Using Music to Break Down Barriers in the Classroom
Using Music to Break Down Barriers in the Classroom “He who begins life with music will have this reflecting on his future like golden sunshine” (Z. Kodály). What do you […]
Quizlet – Create Engaging Vocabulary Study Sets
Quizlet – Create Engaging Vocabulary Study Sets Introduction Vocabulary acquisition is an essential aspect of language teaching and learning. Quizlet is an app used to learn and practice new vocabulary. […]
How to Actively Engage Learners in Storytelling
How to actively engage learners in storytelling Storytelling is a teaching tool used with great success in any classroom, let alone the foreign language classroom. Students are fascinated and give […]
How to Teach Intonation Awareness to EFL Students
How to Teach Intonation Awareness to EFL Students English is widely spoken in different parts of the world today, along with the local language of the region. Although there’s no […]
Transliteration in the ESL Classroom
In my seven years employed as an ESL instructor, while volunteering to teach ESL on weekends for refugees, I’ve learned a valuable asset often and endemically ignored within the region […]
To Teach or Not to Teach Shakespeare
To Teach or Not to Teach Shakespeare The idea that Shakespeare has no place in the EFL classroom is a false one. With the right method and approaches, Shakespeare, his […]
Pronunciation and Accent: A Teacher’s Perspective
Pronunciation and Accent: A Teacher’s Perspective Although it is perhaps less common than it used to be, every year a number of students approach me with concerns about their pronunciation […]
English Teaching Belongs to Everyone
English Teaching Belongs to Everyone INTRODUCTION Norton (1997, p 427) states that ‘English belongs to all people who speak it, whether native and non-native, whether ESL or EFL, whether standard […]
Learning Language Online: Reflections And Reviews
Learning Language Online I’m an English teacher, but the first language I was taught was French. Like many, I started at middle school and continued to GCSE level. I found […]
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. […]