In this topic, I am going to review the history of language teaching methods, providing a background for discussion of contemporary methods. I am going to divide the topic into four sections. I will begin with a very brief introduction dealing with the origins of...
Learning foreign languages has been a constant issue in the history of civilization. Taking into account the advances made in communication and technology during the 20th century, the learning of foreign languages has emerged as a pressing need for modern...
The dictionary definition of communication is “the imparting or exchange of information by speaking, writing or by using some other medium among people”. This process constitutes the basis of this topic. After exploring the process of communication, I will deal...
This topic deals with the so-called Communicative Competence. However, the concept of Communicative Competence (from now on, I will call it CC) has not always existed. Thus, my answer will begin with a definition of what is now understood as CC, followed...
According to current legislation, students must be able to “understand and express themselves in an appropriate manner during situations of communication”. Communicating effectively consists of being able to produce lots of correct language, but also to use...
Within this topic I am going to deal with written communication. In order to make my presentation more effective, I am going to divide the topic into five different sections. In my first section I will give an overview of the main aspects involved in...
Throughout this topic I am going to deal with the phonological system of the English language, focusing on the vowels and diphthongs. I am going to divide the topic into five sections. In my first section I am going to establish a difference between phonetics...
In this topic I am going to deal with the English consonant system. I will establish four different sections. First, I will introduce some definitions of concepts that are relevant to the topic being studied. In my second section I will deal with the organs...
Before concentrating on stress, I would like to establish a difference between segmental and suprasegmental features. Linguists refer to the inventory of vowels and consonants of a language as the segmental features of that language. Suprasegmental features...
This topic is about word-formation in English and its characteristics so, in order to explain clearly, I will divide my presentation into three different parts. The first one will be about the main characteristics of the English language regarding it lexis; the second one...