Writing Drama for English Language Learners
By Scott Granville 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 learners and […]
Extensive Reading Strategies to Get Students Reading
Extensive Reading Strategies to Get Students Reading Extensive reading has been the focus of a great deal of academic attention since Bamford and Day first published their ground-breaking work, ‘Extensive […]
A Day in the Life of an EFL Teacher
By Paul Finnerty The fact that it’s mid-October and I’ve just got back from swimming in the sea rather sums up why I chose to come and work in Bari, […]
What I learnt from Jeremy Harmer
About the role of course books in the modern age Helbling Languages – Books and Bits (joint professional development event) by Erzsébet Békés As background music, I have Sona Jobarteh […]
Sex Differences and ELT: Theory, Evidence and Practice
Introduction Around the world, teachers adjust lessons based on students’ L1. In Russia, teachers focus on English article systems as there is no equivalent. L1 is not the only aspect […]
How Important Can A Teacher’s Meeting Be?
By Leticia Sales As with most schools in Brazil, the one where I am a pedagogical coordinator has a teacher’s meeting (or branch) meeting at the beginning of every semester, […]
The Recent History of Pronunciation Teaching in English Language Teaching
by Steve Hirschhorn In Europe, pronunciation teaching prior to the late 19th c relied largely on imitation along with approximations derived from spelling and so, unsurprisingly, little was written on […]
Socratic Circles in the EFL Classroom
Socratic Circles in the EFL Classroom The face of the EFL classroom is changing. Deep transformations are being introduced and tested practically on a daily basis. And with the spur […]
The Alphabet Franca
The Alphabet Franca There are about 46 different alphabets in use today and about 7,000 languages, excluding dialects.It is no surprise, therefore that at some stage, there arose a great […]
The Dangers of The Diagnostic Test – What Happened Next?
The Dangers of The Diagnostic Test – What Happened Next? A couple of months ago, I wrote an article for this magazine about what I termed the ‘Dangers of the […]