Phil Wade Interviews: Matthew Armstrong
Phil Wade Interviews: Matthew Armstrong Mathew has been teaching in Beijing for nearly five years. He has a CELTA from Language Link, Beijing and a Trinity DipTESOL from Oxford House, […]
Teaching the Article to EFL Learners with No Article in their L1
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 […]
Critical Readers in the Misinformation Age
Critical Readers in the Misinformation Age Did you know that Chicago was the most dangerous city in the US in 2014? I didn’t. I would have thought it was some […]
Teaching Grammar in the Post Communicative Approach Era
Teaching Grammar in the Post Communicative Approach Era Grammar. To teach or not to teach? This has been the question that language teachers have asked themselves for ages. It has […]
An Introduction to the Benefits of Using Sign Language for Function Words
An Introduction to the Benefits of Using Sign Language for Function Words Error-correction has long been a domain for debate and a persistent bane of teachers’ life. In fact, error-correction […]
False Friends in the Dutch and Spanish Classroom
False Friends in the Dutch and Spanish Classroom This piece is all about false friends: what they are and how they can be used in lessons and beyond. It will […]
Encouraging teenagers to use English in the Classroom
Encouraging teenagers to use English in the classroom “Can you say that in English?” “Ana and Pedro try to complete the activity in English.” “Remember to keep talking in English!” […]
All About Early Years in ELT
All About Early Years in ELT. […]
Presenting New Language Through Action Songs
Presenting New Language Through Action Songs As long ago as 1968, the language expert and author Julian Dakin wrote: “If songs and rhymes are well taught, they are seldom forgotten. […]
Critical Thinking and English Language Teaching Pt. 2
Critical Thinking And English Language Teaching Critical thinking is not only definable but teachable. That’s good news in general, but does this mean critical thinking has a role in ELT? […]