Articles

In the first part of this two part article Shaun Dowling looks at delexicalised verbs, and the problems they cause for our students.

As more students gain access to the Internet, there is growing pressure on teachers to help their students use this valuable resource as an effective study tool.

I will always remember the horror of receiving my chemistry result when I was thirteen years old. I knew it wasn’t going to be high, but to come bottom of the class was very upsetting.

When our students listen to pop songs in English, browse web sites in English or watch movies in English they frequently meet language rich in its use of metaphors.

This is the second part of an article on drilling, a technique that has been used in foreign language classrooms for many years. It was a key feature of audio lingual approaches to language teaching which placed emphasis on repeating structural patterns through oral practice.

This is the first part of an article on drilling, a technique that has been used in foreign language classrooms for many years. It was a key feature of audio lingual approaches to language teaching which placed emphasis on repeating structural patterns through oral practice.

Vocabulary is crucial for getting meaning from a written or oral text. Without knowledge of key vocabulary in a text, a learner may have serious trouble understanding the message.

For me, one of the most underexploited and neglected areas within language learning is humour. How many course books have a section on humour?

This article is about bringing some energy and excitement to the process of writing in the classroom. It’s about how to create a writing environment that is 'authentic’, purposeful and communicative.

This article explores how you can encourage your students to focus on content in their writing and gives ideas for how to respond to it.