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.
Motivation 2 - The Teacher
Who were your favourite teachers at school or college?
Kids and writing
There are many activities which you can use with your learners to help them develop their writing skills. For example, writing stories, book or film reviews, postcards or greetings cards, emails, leaflets, computer game instructions, and so on, as well as, of course, writing comments on the LearnEnglish Kids website.
Emotional Intelligence and ELT
The theory of Emotional Intelligence and its measurement, the Emotional Quotient (EQ) were developed in the 1970s and 80s but popularised by Daniel Goleman in the mid-90s.
Evaluating speaking: Part 1
This article is divided into three parts. Part 1 looks at what a speaker needs to be able to do in order to use spoken English as an effective form of communication.
Classroom layout
The layout of your classroom can have a real impact on the way you teach and how much your learners engage with the lesson. Let’s look at some of the basic points that you can consider when thinking about how to arrange your classroom.
Speaking aids
How can we make speaking activities more engaging and enjoyable for our learners? By using simple speaking aids, we can support our learners and encourage them to speak more freely in class.
Making writing communicative
Explore ways to make writing in the language classroom more communicative.
Presenting new language
When we decide to present new language items explicitly to learners, there are two underlying approaches for the differing techniques we can use – deductive and inductive.