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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.

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Phonology

Phonology, also known as phonemics, is the study of the particular sound units (phonemes) in languages.

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Pitch movement

Pitch movement is the way the quality of the voice changes as a speaker communicates.

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Plenum

A plenum in language teaching means the whole group, so an activity in plenum / plenary will involve all learners and the teacher.

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Polysemy

Polysemy refers to the quality of some words having several related meanings.

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Portfolio

A portfolio is a collection of work prepared, maintained and developed by a learner.

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PPP

PPP is a paradigm or model used to describe typical stages of a presentation of new language.

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Pre-listening

Pre-listening activities are things learners do before a listening activity in order to prepare for listening.

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Pre-teaching

Pre-teaching is the teaching of the language learners need before an activity.

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Prediction

Prediction is an activity learners carry out before reading or listening to a text, where they predict what they are going to hear or read.

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Preposition

A preposition is a word that connects a noun, pronoun or noun phrase to other parts of a clause.