English Resources (page 40)

L2 learning Second language learning, in popular belief, is held as a talent for a select body; only those with a "knack" for language will be able to communicate fully in a non-na...

It is certainly no overstatement to say that both psychologists and linguists have been keen to emphasise the differences between first and second language acquisition, fostering such...

Apostrophes in essays have gained my attention for many years while teaching English in secondary schools. Originally stating that the rule you use an ' when referring to the possessi...

Intelligence is inherited. So relax, parents. Professor Robert Plomin was interviewed on Radio 4 for 'The Life Scientific' and these are his views: Psychologists used not to li...

Having graduated in June, I`ve been through the exam machine very recently, and in the last few years of my life I`ve had to prepare for almost 100 exams. As a consequence, I`ve perfe...

Portable Corona number three. That's been my analyst. Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway was a war veteran and an alcoholic. Much of the previous literature has established these t...

Reflective Journal Reflection can be defined as "the capacity to reflect on action so as to engage in a process of continuous learning." (Schon 1983). Reflection has been used as a m...

I might as well try to clip my own nose into shape with scissors. The book bleeds. D. H. Lawrence. Early attempts to publish and disseminate Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928...

Elias Khoury's Gate of the Sun: Reconsidering the Post-Colonial. 'I'm scared of a history that only has one version. History has dozens of versions, and for it to ossify into one ...

Literature Review: Learning has always been a social process. In discussing interactions between less-advanced and experienced learners, Vygotsky (1978) argues that a failure to e...