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applied linguistics ELT English English Language

The new Cambridge English Scale: January 2015. Vídeo & infographic

cambridge english scale full range

La escala comenzará a usarse en enero de 2015.

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B2 ELT English Language

Interview with author Helen Moss: some interesting #language for #B2 interviews

Helen Moss: people must wonder why I’m staring at them and muttering under my breath

Author of the Adventure Island and Secrets of the Tomb series about writing mysteries, going to Egypt and gold-plated Jammie Dodgers.

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applied linguistics computer-mediated communication ELT investigación language teaching learner language learning SLA

The evidence is now in: the explicit teaching of grammar rules leads to better learning



According to The Guardian there is evidence that the explicit teaching of grammar rules leads to better learning. Nothing that surprises researchers in Form-focused instruction. The article has been written by Dr Catherine Walter, Lecturer in applied linguistics at the University of Oxford, co-author with Michael Swan of the Oxford English Grammar Course. 

What really interests me is the fact that such specialized topic has been discussed in a newspaper. I must say that we find these days more and more linguistics in everyday media and news, possibly one of the effects of globalization, “viral” language learning and the attention to apllied sciences. 

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applied linguistics computer-mediated communication ELT investigación language teaching learner language learning SLA

The evidence is now in: the explicit teaching of grammar rules leads to better learning



According to The Guardian there is evidence that the explicit teaching of grammar rules leads to better learning. Nothing that surprises researchers in Form-focused instruction. The article has been written by Dr Catherine Walter, Lecturer in applied linguistics at the University of Oxford, co-author with Michael Swan of the Oxford English Grammar Course. 

What really interests me is the fact that such specialized topic has been discussed in a newspaper. I must say that we find these days more and more linguistics in everyday media and news, possibly one of the effects of globalization, “viral” language learning and the attention to apllied sciences. 

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ELT

Who is the best-selling EFL author ever?

Well, I should’ve known better as I bought his books in the late 70’s and early 80’s myself: L.G. Alexander sold something close to 5 million books at that time.  He passed away in 2002. Read on.

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ELT

Who is the best-selling EFL author ever?

Well, I should’ve known better as I bought his books in the late 70’s and early 80’s myself: L.G. Alexander sold something close to 5 million books at that time.  He passed away in 2002. Read on.