Vocabulary Myths

Author : Keith S. Folse
Publisher : University of Michigan Press ELT
ISBN 13 : 9780472030293
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vocabulary Myths written by Keith S. Folse and published by University of Michigan Press ELT. This book was released on 2004-03-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Vocabulary Myths, Keith S. Folse breaks down the teaching of second language vocabulary into eight commonly held myths. In debunking each myth, he introduces the myth with a story based on his 25 years of teaching experience (in the United States and abroad), continues with a presentation of what empirical research has shown on the topic, and finishes with a list of what teachers can do in their classrooms to facilitate true vocabulary acquisition. The goal of Vocabulary Myths is to foster a paradigm shift that correctly views vocabulary as fundamental in any second language learning process and demonstrates that research supports this goal-that in fact there is a wealth of empirical evidence to support these views. In addition, an important theme is that teachers have overestimated how much vocabulary students really understand, and as a result, the so-called "comprehensible input" is neither comprehensible nor input. The second language vocabulary acquisition myths reexamined in this book are: *In learning another language, vocabulary is not as important as grammar or other areas. *Using word lists to learn L2 vocabulary is unproductive. *Presenting new vocabulary in semantic sets facilitates learning. *The use of translations to learn new vocabulary should be discouraged. *Guessing words from context is an excellent strategy for learning L2 vocabulary. *The best vocabulary learners make use of one or two really specific vocabulary learning strategies. *The best dictionary for L2 learners is a monolingual dictionary. *Teachers, textbooks, and curricula cover L2 vocabulary adequately.

Author : David Wilton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195375572
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Word Myths written by David Wilton and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the most famous stories, tales, and histories of the world that are provably wrong provides a look at why certain myths are created and spread, the reasons they persist, and the actual truths that long have been obscured by misinformation.

Author : Linda Grant
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472035169
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pronunciation Myths written by Linda Grant and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2014-02-21 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume was conceived as a "best practices" resource for pronunciation and speaking teachers in the way that Vocabulary Myths by Keith S. Folse is one for reading and vocabulary teachers. Like others in the Myths series, this book combines research with good pedagogical practices. The book opens with a Prologue by Linda Grant (author of the Well Said textbook series), which reviews the last four decades of pronunciation teaching, the differences between accent and intelligibility, the rudiments of the English sound system, and other factors related to the ways that pronunciation is learned and taught. The myths challenged in this book are: § Once you’ve been speaking a second language for years, it’s too late to change your pronunciation. (Derwing and Munro) § Pronunciation instruction is not appropriate for beginning-level learners. (Zielinski and Yates) § Pronunciation teaching has to establish in the minds of language learners a set of distinct consonant and vowel sounds. (Field) § Intonation is hard to teach. (Gilbert) § Students would make better progress if they just practiced more. (Grant) § Accent reduction and pronunciation instruction are the same thing. (Thomson) § Teacher training programs provide adequate preparation in how to teach pronunciation (Murphy). The book concludes with an Epilogue by Donna M. Brinton, who synthesizes some of the best practices explored in the volume.

Author : Joy M. Reid
Publisher : University of Michigan Press ELT
ISBN 13 : 9780472032570
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing Myths written by Joy M. Reid and published by University of Michigan Press ELT. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume was conceived as a "best practices" resource for writing teachers in the way that Vocabulary Myths by Keith S. Folse is one for reading and vocabulary teachers. It was written to help ensure that writing teachers are not perpetuating the myths of teaching writing. Each author is a practicing teacher who selected his or her "myth" based on classroom experience and expertise. Both the research and pedagogy in this book are based on the newest research in, for example, teacher preparation, EAP and ESP, and corpus linguistics. The myths discussed in this book are: § Teaching vocabulary is not the writing teacher's job. (Keith S. Folse) § Teaching citation is someone else's job. (Cynthia M. Schuemann) § Where grammar is concerned, one size fits all. (Pat Byrd and John Bunting) § Academic writing should be assertive and certain. (Ken Hyland) § Students must learn to correct all their writing errors. (Dana Ferris) § Corpus-based research is too complicated to be useful for writing teachers. (Susan Conrad) § Academic writing courses should focus on paragraph and essay development. (Sharon Cavausgil) § International and U.S. resident ESL writers cannot be taught in the same class. (Paul Kei Matsuda) The book concludes with a discussion of students' myths about academic writing and teaching written by Joy Reid.

Author : Aesop
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fables from Æsop and Myths from Palæphatus ... With a vocabulary by John T. White written by Aesop and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Publius Ovidius Naso
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths from Ovid's Metamorphoses, with a vocabulary, ed. by J.T. White written by Publius Ovidius Naso and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steven Brown
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472034596
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Listening Myths written by Steven Brown and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2011-02-25 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume was conceived as a "best practices" resource for teachers of ESL listening courses. It was written to help ensure that teachers of listening are not perpetuating the myths of teaching listening.

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ISBN 13 : 9786185048891
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths Behind Words written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the constellations in the sky, words such as aphrodisiac, hubris, museum, galaxy and mentor each contain within them a story, if only you knew to look closely. This collection retells the myths behind common words and expressions in English, bringing to life the heroes, monsters and gods whose deeds and battles have left a hidden mark on our language. Compiling more than seventy-five myths, the stories in this book feature well-known figures such as Zeus, Athena, Apollo, Hercules, Achilles, the Amazons, Medusa and the Minotaur. The entries are supplemented with original illustration reproductions of scenes from ancient pottery, and include translations from Ancient Greek epics such as the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Argonautica and Theogony.

Author : Cynthia Ross
Publisher : Teacher Created Resources
ISBN 13 : 155734423X
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide for Using D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths in the Classroom written by Cynthia Ross and published by Teacher Created Resources. This book was released on 1993-04 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces children to the gods, people and beliefs of ancient Greek myths.

Author : Wes Moore
Publisher : One World
ISBN 13 : 0385528205
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Other Wes Moore written by Wes Moore and published by One World. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the governor-elect of Maryland, the “compassionate” (People), “startling” (Baltimore Sun), “moving” (Chicago Tribune) true story of two kids with the same name from the city: One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. Selected by Stephen Curry as his “Underrated” Book Club Pick with Literati The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his. In December 2000, the Baltimore Sun ran a small piece about Wes Moore, a local student who had just received a Rhodes Scholarship. The same paper also ran a series of articles about four young men who had allegedly killed a police officer in a spectacularly botched armed robbery. The police were still hunting for two of the suspects who had gone on the lam, a pair of brothers. One was named Wes Moore. Wes just couldn’t shake off the unsettling coincidence, or the inkling that the two shared much more than space in the same newspaper. After following the story of the robbery, the manhunt, and the trial to its conclusion, he wrote a letter to the other Wes, now a convicted murderer serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. His letter tentatively asked the questions that had been haunting him: Who are you? How did this happen? That letter led to a correspondence and relationship that have lasted for several years. Over dozens of letters and prison visits, Wes discovered that the other Wes had had a life not unlike his own: Both had had difficult childhoods, both were fatherless; they’d hung out on similar corners with similar crews, and both had run into trouble with the police. At each stage of their young lives they had come across similar moments of decision, yet their choices would lead them to astonishingly different destinies. Told in alternating dramatic narratives that take readers from heart-wrenching losses to moments of surprising redemption, The Other Wes Moore tells the story of a generation of boys trying to find their way in a hostile world.