9.Task-Based Learning There are hard and soft versions of TBL,too.The hard version says that you must on no account teach a language form before performing a task:the language to be studied should evolve naturally out...
6.The Language Acquisition Device,or LAD This myth has already been exposed,and further discussion is unnecessary here.The LAD is our sixth shibboleth.7.The Natural Order Is there a'natural order of acquisition'?If so...
2.Deep and Surface Structures There are‘hard’and‘soft’versions of this theory.In the hard Chomskyan version,deep structures are hard-wired into the brain.They are manifestations of the universal grammar that is th...
A shibboleth is‘an old idea,principle or phrase,that is no longer accepted by many people as important or appropriate to modern life’(Advanced Learners Dictionary).The discourse of Teaching English as a Foreign Lang...
Teaching English as a Foreign Language,TEFL,is the type of English learning and teaching which has the largest learner population worldwide,especially in nations such as China.Although this term TEFL is now less frequ...
This thesis conducted an empirical study of the current status of cultural awareness development in higher education af-ter a brief review of cultural awareness.It summarized the common errors in students’practical w...