Cosmo Sapiens

  Can high-quality lesson content reinforce L2 learners’ self-confidence ? Can demanding subject matter contribute to learners’ long-term establishing of self-esteem? Solid language foundation is a long-term development and so is the quality of self-belief, at least for a respectable number of second language learners. The two entities are inherently interlaced . Offering challenging educative content can drive to the realization that the learning process is brimming with difficulties, mental toil, misunderstandings-even subversions along the way. Therefore, learners are to be accordingly armoured in the linguistic (i.e. grammar/ syntactic, phonetic, semantic, pragmatic) and content area. Interestingly, Leslie (2012) introduces the idea of “ ease of use ” which an artist should constantly be escaping in order to remain creative . During the teaching practice, are there times wherein you feel compelled to compromise the linguistic challenges in fear of cracking you...

  Why is vocabulary development essential in TEFL learning? Vocabulary accuracy renders human interlocution substantive. In order to obtain accuracy , one has to hold a satisfying range of lexis. It is advisable to develop eloquence, because its employment facilitates human interaction and communication. TEFL teachers  share the need for developing dense and various lexis, and therefore they rely on creating synapses based on synonyms. Yet, from a translator's perspective, synonyms do not exist. Even among tautological terms, different word choice carries a different spirit, connotation, essence, sentiment and inference.   Thus, different communicative effect Consider the case of the intended meaning of memory and the potential options (synonyms): According to Merriam-Webster dictionary (the online edition) they could convey the concept of carrying a memory by employing one of the following: anamnesis, memory, recall, recollection, reminiscence, memento, m...