The Great Brexit Balls Up for ELT
Across the UK, English schools are standing empty, and teachers are being made redundant in increasing numbers. Host families are genuinely worried about keeping up with their mortgages, and many […]
Evidence-Based Second Language Pedagogy
A collection of instructed second language acquisition studies Masatoshi Sato & Shawn Loewen (Eds.) New York, NY: Routledge 358 pages ISBN-10: 0815392532 ISBN-13: 978-0815392538 Instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) is a “subdiscipline […]
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 […]
Elocution Teaching and Its Place in ELT
Elocution Teaching and Its Place in ELT Tiptoeing through the minefield of international business communication in itself is already stressful enough, as speaking another language is not merely about learning […]
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 […]
Engaging Students in an Intensive Reading Class
by Sandi Ferdiansyah Reading in English as a second or foreign language can become a daunting task for language learners. In fact, they need to deal with a bundle of […]
Book Review: Refugee Tales
David Herd & Anna Pincus (Eds.) Comma Press 2019 ISBN 1912697114 EDL: Teaching English as a Detention Language ‘You, me and those who came before’* By Elizabeth Bekes** Refugee Week […]
The Only Way for Language Acquisition to Take Root
David D. Perrodin The wonderful Dr. Willy A. Renandya from the National Institute of Education, Singapore made a monumental statement during his keynote presentation at the International Research Seminar 2019 […]
Lesson Ideas for Teaching Poetry
Lesson Ideas for Teaching Poetry When I say the word “poetry” in class, I am often met with a sonorous groan. As a fan of poetry, this always breaks my […]
The Linguacuisine ‘LinguaChef’ Prize
Calling all great cooks! Here is a competition for anyone who loves to cook and would like to upload their language learning recipe. The LinguaChef Prize will be awarded to […]