A number of years ago, our methods experienced a sweeping change. Up to then, more grammatical approaches had been used, with word-lists and translation, and an emphasis on written language and skills. The critique against this approach started in the sixties...
In the long search for the best way to teach a foreign language (FL), many different approaches, or methods, have been devised. Each method is based on a particular view of langue learning and usually recommends the use of a specific set of techniques and...
Methodology in language teaching is a notion that links theory and practice. The term “methodology” can be used in both an abstract and a concrete sense: we can talk about communicative methodology, as well as about the methodology used by a particular...
In the beginning there really was NOT a children's literature. Arguably, children's literature is a relatively new phenomenon. But the earliest myths, legends, fables and tales are now dumped into the category...
Defining children’s literature is not easy because many books that originally were not written for children are now considered children’s literature. An example of this is The Prince and the Pauper, or the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both written by the American...
Defining children’s literature. First of all we would need to define what is meant by “children’s literature”. In general, the term refers to books which adults -- teachers and schools, parents, librarians, award committees, publishers, scholars, etc,-- consider appropriate...
On the other hand, songs, according to many scholars, are among the best ways of teaching a foreign language. Singing can build students’ confidence by allowing them to enjoy a degree of fluency in English before they have achieved it in speaking." Also, songs...
Given the developmental characteristics of Primary School children, games are one of the most efficient techniques in FL learning. If our goal in FL teaching is to help our students acquire an adequate degree of communicative competence that will help them use...
One of the functions of language is to represent reality. This means that by using language, we can describe to others different situations, landscapes, feelings, etc, that they have not experienced directly. For example we can explain to a friend what we did during...
Our current (present-day) National Education Law is known by its initials “LOE” –Ley Orgánica de Educación, or Organic Education Law. This law was passed by Spanish Parliament in December 2006 and regulates different Education stages: Infant Education, Primary...