Grammar Teaching and The Problem of Terminology
Grammar Teaching and The Problem of Terminology “What’s in a word?” Shakespeare once asked. And his answer: “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” In other words, […]
Book Review: A Descriptive Grammar of English
The question of whether to teach grammar prescriptively or descriptively has been much debated in the ELT community. On the one hand, teaching prescriptive grammar, according to a fixed set […]
10 Great Warmers and Fillers for EFL Teachers
10 Great Warmers and Fillers for EFL Teachers The tips are listed below as Warmers and Fillers and we here at EFL Magazine are sure you will find some inspiration […]
Teaching Grammar Through Theater
Teaching Grammar Through Theater At first glance, teaching grammar and theater might seem at odds. A grammar-focused lesson generally aims to clarify a decontextualized rule such as how to use […]
A Paradigm-Shift in English Teaching in Pakistan
Teacher friendly English classrooms by Irum Butt Most Pakistani English language classrooms (PELCs) use the traditional lecture method (Waseem, 2009), or teacherexplanation along with the whole-class teaching strategies. Though, the […]
Teaching Grammar in the Post Communicative Approach Era
Teaching Grammar in the Post Communicative Approach Era Grammar. To teach or not to teach? This has been the question that language teachers have asked themselves for ages. It has […]
Using First Language In the Classroom
Using First Language in the Classroom When I was first thinking of advertising my services as a young one-to-one teacher I decided to read some advertisements by my colleagues to […]
IELTS Speaking – Grammatical Range and Accuracy
IELTS speaking – Grammatical Range and Accuracy. Welcome back to my IELTS speaking series looking at the speaking grading criteria. If you haven’t read the previous part of this series on […]