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.
Initiation-response-feedback (IRF)
Initiation-response-feedback, or IRF, is a pattern of discussion between the teacher and learner.
Input
Input refers to the exposure learners have to authentic language in use.
Intensifier
Intensifiers are words that make the meaning of other words stronger.
Intensive reading
Intensive reading involves learners reading in detail with specific learning aims and tasks.
Interaction patterns
In ELT interaction patterns are the different ways learners and the teacher can interact in the class.
Interactional
Interactional language is the language we use to build and maintain relationships.
Interactive Whiteboard - IWB
The Interactive White Blackboard, or IWB, is a large interactive display attached to a computer and a projector.
Intercultural communicative competence
Intercultural communicative competence, or ICC, refers to the ability to understand cultures, including your own, and use this understanding to communicate with people from other cultures successfully.
Interlanguage
Interlanguage is the learner’s current version of the language they are learning.
Interlocutor
The interlocutor is a person who is actively involved in a conversation.