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.
Dogme
Dogme is an approach to teaching that argues that teaching should focus on the learner and not be driven by the resources available, including course books.
Drill
A drill is a classroom technique used to practise new language. It involves the teacher modelling a word or a sentence and the learners repeating it.
E-learning
E-learning is the delivery of a learning programme by electronic means; it includes web-based learning, virtual classrooms, digital collaboration and delivery of content through internet.
EAP
English for Academic Purposes, or EAP, refers to learning English in order to use it to study another subject.
Eclectic approach
In the move away from teachers following one specific methodology, the eclectic approach is the label given to a teacher’s use of techniques and activities from a range of language teaching approaches and methodologies.
Editing stage
In process writing, the editing stage is where the writer and peers edit the written work.
EFL
English as a Foreign Language, or EFL, refers to learning and using English as an additional language in a non-English speaking country.
Elicitation
Elicitation is a technique by which the teacher gets the learners to give information rather than giving it to them.
Elision
Elision is the omission of sounds, syllables or words in speech.
Ellipsis
Ellipsis is the omission of one or more words from a sentence, where they are unnecessary because they have already been mentioned.