Using PWIM to Teach Vocabulary
Using PWIM to Teach Vocabulary PWIM, or Picture-Word Inductive Model (Calhoun, 1999) is a strategy that uses pictures as a starting point from which to teach a variety of English […]
What’s Your Teaching Identity? Book Review
What’s Your Teaching Identity? Book Review Why do English teachers need to have a fully-fledged identity both as professionals and as members of the human race? How does a strong […]
Phil Wade Interviews: Simon Greenall
Phil Wade Interviews: Simon Greenall Simon Greenall has been an ELT textbook writer since 1982, is a past president of IATEFL and is currently an IH Trustee. He was on […]
G + 3TIC=C: The Secret To TOEFL Success
The Secret To TOEFL Success One area of academic research that gets little attention from teachers and students alike is that of TOEFL (test-of-English-as-a-foreign-language). The research that is available is […]
A talk about IELTS with Fabiana Traversin
. IELTS stands for International English Language Testing System. It is accepted by the governments in Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Interest in the exam has […]
Hugh Dellar Discusses The Lexical Method
Hugh Dellar Discusses The Lexical Method As part of our series on The Lexical Method to English language teaching, Hugh Dellar discusses The Lexical Method with Ger Counihan Lexical […]
The Lexical Approach – A Beginners’ Guide
The Lexical Approach – A beginners Guide The term “teaching lexically” was coined by Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley, coursebook writers (Innovations, Outcomes) and teacher trainers (LexicalLab), who have proudly taken over from the […]
Phil Wade Interviews: Julie Pratten
Phil Wade Interviews: Julie Pratten Julie Pratten has taught both business and general English in more than 20 counties. She has written several English for finance titles, including ‘Absolute Financial […]
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 […]
Putting Teachers Back In The Driver’s Seat
Putting Teachers Back In The Driver’s Seat Teachers can and should become materials writers, but they need support to expand their skill set Recently, I read an article written by […]