They look at the inner workings of language. Why language works like it does, in other words. Think of learning about linguistics in the same way you’d learn how an internal combustion engine works. Linguistics is what’s under the hood… you don’t need to know it to drive a car, but it helps understand what’s going on if you ever break down!
So… TEFL teachers should find these useful in providing more of a background to their teaching and students, too, will find them helpful in understanding language at a slightly deeper level.
A new study has mapped the global influence of different languages and as a surprise to absolutely no one, English comes out as the most important and influential language. Russia, somewhat more surprisingly, comes in second with other languages following up well behind. The data was collected by researchers at […]
English for Tourism is a branch of ESP or English for Special Purposes. Whilst sometimes it is about teaching people who will visit an English speaking country, more often it is teaching English to people who will work in the tourist industry, for example: hotel employees, travel agents, tour guides, […]
English is the reason we’re here. This article is an overview of the language and explores a little of its history and statistics. English (like all other languages) isn’t a pure language. It is basically a mixture, a hodgepodge of other languages which has developed and formed over time. The […]
EFL is an acronym we use to talk about English as a Foreign Language. EFL students are students learning English as a foreign language, that is, as a language other than their mother tongue or primary language. EFL students usually live in non English speaking countries and want to learn […]
The word diphthong (also spelt dipthong) comes from the Greek δίφθογγος meaning with two sounds, or with two tones. To see what we mean, try saying these words out loud and concentrate on the sound of the vowels and the shape of your mouth when you say them. loud new […]