • The Materials
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Referencing Styles for Academic Writing

Posted by on Jan 30, 2025 in Primary Education | 0 comments

Books: Single Author

Information needed:

  • Author (surname and name initials)
  • Date of publication (in brackets)
  • Title of the book (in italics)
  • Place of publication
  • Publisher

Punctuation conventions:

  • Author’s surname,
  • Initial.
  • (Date).
  • Title.
  • City of publication*: Publisher.

*Two letters for the state if published in the USA

Articles in an Academic Journal: Single Author

Information needed:

  • Author of the article (surname and name initials)
  • Date of publication (in brackets)
  • Title of the article
  • Name of the journal (in
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Evolution of Language Teaching Methods: 19th Century to Present

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Grammar-Translation in Language Teaching

At the close of the nineteenth century, in European schoolrooms, the teaching of modern foreign languages was heavily influenced by the more established and prestigious academic study of the dead classical languages. It’s important to take note of grammar-translation assumptions about language learning, if only because they were so thoroughly rejected in later years. These assumptions can thus provide a key insight into ways in which ideas about languages

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Core Competencies and Physical Education: Development in Youth

Posted by on Jan 29, 2025 in Primary Education | 0 comments

T5 – Core Competencies Developed by the End of Compulsory Education

Core competencies are those competencies that a youth must have developed by the end of compulsory education to achieve:

  • Personal fulfillment
  • Active citizenship
  • Successful entry into adulthood
  • The ability to develop lifelong learning throughout their life

Aims

  • Integrate different learning experiences.
  • Apply them to various types of content.
  • Use them in different contexts.
  • Orient education as an imperative.

Characteristics in each area include

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Mastering English: Curriculum Units for Language Teachers

Posted by on Jan 27, 2025 in Primary Education | 0 comments

Unit 1: Language as Communication

Having said that, I will move on to the development of Unit 1. This unit is divided into 5 blocks:

  • The first part to start with is language as communication.
  • Later on, I will focus on the differences, characteristics, and pedagogical implications of oral and written language.
  • Last but not least, I will explain the factors that define a communicative situation: addresser, addressee, context, purpose, topic, channel, code, and register.
  • To end up, I will conclude with
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