Tag: English Teaching
We Will Keep Searching for Topics of Your Interest
As we said before, 2019 started and with it our fourth year of existence as the Research Group of the Language Center, Universidad del Pacífico; it also signals the fourth year...
Humans Wanted: Soft Skills in the English Classroom
Tolerance, social perception, empathy, emotional intelligence, cultural awareness, critical thinking and others are part of a set of crucial skills we all need to survive in a world filled with materialism...
Is Memorizing Analogous to Learning?
The role of memory in foreign language learning has always been acknowledged. Hardly anyone would argue that there are elements of language which need some rote learning, However, does memorization guarantee...
The Language Teacher as Researcher: Practical Implications
Research is sometimes understood as a task that is not easy to achieve, especially if it is conducted following traditional academic research methods. However, many teachers may be performing research in...
What Makes Reading Tough For Students?
Reading skills are difficult to develop and students’ problems vary. Here is a list of factors that create some problems for many students and a few aspects to consider in order...
A Handful of Contrast Linkers in a Nutshell
In this new series of articles, we’d like to address some of the problems our students find in the process of learning English. Let us start with one apparently simple, but...
