The Common European Languages Framework does not provide a clear vocabulary size for any of its levels, so we do not know how many knows words are expected at each level. Milton and Alexiou have attempted to do that in 2009. Here’s their table for English and French, with the addition of Greek from them… Continue reading Common European Languages Framework (CEFR) and Vocabulary Size
Category: Teaching
All about language teaching.
The Basics of a Language
The whole philosophy of I Kinda Like Languages is based on making courses which enable people to use the language in speaking and/or reading immediately after having taken the course. In other words, we strive to teach the basics of the language. But what exactly is the basics and how do you go about teaching it? Well, I even made a table.
Good Teaching: Should You Try To Make The Word Patterns You Ask Make Sense?
A small reflection on how language teaching should use materials and examples that are concrete and make sense to learners.
Teaching: How Should it Go About?
What’s the proper way to teach something? This is the question that I have been thinking about lately and I will give my take on it.