A woman wearing a hijab reading working on a laptop and smiling

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.

Two students talking at a desk

L1

L1 is a speaker’s first language. L2 is the second, L3 the third etc.

Close up of a student

Labial

A labial consonant is produced by using your lips.

Students taking a test in Pakistan

Language Aptitude

Language aptitude refers to the potential that a person has for learning languages.

Teacher pointing at whiteboard in front of class

Language usage

Language usage refers to the rules for making language, i.e. the structures used.

Group of students speaking in the street

Language use

Language use refers to the communicative meaning of language.

Students working in a library

Learner training

Learner training involves helping learners find out how they learn most effectively.

students hands playing a game with question cards

Learning strategies

Learning strategies are tools and techniques that learners develop as they learn.

Students in Vietnam looking at a wall with post-it notes on

Lexical approach

The lexical approach is a way of analysing and teaching language based on the idea that it is made up of lexical units rather than grammatical structures.

Students sitting at a table looking at a teacher

Lexical chunk

A lexical chunk is a group of words that are commonly found together.