Articles

In his first article for TeachingEnglish, Pete Sharma considers some of the controversies surrounding the use of technology in and out the classroom.

This article looks at the role of translation as an activity for learners in the ELT classroom.

Lifelong learning and continuous professional development in my opinion are much the same thing.

Why are some young learner classes successful and others a constant struggle?

Which voices do you hear in the course of your professional life, as you prepare, teach and reflect? Which ones are the strongest? Which do you really listen to and take notice of?

There are many ways of revising and consolidating grammar, but I’ve found it’s often useful to give students short passages containing grammar mistakes which are characteristic of the student’s level, nationality, and what the teacher may have identified as areas of particular strength or weakness.

Over my years of learning, teaching and training I have become increasingly aware of the impact that teachers can and often do have on our learners, and their attitudes to English. Affective factors, such as attitude and self-esteem, are well known to have a profound effect on learners’ motivation and ultimately on their success or failure in learning.

In this article Mario Rinvolucri explores a range of story telling techniques that he uses in the classroom and gives some insights into why these techniques are effective.

Pre-selecting, grading and presenting business vocabulary - Is this the way forward? 

You may well ask me “How useful is the question in this title?” After all to check what a student has understood after listening to or reading an L2 text seems plain common sense. If it were not felt to be a sensible procedure why would course book writers supply comprehension questions in large quantities?