Some English students make learning English even more difficult by expecting themselves to speak “perfect”, with “no accent” just like ” a real native English speaker.” May I suggest that this noble goal is both very difficult to achieve – especially for adults – and often even unwise.
Learner language is the constantly changing ability students have to communicate as they learn a new language. It provides an index of students progress, allowing teachers to determine how to best educate them. By analyzing examples of learner language, students develop skills to address it when they are teaching.
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#3 | January 21, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036
OUP team is hosting a webinar Friday, February 1, 2013. The webinar is on ‘Values in the English Classroom’.
Increasingly, teachers of all subjects are being asked to promote universal values such as fairness, politeness, kindness and healthy habits. An English lesson is a great way to teach values and, at the same time, encourage good global citizenship. For children, simple stories are the best way to do this.
Join author Susan Banman Sileci’s webinar to discover more about using stories to teach basic values, develop language skills and show real English in contexts that students will relate to and enjoy.