Outside of China, Mandarin and Cantonese are often referred to as Chinese dialects, despite being even more dissimilar than Spanish and Italian. On the other hand, speakers of Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, which are three distinct languages, can usually communicate with each other in their native tongues. So, when is speech considered a dialect versus a language?
3rd Online Foreign Languages Forum
See you at the 3rd Online Foreign Languages Forum on Sunday 12 September, on teaching young learners how to write. Writing is a meticulous task which requires our unwavering devotion to detail, as it is considered by many to be the culmination of a multitude of well-developed language skills.
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Choosing the Right Coursebook: The Eternal Dilemma of Every ELT Educator
Special thanks to ELT NEWS and Anastasia Spyropoulou for posting my latest article. – Have you ever found yourself in a state of displeasure as regards the choice of the ELT material you are using? Are your students struggling to learn, or even worse, uninspired? So, how exactly do you choose a Coursebook to match your students’ needs?
Katherine Reilly 