 Sarah Lynn |
Dictation is a versatile learning activity. Here are a few ways my colleague John Antonellis and I use it in our classrooms.
A Phonemic Approach
- Students start the dictation exercise with pencils down.
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Day: February 1, 2012
Transform the Way You Teach
 Christina Cavage |
If you have been following along, your interest may have been piqued regarding blended learning. Blended learning involves blending the brick of the physical classroom, with the click of a digital environment. You may have been surprised to learn that employing a blended learning approach to language teaching actually has many advantages over just a traditional textbook.
Using Communicative Methods to Teach Editing
 Joyce Cain |
When writing language textbooks, authors take into consideration real world tasks that students need to accomplish and develop exercises and materials that they feel will best help students master the language necessary to be successful in these real world settings. This, too, was my goal in writing Grammar for Writing. Students in an academic or professional setting must produce written discourse that their professors or colleagues are able to understand.
Co-Authoring Focus on Grammar, Fourth Edition
 Marjorie Fuchs |
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Pronunciation from the Perspective of a Linguist/Speech-Language Pathologist
 Jenna Luque |
| Julia Moore |
As linguists (and in Jenna’s case, as a speech language pathologist as well), we have been taught to see how speech sounds are formed in the vocal tract and how to get learners to produce sounds more accurately. Jenna’s experience in working with clients has shown her that learners can use the senses of hearing, vision, and touch to hear and produce sounds more accurately, but that each learner varies in how they use these senses in pronunciation work. Therefore, it is important to introduce learners to how all three senses may be used, and to assess their strengths and weaknesses. Continue reading
