According to Celse-Murcia (2013), when using the term “mechanics of writing”, we usually refer to the very early stage o...

-ing forms (e.g. smoking, walking,) can be used not only as verbs, but also like adjectives or nouns. Considering the use of -ING in the sentences bel...

Using literature as content in ESL/EFL classes has a variety of benefits. While _________literature should be primarily an enjoyable _________experien...

The words: atypical, bilingual, drainage, guarantee are examples of English words with affixes.I. Yes – two – instance of – object of the verbII. Yes ...

Considering vocabulary learning in L2, there are many words to know and many details to be known about each word. Celse-Murcia (2013) establishes that...

The agenda in language acquisition studies was set by Noam Chomsky’s assertion (1965) that language is an innately acquired faculty. Chomsky’s argumen...

Leffa on his book Ensino e Aprendizagem mentions the importance of differentiating learning and acquisition. According to Leffa:

“After students read a text, going back to highlight vocabulary, look at various literacy techniques the author used (as a model for writing) and noti...

The Communicative Approach is used by many teachers around the world and studied by many important authors including Leffa It is NOT appropriate to sa...

According to Leffa (2016), there are different strategies to increase both the student's cognitive and affective investment in intentional vocabulary ...

All teachers have a theory of how teaching assists learning. Teachers may base their teaching on intuitive notions of what works rather than on explic...