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In Defense of Grammar
posted by Wolfgang Butzkamm, Aachen University (RWTH), Germany “All you need is communication? No, because all you get is fossilisation.” (see Butzkamm (2009: 83-91): “The Language Acquisition Mystiqu… more →
Foreign Language Education in the 21st Century
In Defense of Grammar
juergenkurtz wrote 4 days ago: posted by Wolfgang Butzkamm, Aachen University (RWTH), Germany “All you need is communication? No, b … more →
Learning and Teaching English in German All-day Schools
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juergenkurtz wrote 1 week ago: posted by Jürgen Kurtz, Karlsruhe University of Education, Germany The 2009 National GGT Conference … more →
Can you say hoo-Di-eh (butterfly in Chinese)
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raisingabc wrote 2 weeks ago: My children, like many other multilingual children, don’t do party tricks, However, they do fi … more →
Teaching Grammar in Today's Classroom
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juergenkurtz wrote 3 weeks ago: posted by Jürgen Kurtz, Karlsruhe University of Education, Germany TESOL 2008: Betty Azar, Keith Fol … more →
Foreign Language Experts - A New Dream Career
sdphotoes wrote 1 month ago: Foreign Language Experts – A New Dream Career Studying abroad is very trendy education in now … more →
General TEFL Reading List for Students in Karlsruhe
juergenkurtz wrote 1 month ago: posted by Jürgen Kurtz, Karlsruhe University of Education, Germany At present, more than 800 student … more →
The Cognitive-Social Debate in International SLA Research
juergenkurtz wrote 1 month ago: posted by Jürgen Kurtz, Karlsruhe University of Education, Germany As an accumulating body of schola … more →
Children's Literature in Language Education
juergenkurtz wrote 1 month ago: posted by Jürgen Kurtz, Karlsruhe University of Education, Karlsruhe An international conference on … more →
Japanese language pulling students away from Europe at Illinois College
reefshark wrote 1 month ago: Students are seeing major changes to the language departments at Illinois College. The school approv … more →
International CLIL Conference 2010
juergenkurtz wrote 1 month ago: posted by Jürgen Kurtz, Karlsruhe University of Education, Germany The International CLIL (Content a … more →
Ahtisaari encourages usage of Swedish, says Swedish lessons should start earlier in Finnish-speaking schools
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Jonas wrote 1 month ago: Former Social Democrat, President and 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari has encouraged … more →
Learning a language in Singapore and Malaysia to focus on oral skills
fattfish wrote 2 months ago: The teaching of languages in schools is up for a major revamp in the asia region, with the focus shi … more →
Lack of foreign language skills will hold back the UK economy
geekpatch wrote 2 months ago: The UK will be held back as it seeks to emerge from recession unless it boosts the number of languag … more →
The Role of the Textbook in the EFL Classroom (3)
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juergenkurtz wrote 3 months ago: posted by Jürgen Kurtz, Karlsruhe University of Education, Germany What do we really know about how … more →
The best time to learn a foreign language
oceanbed wrote 4 months ago: The best time to learn a foreign language: Between birth and age 7. Missed that window? New research … more →
Foreign Language Learning without the Foreign Language
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juergenkurtz wrote 5 months ago: posted by Engelbert Thaler, Freiburg University of Education, Germany There used to be a time when E … more →
Council of Europe: Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters
juergenkurtz wrote 5 months ago: posted by Jürgen Kurtz, Karlsruhe University of Education, Germany The Autobiography of Intercultura … more →
AAAL 2010 Annual Conference
juergenkurtz wrote 5 months ago: posted by Jürgen Kurtz, Karlsruhe University of Education, Germany The 2010 conference of the Americ … more →
Council of Europe: White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue
juergenkurtz wrote 6 months ago: posted by Jürgen Kurtz, Karlsruhe University of Education, Germany In May 2008, Council of Europe Mi … more →
