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What Do We Test When We Test Reading Comprehension?

As ESL/EFL teachers, we are aware that the primary objective of reading is comprehension--being able to find meaning in what is read. Thus, we give our students reading assessments in order to test their reading abilities. When we are preparing these assessments, we may go through some of the following: *We ensure that we select an appropriate text. *We make sure that the language used in the text is suitably pitched to our students' proficiency. *We carefully scrutinise the text to ensure that the information in each paragraph is...

Reading and Writing through Neuro-Linguistic Programming

A three minute introduction to "Neuro-Linguistic Programming" would go like this: Ladies and Gentlemen, to be successful in life you only need to remember three things: *Firstly, know what you want; have a clear idea of your goal in each situation. *Secondly, be alert and keep your senses open so as to know what you are getting. *Thirdly, be flexible enough to change your behaviour until you get what you want. Goal, Sensitivity, Flexibility " Neuro-Linguistic Programming in Education " Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) begins with an interest in people; it's...

Some Techniques for Teaching Pronunciation

" Background " When I did my initial training as an E.F.L. teacher, one of the course tutors always described pronunciation as "the Cinderella of language teaching", i.e. she never got to go to the ball. By this he was referring to the often low level of emphasis placed on this very important language skill. We are comfortable teaching reading, writing , listening and to a degree, general oral skills, but when it comes to pronunciation we often lack the basic knowledge of articulatory phonetics (not difficult to aquire) to offer our...

Teaching Phrasal Verbs Using Songs

" Introduction " Many songs can be successfully employed to provide meaningful contexts for learning phrasal verbs. This will be illustrated through the use of the first four lines of the song "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins. " Procedure " " Students were provided with incomplete lyrics. " The students were given incomplete lyrics of the song "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins and were instructed to familiarize themselves with it by going through it silently. Each line contained a blank, which they would be required to fill in as they listened to...

Using Simple Poems to Teach Grammar

" Introduction " Not many Malaysian English teachers relish the thought of teaching grammar due to the complexity and irregularities in the syntax of the English language. Teachers often ask what exactly is the best way to teach grammar? In the early days of grammar teaching, the grammar translation method required students to do the tedious tasks of translating sentences into English based on grammar rules. However, many critics found fault with this method as it was too methodical and arithmetic. Thus, students may end up constructing sentences that are grammatically correct...

Drama Techniques for Teaching English

" Introduction " " Benefits of Using Drama in the Language Classroom " Many a times the teaching of English language falls short of fulfilling its goals. Even after years of English teaching, the learners do not gain the confidence of using the language in and outside the class. Their output in the language is limited to writing run-of-the-mill answers for literature chapters and producing grammatically accurate, but, isolated sentences. Real communication involves ideas, emotions, feelings, appropriateness and adaptability. The conventional English class hardly gives the learners an opportunity to use language in this...

Using Games to Promote Communicative Skills in Language Learning

" Introduction " In recent years language researchers and practitioners have shifted their focus from developing individual linguistic skills to the use of language to achieve the speaker's objectives. This new area of focus, known as communicative competence, leads language teachers to seek task-oriented activities that engage their students in creative language use. Games, which are task-based and have a purpose beyond the production of correct speech, serve as excellent communicative activities (Saricoban & Metin 2000). On the surface, the aim of all language games is for students to "use the language";...

Brainstorming Before Speaking Tasks

1847424 Brainstorming is an activity used to generate ideas in small groups. The purpose is to generate as many ideas as possible within a specified time-period. These ideas are not evaluated until the end and a wide range of ideas is often produced. Each idea produced does not need to be usable. Instead, initial ideas can be be viewed as a starting point for more workable ideas. The principle of brainstorming is that you need lots of ideas to get good ideas. Brainstorming has a wide range of applications. Since 1930,...

Vocabulary Teaching: Effective Methodologies

" Introduction " Vocabulary is the first and foremost important step in language acquisition. In a classroom where students are not finding themselves comfortable with L2, language learning can be made interactive and interesting with the introduction of appropriate vocabulary exercises. This paper is an attempt to study and explore the various methodologies that can be incorporated in the teaching of vocabulary items in a language classroom. " Background " " Patterns of Difficulty in Vocabulary " Robert Lado ( 1955) talked about patterns of difficulty in vocabulary teaching. He highlighted key issues related to...

ESL/EFL Listening Comprehension Lesson for the Movie Super Size Me

" Introduction " Watching a film in class is always enjoyable for students, and using films from the English speaking world in English lessons is easy in terms of choice. It is more difficult, however, to fit such a long activity into the syllabus, especially since most films are longer than an individual English lesson. Often the teacher is required to cut a film into sections and only use certain parts in the classroom. An English-language film, even if only a few scenes are used, provides students with natural and authentic English....

Motivating ESl/EFL Students to Write a Complaint Letter

William Hay haybill60(at)yahoo.com Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages (Japan) " Introduction " The objective of this task-based lesson is to have students write a complaint letter based on their own research, which will lead to a face-to-face meeting to discuss the problems in more detail. It was essentially designed for classes where students didn’t particularly enjoy formal letter writing activities. It aims to show that the writing procedure is intertwined with the other skills of speaking, reading and listening in the problem-solving process. Students are asked to use their mobiles phones in...