Articles

This article looks at what needs to be taught when teaching vocabulary and ways to present and teach vocabulary.

This article looks at establishing and maintaining discipline in the teen classroom.

Hopefully if we start educating learners from a young age they will be more comfortable with phonemic script and see the benefits of it when they are older and more self-aware learners.

This is an introduction to the teaching approach known as total physical response.

In this article I will outline several reasons for using role-play in the classroom and I will offer some tips for getting the most out of roleplay.

This article gives an overview of the topic of collocation in English language teaching and shows how this is a key area of study for advanced level students.

Find out how to use an authentic approach to develop your learners’ listening skills and help them to understand spoken English in real-world situations.

"Motivation is as much an effect as a cause of learning." Ausubel

In this article I will discuss how teachers can aim to improve the motivation levels of teenage students.

This is the second of two articles that deal with the topic of intercultural awareness and learning. The first article - Intercultural learning 1 - sets out the methodological background to this topic, and this, the second article, offers practical suggestions for the classroom.

This is the first of two articles that deal with the topic of intercultural awareness and learning. This article sets out the methodological background to this topic, and the second article - Intercultural learning 2 - offers practical suggestions for the classroom.