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What Does the Future Hold for TH Sounds?

What Does the Future Hold for TH Sounds?

By Jonathon Owen The TH-sounds /θ/ and /ð/ (dental fricatives) can be challenging for English language learners to master if their native language (L1) does not include them. The likelihood

Teaching IELTS Speaking: Tips and Tricks

Teaching IELTS Speaking

Teaching IELTS Speaking: Tips and Tricks Recently, IELTS has become one of the major language tests worldwide. As a result, markets have appeared, both virtually and in the physical world,

Examining Adult Learners in More Detail

Examining Adult Learners in More Detail

By Maroussa Pavli PART 1 A description of adult strengths & weaknesses If you’ve read my previous article entitled ‘Useful thoughts on teaching adults’, you’ll have seen a discussion on

EVE: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

EVE: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

by Sue Leather Why EVE? It seems that the time is right for this kind of initiative. Good progress has been made already in the fight for parity for women

Penny Ur : 100 Teaching Tips – Book Review

Penny Ur : 100 Teaching Tips - Book Review

by Penny Ur Cambridge University Press 2016 Reviewed by Scott Zimmermann, D.A. Few authors in the field of EFL are as eminently qualified as Penny Ur. Her practical book, Penny

How to Use Poems in EFL Teaching

How to Use Poems in EFL Teaching

By Tony Penston This is an example of how to use a popular poem to engage students and improve pronunciation using old-fashioned but effective drilling. Benefits and rationale Poems are

Teaching Vocabulary in the EFL Classroom

Teaching Vocabulary in the EFL Classroom

Teaching Vocabulary in the EFL Classroom Vocabulary is paramount in the classroom. According to Jack C. Richards, “Vocabulary, of course, is basic to all the skills.” Indeed, a student’s ability

Death to the Yes/No Concept Question

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