Interview with Steve Hirschorn
by Sharyn Collins 40 years teaching and training, specialist in the history of ELT methodology, mentor to countless teachers and trainers, still innovating…
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Why Use the IPA in Class
By Steve Hirschhorn The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is the result of work by 19th and early 20th century phoneticians such as Henry Sweet,…
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Cuisenaire Rods in Language Learning – Part 2
by Steve Hirschhorn A rod by any other name… Figure 1 Two boxes of Cuisenaire Rods, the top one a new set and the…
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Cuisenaire Rods in Language Learning Classroom, Part 1
by Steve Hirschhorn After the interest shown in the Cuisenaire Rods workshop at the Recent EdYouFest teachers’ event in South West England, I decided…
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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…
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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…
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Phil Wade Interviews: Dan Frost
Phil Wade Interviews: Dan Frost Dan Frost has a French doctorate in English for Specific Purposes and Teaching Theory. After reading Languages and Linguistics…
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Newton, Beethoven, and Me: Vowel Color Connection
Newton, Beethoven, and Me: Vowel Color Connection The Evolution of the Vowel Color Connection One spring afternoon in 2001, I was ten steps away…
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