Chunking
Tuesday August 26, 2008
'Chunking' means learning set phrases or 'chunks' of related language. This upper level reading comprehension is provided as a means for students to improve their vocabulary skills through looking for 'chunks' of appropriate language.
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Did you see recent FT article/letter 8/26/08 on getting by in a specific industry using only 1000 English words? Air traffic and marine controllers manage with no more than 900 English words. Sometimes called seaspeak this is an example: everyone must use “say again” and no other version like, please repeat or sorry I didn’t hear that! Schoolchoiceintl.com has the skinny on ESL in public and private schools across the globe.