Amity Amity /ˈæm.ɪ.ti/ (noun) friendliness and peaceful relations, cordiality, friendship, harmony, good relations, goodwill: Amity in context Just after John arrived at the party, amity boosted among guests, thanks to his tactful and light-hearted personality. It is essential that some amity be injected into the world. The longstanding amity between the two neighboring villages was …
Good Language Learner Good Language Learner Early research on language learning strategies took the form of ‘good language learner studies’. One of the best-known and frequently cited of these studies is Naiman (1978, 1996). This was a double-barrelled study of highly successful adult L2 learners and adolescent classroom learners of L2 French, using intensive face-to-face …
Foreigner Talk Foreigner Talk The three functions of foreigner talk can be identified: It promotes communication through simplifying utterances and making them easier to process or clarifying what has been said. It signals, implicitly or explicitly, speakers’ attitudes towards their interlocutors. It can create an affective bond between the native speaker and non-native speaker. It …
Establishing Relationships English Vocabulary for IELTS and TOEFL The Outline of This Lesson on Establishing Relationships English Vocabulary What is a relationship? Human beings are social creatures, and most of us yearn for close relationships with other people. Relationships require a lot of work and a lot of communication, but it can still be hard to …
Social Skills IELTS Listening Reading Practice Social Skills IELTS Listening Reading Practice Lecturer, author or publisher: The School of Life Social Skills IELTS Reading Practice Watch this video on YouTube What are social skills? It can be easy to imagine that we possess reasonable social skills because we know how to maintain conversation with strangers, and every now …
English Presentation Solitude English Presentation Solitude Watch this video on YouTube LELB Lecturer: Sasan Handout Provided by the Lecturer What is solitude? Does solitude have any benefits? Is it a skill to live in solitude? What is the difference between solitude and loneliness? What could put obstacles in the way of solitude in today’s life? …
English Presentation Body Language English Presentation Body Language Watch this video on YouTube LELB Lecturer: Mojgan Handout Provided by the Lecturer How is the plot of the movie, The Sleeping Dictionary, related to body language? What is the definition of body language? Is body language verbal or nonverbal communication? What does the branch of science labeled, …
Classroom Ethnography Classroom ethnography involves the kind of detailed descriptive work advocated by Johnson. They emphasise the importance of obtaining multiple perspectives through triangulation. Watson-Gegeo distinguished four approaches to classroom ethnography: Ethnography of communication Micro-ethnography Discourse analysis Critical ethnography The ethnography of communication has its origins in anthropology and, in particular, in the work of …
IELTS Writing Task 2 Generation Gap IELTS Writing Task 2 Generation Gap Topic No matter how hard parents and children strive to consolidate the affinity between each other, the concept of generation gap has always been perceived. However, there has been controversy over whether generation gap has recently widened or narrowed in comparison to the …
English Presentation Difficult People English Presentation Difficult People Watch this video on YouTube LELB Lecturer: Sasan Handout Provided by the Lecturer How to deal with difficult people? What would be your response if you encountered difficult people? Is it acceptable to be always flexible in front of difficult people? How can we practice patience in case …