language teaching
Teaching foreign tongues
Language teaching is the practice of instructing others in a language, whether their native tongue or a foreign one.
It encompasses methods, materials, and techniques for developing skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing: She's been in language teaching for twenty years.
The field ranges from elementary grammar instruction to advanced conversation courses.
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- aptitudeInnate capability
motivation · cultural competence · scaffolding · classroom management · error correction · virtual classrooms · cross-cultural communication · pragmatics · drill and kill · role play · interlanguage · code-switching · fluency · tutor · ESL · native speaker · accent · vocabulary
- language educationbilingual, biliteracy, immersion, literacy skills, reading
- Teaching Abroadexchange programs, cultural exchange, international schools, host family, work visa
- Constructed Languagesconlang, Esperanto, Valyrian, interlinguistics, Klingon
- Romance linguisticsRomance languages, Gallo-Romance, Italian, Spanish, Latin roots
- parentinggentle parenting, child, mom, children, kids
- Education CharitiesTeach for America, Khan Academy, scholarship funds, educational grants, tutoring programs
language teachingtranslation
Converting between languages
translation work · interpretation · interpreting · literary translation · localization
language teachingforced assimilation
Compelled cultural absorption