Teaching Techniques: Nouns on the Job Market - An Approach for Recognizing Noun Position

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English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 2 Front Cover

This article uses a job-market analogy to teach learners how nouns function as subjects, objects, and complements in sentences. By identifying each noun’s “job” and checking for missing, duplicated, or overworked nouns, students can recognize noun positions and correct common sentence-level writing errors.

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Sandra Tompson Issa

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Teachers Learners Intermediate Advanced Grammar Teacher Training
English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 2 Front Cover

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English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 2 Front Cover

English Teaching Forum 2015, Volume 53, Number 2

This issue features articles on using applied theater to engage adolescent English learners in literacy, developing student tutoring programs, and helping students organize oral discourse. Other pieces offer techniques for teaching noun position and descriptive writing...