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.
Rhythm, rhyme, repetition, reasoning and response in oral storytelling
Live storytelling is a spontaneous creative process which fires the imagination. The listener experiences and participates in the story creatively. If the storyteller allows, the listener can have a direct influence on the story as it unfolds.
Reflective teaching: Exploring our own classroom practice
Reflective teaching is a process of self-observation and self-evaluation. Learn about the process and find suggestions for how you can reflect on your teaching.
Storytelling to celebrate cultural diversity
This article explores how traditional tales provide opportunities to celebrate cultural diversity, whatever the age group and profile of our learners.
Online video for ELT
In this article I am going to explore the use of short video clips in the classroom.
Peer editing and correction
Whatever type of text you ask your students to produce, peer correction can be a very useful part of the process.
Global English and the teaching of pronunciation
This article explores how the emergence of so many different varieties of international English has caused a number of linguists to question the use of native speaker pronunciation models in the teaching of English.
Planning a writing lesson focusing on genre
Discover how to plan a lesson that helps learners produce a piece of writing that uses the conventions of a genre appropriately.
Teaching without a coursebook
Whether you’re starting a new class or just changing direction a little, the decision of how to structure a course without a coursebook can sometimes be difficult for a new or even experienced teacher.
Devaluating teaching
Is our evaluation of teachers any better than our evaluation of learners?