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Some guides are linked from more than one category –
people think differently. |
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background |
some major
theories of learning, error, the history of ELT,
testing, motivation, learning styles and more |
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discourse |
cohesion,
referencing, genre, style and register and deixis
(see also the index to syntax, below) |
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functions |
pragmatics, semantics, suasion, expressing emotion,
uncertainty and so on |
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general reference |
lists, references,
terminology (with a range of tests) and so on |
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lexis |
considerations of meaning
and lexical relationships, cognates, morphology and
semantics |
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methodology |
for consideration of a range of approaches to
teaching and learning |
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modality
and mood |
more than modal
auxiliary verbs, including an overview of modality types,
modal expressions and
the subjunctive |
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pronunciation |
vowels, consonants,
connected speech, intonation and word stress (and a
link to teach-yourself transcription) |
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syntax: phrases, clauses, sentences |
concerning sentence
structures, clause and phrase structures and
constituents, complex sentences, collocation,
colligation and much more |
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skills |
explaining the
nature of language skills and how to teach and
assess them |
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teaching
and materials |
teaching the
aspects of English grammar, lexis and functions and to the
selection and evaluation of materials |
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testing
and assessment |
explaining the nature of
key terms in testing and with links to guides on
testing specific areas of language learning |
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verbs and
tenses |
verbs forms,
multi-word verbs, clause types and
tense structures |
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Business
English |
a small section looking at
particular phenomena from a Business English
perspective |
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English for Academic
Purposes |
guides here concern (mostly) speaking and writing
skills for learners who are learning English in
order to study in the language. |
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a list of lists |
A number of guides on this site
have links to lists of items you may find helpful. Here is the lists of lists. |
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a short language analysis course |
This is short and quite simple. It may be of
interest if you need some revision of the way to
approach the analysis of English structure. |
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learn to /træn.ˈskraɪb/ |
a course
in phonemic transcription |
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courses on this site |
for an index of all short (and not so short) courses on ELT Concourse |
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The Bridge |
The guides in this area
come half way between the initial plus training and
in-service-level
training. |
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considering
Delta? |
this is a guide for people considering the next
stage of qualification with an index of links to
crucial preparation guides |
