WANG CHUN  +  441163 Sun, 11 Nov 07 04:55 AM  Hello I am not sure if this sentence is right or not in terms of its grammar, word choice, and semantics. If you find something wrong, please help me edit them. Thank you very much.   What sub-role can teachers play in teacher-student interaction in order to facilitate students’ assimilation of second language acquisition? WANG CHUN Joined on Thu, Sep 23 2004 Full Member 136 Grammar

	Hoa Thai  +  441172 Sun, 11 Nov 07 05:17 AM  WANG CHUN wrote:  Hello I am not sure if this sentence is right or not in terms of its grammar, word choice, and semantics. If you find something wrong, please help me edit them. Thank you very much.   What sub-role can teachers play in teacher-student interaction in order to facilitate students’ assimilation of second language acquisition? Dear Wang Chun, 1. Grammatically, acquisition is a countable noun; thus, an article is needed. 2. About word choice, I would remove "in order"; 'to' is good enough. In addition, 'facilitate', 'assimilation', and 'acquisition' could be exchanged with 'help', 'learn' , etc... (simpler words that people know). 3. Semantically, I find 'assimilation of an ... acquisition' sounds awkward. My preference: What role can teachers play in teacher-student interaction to help students learn a second language? Best Regards, Hoa Thai Hoa Thai Joined on Mon, Oct 15 2007 Vietnam Contributing Member 1,100 Best Regards - Hoa Thai Regards, Articles, Grammar, Nouns, Countable Nouns