Teaching Idioms and Phrasal Verbs a Different Way
Teaching Idioms and Phrasal Verbs a Different Way You sit down to plan your upcoming English lesson at home – with a nice cup of tea and some biscuits. You […]
How to Teach English to Beginners
How to Teach English to Beginners English speaking media has become a truly global phenomenon. Whether it be blockbuster Hollywood movies or the latest pop single, English is by far […]
Connected Speech: What Happens During Ordinary, Spontaneous Speech?
“A word is not just the sum of its individual sounds; just as connected speech is not just the sum of its individual words.” (Underhill, 1994 p. 58) Why do […]
Modal Verbs and Why ESL and EFL Students Avoid Them
Modal Verbs and Why ESL and EFL Students Avoid Them Modal verbs have expressive power far beyond what their simple forms would suggest. I have encountered very view linguistic works […]
Quizlet for Language Teaching
Quizlet for Language Teaching In 2017, I co-wrote an article, Quizlet – Create Engaging Vocabulary Study Sets, about the basics of using Quizlet to assist students with vocabulary acquisition. Since […]
We-ism: Consensus and Unity Spirit
We-ism is a critical cultural concept of Korea, and much of the rest of Asia, promoting group consensus and activity, over the assertion of individuality. “… rather than the individual, […]
Teaching ESL Speaking to Upper-Intermediate Students
Teaching ESL Speaking to Upper-Intermediate Students For teachers involved in the learning and preparatory process with students of upper-intermediate level, aiming at a B1/ B2 degree, the challenge of overcoming […]
From Teacher to Programmer
By Mélanie L. Sisley Ever watch someone completely absorbed by a computer game? Ever wonder what it would take for you to get your students’ attention with that amount of […]
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 […]