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On Fluency and Accuracy

20 de abril de 2015

Although attempts to define ‘fluency’ and ‘accuracy’ when speaking a foreign language abound in the specialized literature, there still does not seem to exist a consensus regarding a single, ultimate definition of either one of the terms. One of the reasons which could partly explain the lack of common ground among authors is the very...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Speaking and Spoken Language

Accuracy, fluency, language chunks, vocabulary

It’s the thing you use when you don’t know how to say the word you want

20 de março de 2015

by Edmilson Chagas

Generally defined as the unnecessary use of a large number of words to express an idea – when fewer, more direct ones would do – circumlocution seems to bear a somewhat negative connotation. It is often frowned upon by literary critics who tend to attach greater value to a more pragmatic approach to writing. In...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Speaking and Spoken Language

communication breakdowns, Communication strategies, conversation, curcumlocution, fluency-oriented

The soundness of silence

20 de fevereiro de 2015

by Edmilson Chagas

The idea of writing this article first occurred to me after I read “Do instructions have to be that dull?“, a great article by Rubens Heredia. The common ground between the lesson I describe below and his post might be that both deal with observing teachers teach. I believe we all agree that being either...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas

anxiety, inductive, silence, student-centered

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