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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.
Referential questions
Referential questions are questions you ask someone because you don’t know the answer.
Referring tone
A referring tone is an intonation pattern which shows that the speaker is referring to something everybody already knows.
Reformulation
Reformulation is an error correction technique.
Knowing the subject
Relative clause
A relative clause is a clause which tells us more about a noun or a noun phrase.
Restricted use
Restricted use is a stage where learners do controlled practice of the target language.
Retention
Retention is remembering new language rather than forgetting it.
Retrieval
Retrieval is the action of recalling and using language stored in long-term memory.
Rubric
Rubric refers to the written instructions for a task.
Scanning
Scanning is reading a text quickly in order to find specific information, e.g. figures or names.