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		<title>Design your own Activity-Based second language course</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of my last post, we came to the conclusion that we would do well to make second language learning approximate the process that had been so successful with first language learning. Here are some of the features that characterised the first language learning process: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Language was acquired incidentally while you were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grammar &amp; the Second Language Learning Process</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For most of us second language learning is quite different from our experience of learning our first language. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Here are a few obvious differences: Most of us were a fair bit older when we began our second language. We had already experienced what it was to successfully learn our first language We learnt the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grammar &#8211; Do you need it?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grammar: Do you need it? There aren’t many things that will cause the linguistic sparks to fly. But this question can usually be relied upon to provoke strong feelings among linguists and non-linguists alike. I’ll summarise both sides of the argument. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yes! We need grammar. Language is “rule-governed behaviour.” You only have to watch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Qualities to Look for in a Second Language Mentor</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let’s be clear about one very important issue: your success in learning a second language ultimately depends upon you, not your mentor. However, a good teacher will make a big difference to how you learn a language. What determines how a mentor teaches is obviously their own teaching preparation. There are so many second language [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Role of the Second Language Teacher</title>
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