https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv Post your views here and discuss with a partner. en-us 2019-03-13 13:34:24 UTC 2025-12-09 15:44:32 UTC hello@padlet.com sarahpehr https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/342115273 Linguistics can help in improving the students' knowledge of grammar.]]> 2019-03-17 13:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/342115273 sarahpehr https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/342117116 Linguistics can help in changing attitudes about non-standard English dialects.]]> 2019-03-17 14:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/342117116 ena_sinanovic https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/342767898 How can you explain grammar, pronunciation, syntax, morphology etc. without linguistics? You probably can't. You might be able to point out the mistakes your students are making (good for you) but I guess it's not just about being able to point out the mistakes. You should be able to point out: what the mistake is, why it happens and how one can avoid making the same mistake. If you merely rely on your knowledge of the English language, without taking the fundamentals of language into consideration, this will probably turn out to be quite the challenge for you. If a student asks "Why do I have to do it like that?", a lot of teachers will answer "It is what it is. Just do it like that." Fair enough. But it would be more beneficial for children, especially non-native speakers, to receive a logical explanation, which could potentially deepen their understanding. ]]> 2019-03-19 10:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/342767898 lebl_bert https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/342808990 +1 :-D]]> 2019-03-19 12:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/342808990 lebl_bert https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/342812781 I have never seen it that way before learning about linguistics, but I have to agree. It is not possible to teach language without teaching linguistics. The alternative would be to let students learn everything by heart without drawing connections.

]]> 2019-03-19 12:41:07 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/342812781 lebl_bert https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/342816904 teachable content: word formation (like "If a word ends '-ent', there is a high probability of it being a noun"). Encourage students to take a close look at words (like "does it remind you of another word you know, maybe even in German?")]]> 2019-03-19 12:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/342816904 lebl_bert https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/342819504 There are so many exercises that demand "Form a sentence with these words". Knowing about linguistics may help be a "better" teacher in the sense of not being "conservative" in what you accept. If I ever ask students to use certain words in sentences and they write sentences like "I don't like [word]", I will probably find it funny.

]]> 2019-03-19 12:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/342819504 lebl_bert https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/342821927 Knowing about linguistics does not mean you have to teach language in such an academic and formalistic way. They way you play around with language in your mother tongue could be simulated in a foreign language. Why not read jokes, make up nonsense words, look for rhymes, ...?]]> 2019-03-19 12:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/342821927 https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/343720607 Linguistics can be useful for us EFL-teacher when it comes to explain the roots of some words used in a language. Furthermore, linguistic knowledge is needed to pronounce words properly and explain how words are produced.]]> 2019-03-21 11:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/343720607 nataliehellmann8 https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/344100993 Linguistics in EFL teaching is important in order to understand the language you are teaching. If you understand the structure, rules etc. it is easier to explain certain issues, as well as it is easier for the students to understand them. For instance, if you are not aware of how sounds and sound sequences are produced, it can get really complicated to explain it to a student who has never used this sound sequence before. Therefore, subtly using linguistics as an EFL teacher can be very practical and beneficial for everyone involved. ]]> 2019-03-22 08:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/344100993 https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/345080173 Linguistics is a very interesting field, which doesn´t only help us to become good teachers. It is moreover important in everyday life as we could read in the article. Linguistics is the key to improve the communication between human beings and Computers.]]> 2019-03-26 02:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/345080173 https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/345140244 I believe that you need linguistic knowledge for the words of a language in order to teach this language. It is useful because you can explain to your students why a certain word is combined like that and why it is pronounced the way it sounds like.]]> 2019-03-26 08:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/345140244 anna_schroedl https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/345201895 As a EFL-teacher one should get familiar, for instance, with the theory about the general mechanism of producing speechsounds, so that one will be able to tackle any pronunciation problem the students may encounter.]]> 2019-03-26 12:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/thomas_strasser/qb3sadlun9gv/wish/345201895