Could it be that if we limited the English words we use to teach that students would show faster progress? There are some that think so! A LANGUAGE TO AIR NEWS...
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Aug 1, 2006 9:32 pm
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The "Special English" of the VOA is a subset of 1,500 words that is adequate to carry the message of the VOA simplified throughout the world. The VOA also...
... For an American, this is a bit ironic. Before coming to China, I had no idea what VOA offered to other countries, much less China. I was also unfamiliar ...
... words we use to teach that students would show faster progress? ... and then quotes ... 1,500 words," Sarah Paulsworth said in an e-mail message from...
I use Special English with my students once or twice a week. I have assigned it to them as homework in what I call "3-2-1 English". Here are the instructions...
Conversation Analysis, the topic of the symposium below, studies the patterns and structures that people use in all kinds of spoken discourse. So, conventions...
Stephen Krashen is professor emeritus at the University of Southern California and is a highly acclaimed, controversial linguist, who has put forth a number of...
... I'm all fer it anytime. Any new ways to skin cats is always welcome. For starters...I think learning and acquisition are synonymous or like...what came...
... Quite a few years ago I ran across the work og C.K. Ogden who developed what he called "Basic English." His aim was for it to become the main tool for...
foreigner@...
Aug 7, 2006 12:15 pm
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Here is a good site for many accents including Aussie and Kiwi. Enjoy! Stephane www.ku.edu/~idea/australiaoceania/...
Stephanie Noke
araxy@...
Aug 7, 2006 12:16 pm
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Stephen .....in China Wonderful!!!!! Margaret Rafferty...
"Where in China will he be for the first stop?" I'm sorry for not being clearer about this. We're talking about Professor Krashen "virtually" coming to China....
There seems to be quite a bit of interest in having Professor Krashen join us for a week in a virtual conference on language acquisition. Roger thought...
Real or virtual, we all appreciate your efforts in making this happen. John Carter...
John Carter
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Aug 9, 2006 12:43 pm
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I am presently doing some research on this topic and I believe that I have come up with 2 or 3 major reasons for this. However,to avoid influencing your ideas...
2 or 3 major reasons for this #1 Many (especially senior school) English teachers think that English study is a waste of time. #2 The system of EFL teaching...
Nelson Bank
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Aug 10, 2006 7:49 am
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Well, for one reason, the Chinese are brought up to believe that Chinese is the only real languge and all others are mere inventions of language teachers to ...
I won't go into detail but in my article Psychology in the Chinese Classroom you can find something related to your research. Happy writing, don nickstirk...
Nick, The way you have framed your title question indicates that you have come to a conclusion and now you are looking for evidence that supports it. It has...
The further the L1 is from our Indo-European language, the harder it is to get your mind into the way English operates. Speakers of tonal languages find...
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