Teaching Reading

Teaching Reading

     Traditionally, the purpose of learning to read in a language has been to have access to the literature written in that language. In language instruction, reading materials have traditionally been chosen from literary texts that represent "higher" forms of culture.  

تفاوتهای انگلیسی آمریکایی و انگلیسی بریتانیایی

تفاوتهای انگلیسی آمریکایی و انگلیسی بریتانیایی 

آیا انگلیسی آمریکایی (American English) و انگلیسی بریتانیایی (British English) دو زبان مجزا هستند یا دو حالت مختلف از زبان انگلیسی؟ بعضی‌ها می‌گویند آنها دو زبان مختلف هستند ولی خیلی‌ها آنها را تنها حالتهای مختلفی از یک زبان می‌دانند.

البته هیچ پاسخ دقیقی برای این پرسش وجود ندارد. ما فقط می‌توانیم بگوییم که تفاوت هایی میان آنها وجود دارد. البته باید بدانید که این تفاوتها جزئی بوده و در اثر یک پارچه شدن دنیای امروز این تفاوتها روز به روز کمتر می‌شوند.

در ادامه با برخی از تفاوتهای میان این دو نسخه از زبان انگلیسی آشنا می‌شوید. 

مقاله علمی برای آموزش بهتر مهارت Speaking

Brainstorming before Speaking Tasks

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 viewed as a starting point for more workable ideas. The principle of brainstorming is that you need lots of ideas to get good ideas.

هوش های چندگانه در کلاس درس

Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom
Jo Budden, British Council, Barcelona

       Have you ever thought about why your students react in different ways to the activities you do in the class? Or even why different groups react differently to the same activity? Why do some students really enjoy working in groups while others are much more productive working alone? Why do some learners draw pictures in their vocabulary books while others seem to need to just hear a word to be able to use it themselves? ...

ESL, EFL, ESP, EIL

ESL, EFL, ESP, EIL? 

    There are several acronyms which are used to describe the context in which we teach and learn English. This article is to point out the differences among the above-mentioned labels with the hope of clarifying how they are correctly used.