English for Specific Purposes in Vocational Schools
By Maja-Barbara Kokot The subtitle I borrowed from Hutchinson and Waters represents the gist of teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and its guiding principle. ESP is not a recent […]
How to Teach Collocations – The Sure-Fire Way
How to Teach Collocations – The Sure-Fire Way Would you like me to show you a sure-fire method to teach English to your students? Something that would not only give […]
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 […]
7 Ready-to-Go Spolin Improv Activities for Your Classroom
by Philip Pound Improvisation for the Theatre by Viola Spolin Improvisation for the Theatre by Viola Spolin, came into my possession buried in a pile of laundry. It’s dogeared, battered, […]
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
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 […]
How to Teach Intonation Awareness to EFL Students
How to Teach Intonation Awareness to EFL Students English is widely spoken in different parts of the world today, along with the local language of the region. Although there’s no […]
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
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 […]