Search found 126 matches
- Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:10 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Himself, herself..them...?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8113
Stromfi wrote: If we use "themselves" in the original sentence, shouldn't we change the subject and the verbs ? "People who think too much of themselves, are never admired by others." rahter than "A person who thinks to much of themselves, is never admired by others." That is the solution I was taug...
- Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:43 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: how can we teach the right pronunciation by games?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3797
Have you ever tried minimal pair Bingo? Make a bingo card including words where just one sound is different. The differing sounds should be sounds that you are focusing on. For example, cheek, chick, check, pin, pen, meet, mitt, met, etc work well when you're doing front vowels. There is a phonetic ...
- Sat Nov 05, 2005 11:53 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: methods in translate teaching wanted
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2043
The only thing I can say is try to make it authentic. Choose texts that would actually need to be translated for some reason, perhaps English literature so that Chinese people could enjoy it, relevant current events from a newspaper, or a menu for a restaurant? Or, depending on your students' profic...
- Sat Nov 05, 2005 11:45 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: She...her for countries?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1902
- Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:55 am
- Forum: Adult Education
- Topic: Kids books for adults?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2738
- Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:52 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: methods in translate teaching wanted
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2043
- Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:06 am
- Forum: Adult Education
- Topic: Kids books for adults?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2738
Kids books for adults?
The more I learn about reading, the more important I think it is for my adult students to do reading for pleasure, either on thier own or during class time. The problem, of course, is that there aren't many books written to adult audiences that are written on a level that they can read. I'm especial...
- Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:58 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Reading disability(dyslexia)HELP
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16382
Thanks for keeping me on the straight and narrow, EH and Sally. I would not want to limit a student by telling them what they can't do. I guess I don't have enough experience with special needs students yet. . . Of the few students like this in ESL programs I have seen, none of them was getting the ...
- Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:06 am
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: basic rules
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6214
It helps me to think of them as patterns or families, rather than rules. Spelling rules have a lot to do with syllable structure. Open syllables (CV) take long vowels. Closed syllables (CVC) generally take short vowels, unless marked for a long vowel sound. Marking usually takes the form of multiple...
- Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:56 am
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: voice training
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3380
- Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:46 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: need + verb + -ing.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4798
- Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:35 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Let Alone
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3869
Not authentic, but. . . I was so sick I couldn't get out of bed let alone walk to the bank. David doesn't know arithmetic let alone algebra. Melinda can barely afford pinto beans let alone beef. Randy can't cook a grilled cheese sandwich let alone Thanksgiving dinner. Prof. Smith wouldn't accept you...
- Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:24 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Reading disability(dyslexia)HELP
- Replies: 39
- Views: 16382
What I have learned about disabilities is that they are extremely complicated and each student is unique. My experience with students with disabilities is that getting the academic skills in thier first language is hard enough for them that they should really avoid emigrating or studying other langu...
- Fri Oct 07, 2005 2:08 am
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: computers and pronunciation
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3682
computers and pronunciation
Do any of you guys use any sort of technology for teaching pronunciation that shows pictures of sound waves? I've seen something like it on the Rosetta Stone software--a native recording is played with the sound wave shown, and then you record your own voice to see if you can match the wave. Later y...
- Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:29 am
- Forum: Computer Assisted Language Learning
- Topic: web resources for pronunciation
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3694
web resources for pronunciation
Can anybody recommend some good free websites for practicing pronunciation?
Or some software that is relatively inexpensive?
Or some software that is relatively inexpensive?