language teaching
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- The importance of the four basic skills of the language in foreign language teaching cannot be underestimated.
- foreign language teaching
- English language teaching
- language teaching and learning
Examples
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The goal of language teaching is not just to memorize vocabulary, but to facilitate real communication.
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For that purpose, the pedagogical background of the teachers holds great importance in language teaching.
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In parallel with the need for a foreign language, the importance of foreign language teaching increases.
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Others believe that grammar is the only substance in second or foreign language teaching.
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The visual and auditory tools make the teaching more effective in foreign language teaching.
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Today, foreign-language teaching is moving away from cultural awareness and toward language as a transaction.
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Foreign language textbooks are being prepared in the region to assist teachers in language teaching.
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More imaginative and communicative foreign language teaching methodology is gradually being made available to students.
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As a result of globalization, both pedagogical techniques and proficiency measures in foreign language teaching have changed.
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Very little regard is accorded to the primacy of oracy in language teaching and learning (Obanya, 2002).
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Synonyms
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A job helping people learn
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Teaching or training given to help someone learn a skill
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the practice or profession of teaching people to speak and understand a foreign language' is directly and compositionally derived from 'language' (a system of communication) + 'teaching' (the activity of instructing). This noun + noun combination follows a common and transparent pattern found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Language teaching makes you think of a teacher in front of a class pointing at words and asking students to repeat and practice. That clear picture is why it means 'the work of helping people speak and understand a foreign language'.