Unit 1: What does foreign
language teaching involve?
Reviewed
✦ What does ‘knowing a f oreign language’ mean?
Someone who knows a foreign language well:
can speak quite fluently
knows the grammar rules
can follow what native speakers are saying in different situations
uses grammar rules accurately when they speak or write
can read a range of different types of text and understand them without
difficulty
has a wide knowledge of vocabulary, including advanced and idiomatic
vocabulary
can use vocabulary appropriately in their own speaking and writing
has pronunciation that makes them easy to understand
can write different types of text in the foreign language
has some cultural knowledge, e.g. when to say please, thank you and
sorry, the meaning of certain physical gestures, how close you stand to
someone when you are speaking to them, etc.
✦ What does f oreign language teaching involve?
Examples of cultural knowledge are:
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language teaching involve?
Reviewed
✦ What does ‘knowing a f oreign language’ mean?
Someone who knows a foreign language well:
can speak quite fluently
knows the grammar rules
can follow what native speakers are saying in different situations
uses grammar rules accurately when they speak or write
can read a range of different types of text and understand them without
difficulty
has a wide knowledge of vocabulary, including advanced and idiomatic
vocabulary
can use vocabulary appropriately in their own speaking and writing
has pronunciation that makes them easy to understand
can write different types of text in the foreign language
has some cultural knowledge, e.g. when to say please, thank you and
sorry, the meaning of certain physical gestures, how close you stand to
someone when you are speaking to them, etc.
✦ What does f oreign language teaching involve?
Examples of cultural knowledge are:
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