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TESOL Videos - Conditionals and Reported Speech - Tense Changes in Reported Speech
This video covers all the tense changes that are required in reported speech. This video is specifically aimed at teaching reported speech in an ESL setting.
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This unit broke down ESA functions into vocabulary, grammar and language functions. There are 4 things students need to do with new language: be exposed to it, understand its meaning, understand how its constructed and be able to practice and produce it. Grammar is often said to be the tree trunk and branches of a language while vocabulary and functions are the leaves that add beauty and variety. Students must be introduced to a new language in a balanced and manageable way. Lessons that are specifically targeted to grammar or vocabulary commonly use the ?straight arrow?. An effective teacher will think about which structure is most appropriate for situation at hand.Teaching Vocabulary is very important to the students, especially in early stages. Receptive vocabulary(words the student knows but does not use) - this is much larger than his or her productive vocabulary(words the student knows and uses) Students can usually understand more words than they can actively use. How easy or difficult a vocabulary item is largely dependent on a number of factors: Similarity to students? own language. Similarity to English words already known, Spelling and pronunciation, appropriancy. One of the biggest problems of vocabulary is teaching how to select which words to teach. Teaching language functions as well as vocabulary and grammar, language also consists of functions. Language functio