Christine Roell

The business world relies a lot on expressions and idioms. It is important that students become aware of their importance, be able to recognise some of them and, in certain circumstances use them as well.

Audiovisual comprehension is a communicative competence in its own right and needs to be taught as such. The article offers a number of practical activities to encourage learners to understand.

In this article, Christine Roell describes using visual concept maps to help learners link the ideas of a text together. Using deep reading skills such as analysis, synthesis and evaluation, the learner will arrive at a much fuller understanding along with the language to express it.