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The Catholic University of Murcia inaugurated this morning the Second International Conference on Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies in Modern Languages, which will continue throughout the day tomorrow.
The symposium, organized by the Department of Languages, attended teachers and researchers in the field of modern languages, from various countries.
From the organization of the Congress said that in this second edition has limited its context, focusing on the teaching and learning of language, literature and cultural aspects in the modern languages ​​classroom.
The importance of vocabulary in language learning is one of the topics to be discussed at the symposium;
Professor of Swansea University (Wales), James Milton, has focused his presentation on the issues surrounding the teaching of vocabulary in language learning.
For the teacher, in many cases, in education, we tend to focus more on teaching grammar vocabulary.
"After World War II, have been focused on structures, notions and functions of language, and have forgotten a little word learning. We forgotten the importance of vocabulary," he stressed.
Similarly, he added that one of the things that would make a language would learn an efficient way would be to learn vocabulary.
Whether Spain is at the tail in learning other languages, the speaker stated that it was a thought of themselves all countries, and added that it is a myth because "when we examine students vocabulary Spain, obtain similar results to students from other countries. Indeed, the worst learning languages ​​are British. "
In relation to the matter to be discussed at the Congress, it is noteworthy that the UCAM teaches this course for the first time, the Modern Languages, the deadline for registration is now open after being verified by the ANECA, and is waiting authorization by the CARM.
Source: UCAM
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