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Spot the Problem!

In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text

This lesson aims to discuss and raise students’ awareness of pragmatic violations.

Appropriateness in Terms of Address

In: Teaching Pragmatics Format(s): Text, Video, Website

This lesson focuses on increasing student awareness of troubles caused by inappropriate choice of address forms.

Using Comics in the English Language Classroom

In: American English Webinars Format(s): Text, Video

This webinar demonstrates the universality of comics for any language classroom, showing how multi-skill comic activities can be used with students of all ages and ability levels.

Bringing One Language to Another: Multilingualism as a Resource in the Language Classroom

In: English Teaching Forum 2011, Volume 49, Number 1 Format(s): Text

Many EFL students are already multilingual, but they may not realize the strengths they bring to language learning. This article calls on instructors to help students develop language awareness and guide them to find ways to apply what they know about language. The author shows how this process occurred in a sociolinguistics course and includes sample lessons for all ages and a variety of levels of proficiency. Lessons incorporate the students’ language knowledge in such skill areas as grammar and vocabulary.

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