Articles
Read articles written by expert teachers and English language professionals about a wide range of current English language teaching topics and issues. All of our articles feature ideas and suggestions about how you can develop your teaching and bring new ideas into your English language classroom.
Scott Thornbury - Seven things beginning with M
In this talk, Scott Thornbury looks at some of the basic principles of learning and education.
Knowing the subject
Action Research: as easy as 1, 2, 3
This article by David Petrie looks at three simple steps involved in action research.
Taking responsibility for your own professional development
Supporting ongoing teacher professional development
Understanding my professional identity
Putting Teacher Action Research Into...Action
Understanding my professional identity
Putting Teacher Action Research Into Action
Understanding my professional identity
Assessment for learning
This article looks at the origin of assessment for learning or formative assessment, its principles and benefits and how it compares to assessment of learning.
Planning lessons and courses
Knowing the subject
Assessing learning
Core skills - unlocking a world of potential
Our education systems, and the young people within them, face some daunting challenges.
Using 21C skills or core skills
Primary success stories: Using role play and free writing to introduce creativity
Explore ideas for using role play and free writing to introduce creativity, shared by a primary school teacher in Pakistan.
Planning lessons and courses
Managing the lesson
How to maximise the language learning of senior learners
There are many benefits of studying for older learners, such as increased self-confidence, increased feelings of health and well-being, reduced feelings of isolation, and increased engagement in the community.
Understanding my learners
Programme 1: Working with a big class
Classroom management can be challenging with large classes. This radio programme explores how you can turn the challenges into opportunities.
Managing the lesson
Knowing the subject
Programme 2: Games in the classroom
In this programme we hear some examples of games, including a kind of bingo game for vocabulary revision, a version of ‘Who am I?' with only ‘yes/no’ answers, a spelling game called ‘last letter/first letter’, a team game with a paper ball for young children, and ‘Alibi’ where the whole class are the detectives!
Knowing the subject