A crossword (with Jcross)

Find 15 words related to English language learning

Crossword

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Across: 1. Consists of a verb and a preposition or adverb that modifies or changes the meaning. 4. The structural foundation of our ability to express ourselves. 5. The delivery of language through the mouth. 7. Receiving language through the ears. 8. Mistake. 9. A sheet of paper, or on a computer, on which problems are worked. 13. Person who has a language as his mother tongue. 14. Process of committing something to memory. 15. The process of using symbols (letters of the alphabet, punctuation and spaces) to communicate thoughts and ideas in a readable form.

Down: 2. Set of words within a language. 3. Human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication. 6. Expressions that isn't meant to be taken literally. 10. The process of imparting knowledge and skills from a teacher to a learner. 11. An assessment intended to measure a test-taker's knowledge, skills... 12. Measurable and relatively permanent change in behavior through experience, instruction, or study.

Filling the gaps (with JCloze)

Hello again, peers!

Here you have a filling the gaps exercise I've done with my students. It is a text by Chomsky related to English language learning.

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Chomsky about language learning

Gap-fill exercise

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Noam believes that are born with an inherited to learn any human . He claims that certain linguistic structures which children use so accurately must be already imprinted on the child’s . Chomsky believes that every child has a ‘language device’ or LAD which encodes the major principles of a language and its structures into the child’s brain. Children have then only to learn new and apply the syntactic structures from the LAD to form sentences. Chomsky points out that a child could not possibly learn a language through alone because the language spoken around them is highly – adult’s speech is often broken up and even sometimes ungrammatical. Chomsky’s applies to all languages as they all contain nouns, verbs, consonants and vowels and children appear to be ‘hard-wired’ to acquire the grammar. Every language is extremely , often with subtle distinctions which even native speakers are unaware of. However, all children, regardless of their intellectual ability, become fluent in their native language within five or six years.

From http://aggslanguage.wordpress.com/chomsky/

Quiz on vocabulary (with JQuiz)

Good afternoon, peers,

Today I present you an exercise I have done with my students. I was tired of their complaints about "we don't do anything real, Teach'", so I put this episode of "Two and a half men" (11x14 - Three Fingers of Crème de Menthe) and this is the quiz they had to do later. I hope it will be useful for you!

Have a nice day!

Vocabulary about the episode

Quiz

 

1. What does "nuts" mean in Spanish?
   1.   Tuerca
   2.   Loco
   3.   Huevo
   4.   All of them.
2. What's the meaning of "This is my main flaw" in Spanish?
   1.   "Esta es mi función aquí"
   2.   "Este es mi principal defecto"
   3.   "Este es mi desayuno"
   4.   "Esta es mi arma blanca"
3. What does "from scratch" mean in Spanish?
   1.   Desde cero.
   2.   Desde entonces.
   3.   "Que ya no hay solución"
   4.   The first three answers are correct.
4. What does "flat tire" mean in Spanish?
   1.   Corbata doblada.
   2.   Corbata arrugada.
   3.   Freno cortado.
   4.   Neumático pinchado.
5. What does "layperson" mean in the context of this video?
   1.   Someone that doesn't know much about something.
   2.   Someone that is an expert at doing something.
   3.   Someone that doesn't believe in God.
   4.   Someone that is tired of being lazy.