There are many benefits of studying for older learners, such as increased self-confidence, increased feelings of health and well-being,...
29 February, 2016
27 September, 2014
Let us be sure about what we are talking about here. This is not an article examining films that have been made from books or their less...
14 July, 2014
What advice do you give your students when they ask how they can improve their English? One thing that teachers often advise is that...
26 March, 2014
Teaching Unplugged is the term used for a teaching method and philosophy which has three primary aims: teaching through conversation,...
26 March, 2014
Neither strict dogmeticians nor techno evangelists, we are simply teachers who appreciate both a good Dogme moment and easy-to-use...
31 January, 2014
Sometimes looking back can help us look forward. My talk - The History of Video in ELT, given at the Image conference – came about as a way...
21 January, 2014
English clubs come in many different guises. What they do all have in common, however, is that they provide an opportunity for English...
9 December, 2013
They say that every picture tells a story. They are completely wrong.
23 July, 2013
Many newly qualified or inexperienced teachers tend to base their lesson planning on the traditional PPP approach (Presentation, Practice,...
1 June, 2012
Few would doubt that students should leave a lesson with some kind of transcript of it: be it a notebook or, if technology allows, pages...
25 April, 2012
Visual representations of information are by no means an innovation in education. The use of graphs and charts to represent statistical...
15 December, 2011
This article looks at ways to improve your students' abilities to both explore, store and use vocabulary.
22 November, 2011
This article discusses how much attention language teachers should pay to vocabulary acquisition research, particularly with regard to...
2 November, 2011
In this article, informed by the Lexical Approach, I reflect on grammar instruction in the classroom, including my own teaching, and make...
19 October, 2011
In this article, Luke Meddings reflects on the constraints coursebooks can put on the learning experience in the classroom, and offers some...
5 July, 2011
A feature that is common both to language teaching and to traditional folk and fairy tales is the repetition of phrases or ‘language chunks...
7 June, 2011
Many of us work with groups of students from more than one cultural background while others teach largely mono-cultural groups of students...
1 June, 2011
In this article I am going to explore the use of short video clips in the classroom.
3 May, 2011
The emergence of so many different kinds (or 'varieties') of international English has caused a number of linguists to question the use of...
27 April, 2011
Writing, unlike speaking, is not an ability we acquire naturally, even in our first language - it has to be taught. Unless L2 learners are...
15 March, 2011
This article will ask why we test learners of English.
3 November, 2010
Exactly five years ago this month, the video-sharing site YouTube was officially launched to the public. Since then, the site and others...
28 September, 2010
The point I want to make is that pronunciation teaching has been neglected and that we have all lost out through this.
25 August, 2010
People spend a huge chunk of their everyday conversation time talking about themselves and the people they know, so the most natural thing...
18 August, 2010
Listening skills are hard to develop. Students can do a variety of work before listening to help them understand.
Pages
29 February, 2016
There are many benefits of studying for older learners, such as increased self-confidence, increased feelings of health and well-being,...
27 September, 2014
Let us be sure about what we are talking about here. This is not an article examining films that have been made from books or their less...
14 July, 2014
What advice do you give your students when they ask how they can improve their English? One thing that teachers often advise is that...
26 March, 2014
Teaching Unplugged is the term used for a teaching method and philosophy which has three primary aims: teaching through conversation,...
26 March, 2014
Neither strict dogmeticians nor techno evangelists, we are simply teachers who appreciate both a good Dogme moment and easy-to-use...
31 January, 2014
Sometimes looking back can help us look forward. My talk - The History of Video in ELT, given at the Image conference – came about as a way...
21 January, 2014
English clubs come in many different guises. What they do all have in common, however, is that they provide an opportunity for English...
9 December, 2013
They say that every picture tells a story. They are completely wrong.
23 July, 2013
Many newly qualified or inexperienced teachers tend to base their lesson planning on the traditional PPP approach (Presentation, Practice,...
1 June, 2012
Few would doubt that students should leave a lesson with some kind of transcript of it: be it a notebook or, if technology allows, pages...
25 April, 2012
Visual representations of information are by no means an innovation in education. The use of graphs and charts to represent statistical...
15 December, 2011
This article looks at ways to improve your students' abilities to both explore, store and use vocabulary.
22 November, 2011
This article discusses how much attention language teachers should pay to vocabulary acquisition research, particularly with regard to...
2 November, 2011
In this article, informed by the Lexical Approach, I reflect on grammar instruction in the classroom, including my own teaching, and make...
19 October, 2011
In this article, Luke Meddings reflects on the constraints coursebooks can put on the learning experience in the classroom, and offers some...
5 July, 2011
A feature that is common both to language teaching and to traditional folk and fairy tales is the repetition of phrases or ‘language chunks...
7 June, 2011
Many of us work with groups of students from more than one cultural background while others teach largely mono-cultural groups of students...
1 June, 2011
In this article I am going to explore the use of short video clips in the classroom.
3 May, 2011
The emergence of so many different kinds (or 'varieties') of international English has caused a number of linguists to question the use of...
27 April, 2011
Writing, unlike speaking, is not an ability we acquire naturally, even in our first language - it has to be taught. Unless L2 learners are...
15 March, 2011
This article will ask why we test learners of English.
3 November, 2010
Exactly five years ago this month, the video-sharing site YouTube was officially launched to the public. Since then, the site and others...
28 September, 2010
The point I want to make is that pronunciation teaching has been neglected and that we have all lost out through this.
25 August, 2010
People spend a huge chunk of their everyday conversation time talking about themselves and the people they know, so the most natural thing...
18 August, 2010
Listening skills are hard to develop. Students can do a variety of work before listening to help them understand.
Pages
10 February, 2010
By developing their ability to listen well we develop our students' ability to become more independent learners, as by hearing accurately...
3 February, 2010
Asking questions is a natural feature of communication, but also one of the most important tools which teachers have at their disposal.
22 October, 2008
The term Business English can cover a multitude of things. When someone says they teach business English or they are studying business...
31 January, 2014
Sometimes looking back can help us look forward. My talk - The History of Video in ELT, given at the Image conference – came about as a way...
3 August, 2006
When checking the answers to an exercise or activity teachers often revert to a more traditional role, whereby from the front of the room...
8 June, 2006
In a standard language focus lesson following a PPP (present, practise, produce) or similar format, the target language (structure or...
28 November, 2003
This article gives an overview of the topic of collocation in English language teaching and shows how this is a key area of study for...
25 April, 2005
Over the past decade there has been a huge increase in the power and abilities of computers to digitise, store and analyse text.
19 August, 2005
It is widely recognized that second language (L2) mental lexicon must be independent of its first language (L1) counterpart, if learners...
23 April, 2009
I began teaching business English in 1980 and have observed over the years huge differences in the way we teach.
8 April, 2009
In his first article for TeachingEnglish, Pete Sharma considers some of the controversies surrounding the use of technology in and out the...
24 March, 2010
There are various ways of measuring learners' progress. Whichever method you choose, you should take time out to counsel your learners.
29 May, 2008
This is the first in a series of four articles which will explore how to integrate a task-based approach into a typical textbook to...
29 September, 2008
This is the first in a series of articles by our third Guest Contributor Barry Tomalin.
6 December, 2004
In the first part of this two part article Shaun Dowling looks at delexicalised verbs, and the problems they cause for our students.
6 December, 2004
In the first part of this article the writer explored the use of delexicalised verbs and the problems they create for our learners. He now...
24 April, 2003
The world wide web offers a myriad of opportunities for authentic English reading texts.
13 May, 2009
This is the first of three articles on designing Business English programmes to suit students' needs.
3 June, 2009
This is the second article in a three part series. In the first part we looked at needs analysis and how to define goals and objectives....
1 July, 2009
This is the final article in a three part series. In the first part we looked at needs analysis and how to define goals and objectives. In...
26 March, 2014
Neither strict dogmeticians nor techno evangelists, we are simply teachers who appreciate both a good Dogme moment and easy-to-use...
6 August, 2004
In this article one teacher gives us her view of how the ideas and principles of a new approach to teaching have shaped her classroom...
10 June, 2009
This is Scott Thornbury's second article for TeachingEnglish.
26 August, 2009
Eliciting (elicitation) is term which describes a range of techniques which enable the teacher to get learners to provide information...
14 July, 2014
What advice do you give your students when they ask how they can improve their English? One thing that teachers often advise is that...