Connected Speech: What Happens During Ordinary, Spontaneous Speech?
“A word is not just the sum of its individual sounds; just as connected speech is not just the sum of its individual words.”…
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Cuisenaire Rods in Language Learning – Part 2
by Steve Hirschhorn A rod by any other name… Figure 1 Two boxes of Cuisenaire Rods, the top one a new set and the…
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Interview with Nicholas Walker
By Sharyn Collins Hello, Nicholas, could you tell me about your background and how you got into EFL? I’m English, but I was born…
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Copernicus: Language Comes Through Culture
Copernicus: Language comes through culture “The mantra of ‘consistent reward’ has often been popular amongst educators, but neuroscience suggests we may need to turn…
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IELTS speaking – what is Cambridge looking for? Part 4 – Pronunciation
IELTS speaking – what is Cambridge looking for? Part 4 – Pronunciation. Hello and welcome back to the final article in this series, looking…
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NLP and Its Use in the Classroom
NLP and Its Use in the Classroom ‘The map is not the territory: we all have different maps of the world.’ This phrase used…
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