Listening to the Universe of Discourse: 03
So, let’s take an example I gave on that forum mentioned a couple of posts ago: the word “hello”. Most of our students will be quite...
Listening to the Universe of Discourse 02
Now, let’s take a look at another take on “listening”, this one from an online ESL website with fairly regular activity. On this page on...
Listening to the Universe of Discourse 01: Roland Barthes
Now, in my first posting on this subject, I presented two, well-known activities related to “listening”: the taped conversation, listened...
Listening to the Universe of Discourse 00
Of course, there’s a book in this. However, just to get the juices flowing, here’s some thoughts on this activity, commonly known as...
Studying Online: Obstacles and Motivation
When you begin an online course, you often start with high spirits and a lot of enthusiasm. Perhaps the course will help you move up in...
Pronunciation: Is or Is not
Hey all. Allow me a rhetorical convention here: I can not overemphasize the importance of pronunciation as a basic part of your ESL...