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STRATEGIES IN LANGUAGE LEARNING

Better ways for busy professionals to learn a language

Is There Truly A Gender Difference In Reading Strategy?

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Géralde Vincent-Bancroft
19 September, 2019
A great amount of research has taken place trying to answer the question whether men's and women's approach to language learning is different, and more importantly, whether it causes one gender advantage upon the other. The debate about whether women are better at language learning has...

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ESL Speakers Are Victims Of Unconscious Bias

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Géralde Vincent-Bancroft
12 September, 2019
The English language is a common means of communication for speakers of different first languages. With the world turned into an interconnected global system, there is a need for a mutual language. English has fulfilled this need by becoming the global lingua franca of the 21st century. It is...

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What Is Task-Based Language Teaching?

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Géralde Vincent-Bancroft
05 September, 2019
Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) also known as task-based instruction (TBI), is an educational framework of teaching foreign languages. It is claimed that it is a model that can help learner acquire a second language effectively. TBLT was born when teachers realised that the...

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Are Your Limiting Beliefs Preventing Your Language Learning?

29 August, 2019
Success in all areas of our lives is what everybody wishes for, and most of the time we do not realise the impact that our beliefs can have on the results we get. Unfortunately, language learning is not the exception. What we believe to be true about language learning can even prevent us from...

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Positive Effect Of Reading On Second Language Acquisition

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Géralde Vincent-Bancroft
23 August, 2019
Reading is the process of building meaning by interacting with a text; and a strategy " is a plan selected deliberately by the reader to accomplish a particular goal". [ Paris, Lipson & Wixon, 1983] When learning a language, reading is an important skill that will help the learner memorise...

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How This Amazing Discovery Can Change Language Learning

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Géralde Vincent-Bancroft
15 August, 2019
A study published in the Cognitive Science might be at the forefront of future changes in the way languages are taught around the world. The study by Dartmouth College was carried out in a bid to understanding the factors that affect the learning process and how the methods of teaching can...

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The Amazing Results Of Learning Through Videoconferencing

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Géralde Vincent-Bancroft
08 August, 2019
Figure out these two scenarios. The first one: you’re a student in China who is interested in further your education in an English-speaking country. You need to brush up your English, but a native English speaker is difficult to find. The demand is high but the few who are in your city are...

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Why Do People Need A Foreign Language Coach?

01 August, 2019
You’ve been learning this foreign language for a while now. But lately you feel stuck, you’re not progressing as you used to. Or you must reach certain milestones in your language learning, may be due to some deadlines at work. You’re overwhelmed. It’s time to think in the possibility of...

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Why Learning A Language Can Be So Frustrating

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Géralde Vincent-Bancroft
25 July, 2019
Adults usually find learning a foreign language very difficult. Their brain has lost the plasticity that you encounter in children’s brain. However, there is more hope as new research reveals that adults can build new neuropathways. Anyway, why do some people have trouble learning...

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Can Passive Exposure To A Language Help You Learn It Faster?

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Géralde Vincent-Bancroft
18 July, 2019
Learning a language is not easy and we all would want to have a magic wand, wave it and “TA-DA” and we acquire all the necessary knowledge to learn this language we’ve been wanting to study for so long. But this is not real. So, we’ve tried to hang on the next big thing: passive...

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