Here are some interesting research notes from some articles I read recently on teaching speaking and pronunciation. I hope the findings are useful to you. If you like, the references are listed so you can read the studies yourself. Alternatively, you can leave me a message and I will send you a link to any of the articles referenced here. Enjoy! Abstract This survey covers a wide variety of research on speaking and pronunciation, ranging from vocabulary growth in young Sp

I did some assessment of my ability to teach writing, and of my own writing ability. I hope you can use it to see some areas of improvement for your own teaching and writing. My writing teaching practices I do well assigning writing for a specific reader and a meaningful purpose. For example, assigning students to write for a specific family member whom they appreciate for something that they have never expressed appreciation for. One could argue that my writing assignments