The ability to listen effectively is dependent on a complex interplay between the listener, features of the text, and the context in which the text is being listened to. While listening comprehension requires a range of abilities on the part of the listener, it is also dependent on features of the …
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The systemic functional model (e.g. Halliday and Hasan 1985, Halliday and Matthiessen 2004), on which all Lexis Education’s courses are based, has had an enormous impact on educational contexts in Australia and around the world. Genre-based pedagogy, where the teaching of grammar is part of an …
Do you want to be notified of new posts by email? Subscribe to our newsletter here. Words by Brian Dare, Director at Lexis Education What is scaffolding? The metaphor used to capture the way in which a teacher provides particular kinds of support within the interactions taking place between …