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Penny Ur's IATEFL 2012 talk on access to research for language teachers. She concludes:
"The research literature is an important source
of professional knowledge.
It is increasingly accessible to the practitioner
through conferences and the Internet.
It should be read selectively and critically."
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“Ever since Richard Brinsley Sheridan created the chronically misspeaking character of Mrs. Malaprop in his 18th-century romantic comedy The Rivals, we’ve had a convenient word with which to point out other people’s linguistic inferiority. But is saying “epitaphs” when you really mean “epithets,” as Mrs. Malaprop did, really a sign of ignorance? In fact, there’s much more to malapropisms than you might think. Listen as Bob Garfield and I [Mike Vuolo] discuss what a common speech error reveals about the way that our mental lexicon—that is, the dictionary in our head—is likely organized.”
Shona Whyte: Lexicon Valley podcast with discussion between Mike Vuolo and Bob Garfield using David Fay and Anne Cutler's 1977 article for scientific background. Delete the scoop?
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