Teaching Language Acquisition

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Teaching Language Acquisition

This is an article I wrote not so long ago but is still relevant today. We stop short as ELTs when we seek only memorized responses from English language learners. Focusing on acquisition helps prepare learners for the real world.

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