#42, eBook: Developments in the Training of Teachers of English
Developments in the Training of Teachers of English
#42, ELT Resource: ESL-Library.com
The ESL Library offers language teachers from all over the world access to thousands of printable flashcards and hundreds of ready-made lesson plans for the classroom. The site was originally known as ESL-Images.com, but changed its name to the ESL Library in March 2007.
#42, Article: Using the Holy Bible As an Authentic Language Learning Text
Using the Holy Bible As an Authentic Language Learning Text
By Larry M. Lynch
Foreign Language Learning
There are a slew of commercial textbooks, guidebooks and all manner of language learning study aids when studying English as a foreign or second language. The same is true for most other main stream, major languages like French, German, Italian, Arabic, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese among scores of others. This is all well and good. But with approximately 6912* languages spoken and used worldwide, it’s still a daunting task to come up with “authentic” language texts. This can be especially true in any of the “lesser” tongues of the world which may be spoken in tightly-knit, compact regions or among a specialized peoples or other ethnic aspect.
The Holy Bible
The Holy Bible, in its entirety or in part is available in more than 376 languages world wide in 236 countries and lands. Being so widely available, it can be easily accessed by the vast majority of English or foreign language learners throughout the globe. (more…)