Public Lecture "The Role of Grammar and Vocabulary in a Persuasive Essay"

The British Centre of the City Central Library after Av. Isahakyan organizes a public lecture on the role of grammar and vocabulary in Persuasive Essay.
Today, interactive methods of teaching foreign languages, as well as language testing and assessment, mostly focus on learners’ communicative competence. This leads to a false belief among many learners and test-takers that their proficiency, especially in speaking and writing, can be limited to the ability to get the message across despite making plenty of errors. They fail to acknowledge the significance of grammatical and lexical means as inseparable components of communicative language competence.
But is this ability sufficient for an effective communication to take place? And how will it affect the scoring process in proficiency tests? This talk considers the communicative function of grammar and vocabulary in productive language skills and their impact on the scores in proficiency tests, such as the TOEFL IBT and IELTS.
What you'll learn
• Refine persuasive writing techniques
• Gain skills for proofreading, self-editing, revision, tone, grammar and vocabulary
• Develop strong English-language writing and communication skills
• How to write effective essays for the TOEFL IBT and IELTS writing sections
Meet the Speaker
Marina Karapetyan is an English Instructor, Associate Professor at Second Department of English Language, Yerevan State University.
She has been teaching EFL and ESP (Business English, English for Political Science) since 1993.
Teaching and research interests: TOEFL iBT, IELTS, Persuasive Essay Writing, Applied Linguistics, Material Development, Phraseology.
•Date and Time: January 22 3:00 p.m.
•Venue: British Centre of the City Central Library after Avetik Isahakyan.
•Admission Fee: This seminar is free for the library readers. Others who are interested to join can register in library as well
Note: For becoming our reader you must have the library ticket and be registered (or reregistered) in the British Centre.