IELTS Speaking Test Sample | Video Games IELTS Speaking Test Sample | Video Games IELTS Candidate: Arash Watch this video on YouTube Part 1: Introduction Questions: So your name is Arash, right? Do you know any other languages, apart from English? Do you know Polish? Did you take any classes to learn Polish? Didn’t you …
Individual Differences Individual Differences Learners clearly differ enormously in their preferred approach to L2 learning, but it is impossible to say which learning style works best (Ellis, 2008). One of the major problems is that the concept of ‘learning style’ is ill-defined, apparently overlapping with other individual differences of both an affective and a cognitive …
Socio-Educational Model of L2 Learning Socio-Educational Model by Gardner reflects the results of work begun at McGill University in Montreal in the 1950s and still carried on today. Gardner’s model was developed to explain L2 learning in classroom settings, in particular the foreign language classroom. It exists in several versions. The model seeks to interrelate …
Acknowledgements Acknowledgements is a section in which people who have helped with the research are thanked. Researchers often wish to thank: Their participants Any colleague who may have read earlier drafts of the work and offered suggestions or feedback Any assistant, including students, colleagues, or co-workers, who may have helped with data collection, materials development, …
Error Analysis Error Analysis (EA) The history of error analysis dates back from the late 1960s. Corder spelt out the theoretical rationale and empirical procedures for carrying out an error analysis. Corder noted that errors provided the researcher with evidence of who language was learnt, and also that they served as devices by which the …
Form-Focused Instruction Form-Focused Instruction Traditionally, language pedagogy has emphasized form-focused instruction. The Grammar-Translation Method and the Audiolingual Method both involve attempts to teach learners grammar, differing only in how this is to be accomplished (Ellis, 1997). Form-focused Instruction is in contrast with ‘naturalistic learning’. It intends to examine whether instruction could change the natural order …
Postmethod Pedagogy Postmethod pedagogy allows us to go beyond and overcome the limitations of method-based pedagogy. Within such a broad-based definition, Kumaravadivelu (2003) visualizes postmethod pedagogy as a 3-dimentional system consisting of pedagogic parameters of: Particularity: The parameter of particularity requires that any language pedagogy must be sensitive to a particular group of teachers teaching …
English Negotiation | Vegetarianism English Negotiation | Vegetarianism Topic for Negotiation: Is vegetarianism a suitable diet for you? Two Negotiators: Arash: Impartial. Dr. Hariri: impartial. Selected Text Source: https://www.askdrsears.com/ Is the vegetarian diet automatically the healthiest way to eat? Yes and no. Yes, a vegetarian diet is excellent for good health when you follow the …
IELTS Writing Task 1 | Immigration Issues IELTS Writing Task 1 | Immigration Issues Instructions The table, graph or bar chart above shows the emigration rate from the UK to other 5 countries from 2004 to 2007. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information delineated in the graph. General Information You have …
English Negotiation | Mental Gender Differences English Negotiation | Mental Gender Differences Topic for Negotiation: Watch this video on YouTube Let us discuss some clear mental distinctions between men and women. Arash: Impartial. Dr. Hariri: impartial. Note Remember that a negotiation is NOT a lecture or monologue, and you should take equal turns in the …