Grammar and vocabulary

In this subsection

• Idiomaticity

  

  Luke Prodromou wonders whether it still rains cats and dogs.

• Methodology challenge: Google fighting in the classroom

  Jamie Keddie wins the December 2006 Methodology Challenge with a novel approach to using the Internet to research differences in language usage.

• Methodology challenge: Presenting grammar in a way that accommodates different learning styles

  Claire Treleaven wins this month's methodology challenge with an article and lesson plan aimed at using alternative ways to present grammar to students with varied learning styles.

• Natural language learning

  

  Julie Moore discusses what learners' dictionaries can do for learners.

• Teaching by numbers

  

  Michael Rundell shows that word-frequency data is relevant to teaching and learning languages.

• Towards a new methodology

  

  Dave Willis puts the case for making lexis the starting point in teaching.

• What's in a word?

  Michael Hoey, chief adviser on the Macmillan Dictionary of English for Advanced Learners, considers the consequences of changes in lexicography.

• A third way

  

  Hester Lott gives us some useful tips and suggestions for how to teach grammar.

• The corpus principle: Part 3 – Image corpora

  

  Welcome to the third part of this series in which we examine the potential roles of non-conventional corpora (search engines, etc.) in language learning and teaching. So far, we have looked at lyric search sites, multimedia players and quotation banks. In this article, our attention is going to shift from words to pictures.

• Grammar and vocabulary: learning vocabulary - connecting form and meaning

  A discussion on learning vocabulary and the difficulties of connecting form and meaning.

• Grammar and vocabulary: seven ways to help students enjoy grammar

  Seven suggestions of ways to help students enjoy grammar.

• Grammar and vocabulary: teaching and learning idioms

  A discussion and useful techniques for learning and teaching idioms.

• Grammar and vocabulary: teaching students collocations

  A discussion and explanation of collocations and practical suggestions for teaching them.

• Grammar and vocabulary: techniques for autonomous vocabulary learning

  An article highlighting useful techniques for autonomous vocabulary learning.

• Grammar and vocabulary: using dictionaries in the EFL/ESL classroom

  Advice and discussion about using dictionaries in the EFL/ESL classroom.

• Grammar and vocabulary: what is Standard English? Part 1

  A discussion and explanation on the concept of Standard English.

• Grammar and vocabulary: what is Standard English? Part 2

  A discussion and explanation on the concept of Standard English.

• Grammar and vocabulary: what is Standard English? Part 3

  A discussion and explanation on the concept of Standard English.