Grammar, vocabulary and skills
Articles and studies featuring practical tips and advice on teaching grammar, vocabulary and skills.
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Grammar, vocabulary and skills articles
Grammar and vocabulary: using dictionaries in the EFL/ESL classroom
Advice and discussion about using dictionaries in the EFL/ESL classroom.
Grammar and vocabulary: seven ways to help students enjoy grammar
Seven suggestions of ways to help students enjoy grammar.
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: teaching students collocations
A discussion and explanation of collocations and practical suggestions for teaching them.
Grammar and vocabulary: teaching and learning idioms
A discussion and useful techniques for learning and teaching idioms.
Grammar and vocabulary: techniques for autonomous vocabulary learning
An article highlighting useful techniques for autonomous vocabulary learning.
Pronunciation - what are the limits?
An article discussing the problems faced when teaching English pronunciation.
Teaching writing: the forgotten skill
Advice and suggestions about teaching writing in the English classroom.
Teaching writing using the internet
Advice and suggestions about teaching writing using the internet
Students who don't want to write
An article discussing ways to overcome the problem of students who don't want to write.
Google fighting in the classroom
Jamie Keddie provides a novel approach to using the Internet to research differences in language usage.
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.
Can intonation be taught?
Author: Gerald Kelly Type: Article
In this article from the archives of English Teaching professional magazine, Gerald Kelly discusses the issue of teaching intonation.
Idiomaticity
Author: Luke Prodromou Type: Article
Luke Prodromou wonders whether it still rains cats and dogs.
The corpus principle: Part 3 – Image corpora
Author: Jamie Keddie Level: Starter/beginner, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate, Upper intermediate, Advanced Type: Article, Teaching notes
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.
Teaching by numbers
Author: Michael Rundell Type: Article
Michael Rundell shows that word-frequency data is relevant to teaching and learning languages.
Towards a new methodology
Author: Dave Willis Type: Article
Dave Willis puts the case for making lexis the starting point in teaching.
A third way
Author: Hester Lott Type: Article
Hester Lott gives us some useful tips and suggestions for how to teach grammar.
Natural language learning
Author: Julie Moore Type: Article
Julie Moore discusses what learners' dictionaries can do for learners.
Speaking spontaneously
Author: David Heathfield Type: Article
David Heathfield suggests some simple storytelling strategies.
Awareness, appropriation and autonomy
Author: Scott Thornbury Type: Article
In this article from the archives of English Teaching professional magazine, Scott Thornbury says that learning how to speak is as important as learning what to say.
Presenting grammar in a way that accommodates different learning styles
Claire Treleaven's article and lesson plan is aimed at using alternative ways to present grammar to students with varied learning styles.
From paragraph to poem
Author: Steve Buckledee Type: Article
Steve Buckledee employs a poetic strategy for getting students to examine language in greater detail.
Walking, talking dictionaries
'Work it out for yourself!' How often do you ask your students to do this when they turn to you for word meanings during reading activities? And what do you do when they ignore your advice? In this article, Jamie Keddie shares some thoughts.
Grammar and vocabulary: What is Standard English?
A discussion and explanation on the concept of Standard English.
