tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424089475889306700.post8285235042980080895..comments2023-06-02T03:53:48.320-07:00Comments on Sharing my life: Aims for a speaking courseMaria Lorena Reciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05930907133383067337noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424089475889306700.post-56274591972105666052007-11-15T17:16:00.000-08:002007-11-15T17:16:00.000-08:00Thanx Gladys. Let me tell you that I will try to e...Thanx Gladys. Let me tell you that I will try to enhance the activities that are not in the book, let me see if I can do that for next week because I can't do much because of my eye and I'm still working on the homework for tomorrow.<BR/>I liked the page. We should tell Pau that when she uploads her class on Pronunciation, she should include this link.<BR/>Love your comments too. See you tomorrow,<BR/> LoreMaria Lorena Reciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05930907133383067337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7424089475889306700.post-53550676374023522882007-11-15T14:34:00.000-08:002007-11-15T14:34:00.000-08:00Discrimination between minimal pairs (both at reco...Discrimination between minimal pairs (both at recognition and production levels)has for long been a concern for EFL teachers, Lore (at least in theory!). What I was surprised to hear some years ago, was Paul Seligson's argument that we should start by emphasising stress rather than sound quality... The more I thought about it, the more sense the whole thing made to me... That has certainly influenced my teaching, I can tell you!<BR/><BR/>If you can afford the time, I'd love to hear your ideas about how you might enhance a given task in the book inspected so as to integrate the teaching of those skills italicized... but I know you're dead busy, so I'll be really patient! ;-)<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/><I>Gladys</I><BR/><BR/>PS: browsing the Web,I've found these <A HREF="http://www.elp-blink.com/EFL-Seligson.htm" REL="nofollow">notes</A> on a lecture by Paul Seligson on how we should teach speaking. Certainly worth going over!<BR/><BR/>PS2: Forgot to tell you... <B>loved </B>your post!Gladys Bayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10637060860005714720noreply@blogger.com