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Who is Likely to Handle Grammar better: Native or Non-Native Teachers?
By Carmen Hurtado There is a lot of interesting research in this area, specifically comparing the grammar skills of native speakers’ vs. the ones of non-native speakers of a given language. You...
Travelling to an English-speaking country: Does it guarantee fast and effortless language learning?
It is no secret that many factors, not just one, make someone achieve proficiency in a foreign language. Several have been suggested, such as motivation, age, method, adaptation and particularly exposure...
Pronunciation and Grammar: two sides of the same coin
What does “grammar” mean? Usually we equate the teaching of Grammar with the teaching of Syntax. However Grammar is defined as the total knowledge of a language and as such it is...
Poka-Yoke, an error-proof way of thinking and designing our classes
Beginning a new school year in Peru: We want to make the most out of it without “dying” in the attempt, don´t we? So, why not try a Poka-Yoke mentality to...
Why if I speak English well…, English speakers do not understand me
It happens every time. A very dedicated student of English as a foreign language learns the lexis, the structures, the grammatical rules, the expressions; in addition he manages to demonstrate that...
Bringing Metacognition into the classroom
By Carmen Hurtado What is Metacognition? Considered as the key to success for EFL learners, it refers to the mental process described as “thinking about thinking”. That is, what makes learners master their...
