Why I Wrote ‘A Handbook of Spoken Grammar’
by Ken Paterson Step back a little. Listen to the conversations around you (in any language). You’ll soon be aware of a kind of…
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Seven Lessons for Teachers from the Film Equalizer 2
by Tristan Cotterill Robert McCall is an ex-CIA operative who now seeks to balance the scales of justice by going after those that prey…
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My DELTA Diary: Module 2 Intensive Course
by Paul Finnerty I’ve been teaching English for about seven years on and off and have worked in Brazil, Colombia, Portugal and Italy in…
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Language Doubts of a Retired English Teacher
Only his? By Giuseppe Carone I am a retired native Italian EFL teacher. Before retiring, I spent more than three decades teaching English in…
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Humanistic Techniques in English Language Teaching
by Zorana Petricevic Make your lessons more interesting by relating them to subjects of interest Since the main purpose of any language is to…
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A Trio of Sightless Rodents
by Glenn G. Dahlem, Ph.D. An effective vocabulary builder for elementary and middle school pupils is challenging them to create parodies of familiar nursery…
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How to prepare yourself for a micro teaching session
by Samara Braga Everyone who has already worked for a school which is committed to the development of their students, has been through the…
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What Would you Do? Exploring the Trolley Problem in ELT Classes
What is the trolley problem? By Martin Cooke The trolley problem is a concept often used in philosophy and ethics courses. If you haven’t…
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Why Pronunciation Teaching Should Be the Number One Priority in a Second Language Classroom
A language learner/aspiring teacher’s view by Stefan Szocs As a second language learner, I spent 20 weeks in ELICOS classrooms in two different institutions…
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What Generates the Global Desire to Learn and Speak English……?
By Peter Read As EFL teachers the world over, we are acutely aware that English is the world’s dominant language and is spoken by…
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