Lesson for Oral Presentations of Culture in Foreign Language Class
This article is the last of four in a series about preparing oral presentations about countries by doing research with material written in the target …
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Teaching Tips for Foreign Language Instructors
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Translation is Like Alchemy: An Explanation for Monolinguals
Of the many models of what it’s like to translate, alchemy has always appealed to me. This model is proposed by a famous literary translator …
Continue ReadingWhat Makes One Text Harder or Easier to Translate than Another? A Consideration of 'The Wheel of Difficulty'
This article is inspired by another translation analogy, proposed originally by Dr. Margaret S. Peden, which explains why some texts are more …
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Myths about Second Language Acquisition: Grammar-Translation Is Not Dead
Foreign-language teachers have probably heard that the “grammar-translation” method is dead, out of style; yet the last two generations of …
Continue ReadingHow to Run Conversation Class in a Foreign Language
Wouldn’t it be great if all language professors had ideal sized classes? They’d be fewer in number than the 20, 25 or even 30 or more …
Continue ReadingRelections of a Spanish Language Teacher
Teaching a language is so much more than just the mechanics. My personal challenge is to instill in my students a sense of the value of learning a …
Continue ReadingShould You Use a Student's First Language for Learning? The Pros and Cons
As a teacher of a second language, it is tempting to use the learner’s first language for learning once in a while. If you speak it, and it …
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Overcoming Foreign Accents in the Process of Second Language Learning
This article addresses the need to focus on correct pronunciation in the foreign language classroom in order to minimize “foreign accents” …
Continue ReadingCan America's Emphasis on Binary Thinking Restrict the Ability to Learn Multiple Languages?
Did you ever wonder why people in other countries outside the United States often know three, four or even five languages? Ever wonder why Americans …
Continue ReadingCan Fluency in a 2nd Language Be Measured?
It can be impressive when you hear that a person is fluent in a foreign language. It can be just as disappointing to find out that they aren’t …
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