My DELTA Diary: Module 2 Intensive Course

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 that time. To be honest, I […]

Death to the Yes/No Concept Question

Death to the Yes/No Concept Question

By Tony Penston Who calls for greater adherence to the principles of Communicative Language Teaching I wish to show that the Yes/No Concept Question, by the fact that it rarely […]

Some Approaches to Teaching Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs are often confusing for students, due to their idiomatic nature. Unfortunately, there is no quick formula for students to learn and understand them. There is no one rule […]

The Dvolver Phenomenon

The Dvolver Phenomenon

By Charles McKinney, IV When I started my English-teaching career in South Korea, my Korean co-teacher discovered an interesting website from a teacher-training workshop she attended. The website is called […]

10 Fun Post-Reading Activities

10 Fun Post-Reading Activities

I recently wrote a post on 10 useful pre-reading activities, so I thought I would follow this up with a blog post about activities to do after reading. What are […]

The Lexical Approach – A Beginners’ Guide

Beginners Guide To The Lexical Approach

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 […]