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 […]
Musical English – Teaching through Musicals
Musical English – Teaching through Musicals As a teacher, I often wondered how to inspire my students to love school and to encourage them to develop their skills and discover […]
TH Sounds in English – What Does the Future Hold?
TH Sounds in English – What Does the Future Hold? The TH-sounds /θ/ and /ð/ (dental fricatives) can be challenging for English language learners to master if their native language […]
How to Use Poems in EFL Teaching
How to Use Poems in EFL Teaching This is an example of how to use a popular poem to engage students and improve pronunciation using old-fashioned but effective drilling. Benefits […]
Explain Grammar using Drawings
Explain Grammar using Drawings I have been using this activity for well over twenty years, but am really unsure of where it came from. I would love to credit the […]
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 […]
Writing Drama for English Language Learners
Writing Drama for English Language Learners Film and television shows have universal appeal as an entertainment source in popular culture.Technology’s widespread influence makes online video content more accessible to English […]
Teaching the Article to EFL Learners
Teaching the Article to EFL Learners with No L1 Articles occur more frequently than any other word in the English language (“Word Frequency Data”). Unfortunately, however, they remain a persistent […]
ESL and Dyslexia – Some Techniques to Help Learners
ESL and Dyslexia – Some Techniques to Help Learners Sometimes you, as a teacher, know about them right away, as they will come into your classroom with an Educational Psychologist […]
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 […]