All Article articles – Page 142
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ArticleDebate: The end of reading?
The full debate in response to Scott Thornbury's three-part article on the apparent paradoxical relationship between teaching reading and teaching language.
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Debate: Are you suffering from teacher burnout?
The full debate in response to Lindsay Clandfield's interesting and relevant article on teacher burnout.
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The corpus principle – Language rules
In the English classroom, student demand for simple yet reliable language rules has never been higher. In this article, Jamie Keddie looks at how corpora can allow learners to see rules for themselves and, in doing so, build up an understanding of how language works.
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Word of the week: Vandal
Ever encountered an act of vandalism by a bearded barbarian? Unlikely perhaps, but you may have come across some modern instances of anti-social behaviour. Tim Bowen explains how this Word of the week has absolutely nothing to do with the Latin expression for facial hair.
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Notes and messages
A lesson to help students learn common expressions for talking about notes, messages, and minutes.
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Lesson Share: Grammar: Using proverbs
A lesson to teach proverbs and use them to remind students of, and clarify, language rules which may cause them difficulties.
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ArticleLesson Share: Speaking: Guessing game
Natalia Pellati presents a guessing game designed to help students practise the present continuous.
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The Road Less Travelled: Episode 6: On the plane: Audio and activities
Katie meets a stranger on the plane and he introduces her to a poem by Robert Frost.
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The Road Less Travelled: Episode 6: On the plane
Katie meets a stranger on the plane and he introduces her to a poem by Robert Frost.
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Pronunciation activities: Part 2
This lesson in the series by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the two phonemes at the beginning of the words 'yet' and 'jet'.
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TKT: Module 1 – Thinking about the role of error
These materials are designed to help trainees prepare for module 1 of the exam, in particular the ‘Background to language learning’ section, and focuses on the role of error in the language learning process.
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Teaching by numbers
Michael Rundell shows that word-frequency data is relevant to teaching and learning languages.
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TKT Tip 07: Module 1 – Learning strategies
Jim Scrivener looks in detail at a question from Module 1 of TKT – Language and background to language learning and teaching.
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Word of the week: Dapper
Ever met a dapper little man or a vivacious lady? Tim Bowen takes a look at this gender-specific word of the week.
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The Space Invaders: Chapter 6: Audio and activities
The sixth chapter of this intermediate-level Macmillan Reader is now available.
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The Space Invaders: Chapter 6: 'Steal Another Crystal'
The sixth chapter of this intermediate-level Macmillan Reader is now available.
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Word of the week: Flippant
Ever flipped your lid over a flippant comment or told your students that there's no place for flippancy in the classroom? Tim Bowen explains how the root of it all lies in talking nonsense.