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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.
Scheme of work
A scheme of work is a plan that defines work to be done in the classroom.
Schwa
The schwa is an unstressed vowel sound which occurs in many words of two syllables or more and in connected speech.
Script
A term from cognitive psychology; a script is a sequence of events and actions that are related to specific situations.
Second language acquisition (SLA)
Second language acquisition, or SLA, has two meanings. In a general sense it is a term to describe learning a second language.
Self-assessment
Self-assessment is where learners assess their language proficiency, rather than a teacher doing it.
Self-correction
Self-correction is when learners correct themselves instead of a teacher doing it.
Semantics
Semantics is the study of how meaning is created by words.
Sensitise
To sensitise learners is to make them more sensitive to specific language or ideas before doing an activity.
Sensory acuity
In a general way sensory acuity means how good your senses are at doing what they should do.
Sentence stress
Sentence stress is the pattern of stressed and unstressed words across a sentence.