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#106, Download Book: Perceptions and Strategies of Learning in English by Singapore Primary School Children with Dyslexia

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Post published:December 7, 2011
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ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#106 | December 5 | ISSN 0975-3036

Learners with dyslexia have difficulties in reading and writing. In Singapore there are about 20,000 primary and secondary school learners with dyslexia. This paper presents research findings on the perceptions and feelings of primary school learners with dyslexia in Singapore regarding their learning of school subjects through English, together with how they use strategies to overcome some difficulties. (more…)

#106, Article: Revising lexis: quality or quantity?

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ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#106 | December 5 | ISSN 0975-3036

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source: teachingenglish.org.uk

This article discusses how much attention language teachers should pay to vocabulary acquisition research, particularly with regard to repeated encounters with lexical items.

Introduction

Sometime in the middle of the last century, Benjamin Whorf, famous for his contention that language shapes thought, made a controversial statement about the Eskimo language having seven words for snow. Frequently quoted or, rather misquoted overtime, Whorf’s number of snow words was inflated to nine, twenty, fifty, and even one hundred. A similar snowball effect seems to be taking place with the contentious issue of how many exposures a vocabulary item needs for its retention. (more…)

#106, Job: English as a Foreign Language Specialist at University Of Calgary

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Post published:December 5, 2011
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The University of Calgary-Qatar seeks Canadian citizens to teach English as Foreign Language (EFL)

Only qualified applicants with a Canadian passport can be considered.

Applicants must be available to start as soon possible.

The EFL Specialist teaches adult students who range from intermediate to advanced levels in the acquisition of English language and need to achieve the level of competency required for success in the University of Calgary-Qatar’s Nursing programs. (more…)