Aug 09
‘The English language is truly global and the opportunities to read or listen to it are endless’. ‘The English language is truly global and the opportunities to read or listen to it are endless’. Photo © Vox Efx, licensed under CC-BY-2.0 and adapted from the original. What habits should English language learners adopt to help …
Aug 09
When should we check understanding? We should check that learners understand: when we are introducing or revising new language (grammar or lexical items and functional expressions) when, during an activity, we realise that our learners haven’t understood something. This could be, for example, a word in a reading text when we are giving instructions for …
Aug 08
Preparing A Lesson is best done when the teacher has already tested the students’ levels and audited their needs before setting objectives and preparing English lessons to reach those objectives… Testing the students’ level will help you take the course on the right foot… rather than relying on impressions or resting the course on the …
Aug 04
Music has enriched people’s personal lives pretty much since the beginning of time, but scientists today have uncovered how best to make music enrich your professional life, too. When the office is almost too much to stomach, music can deliver much-needed relief on the job. Before you press Play, however, have a handle on when …
Aug 03
Probably one of the biggest unknowns of people considering teaching in China is the day to day life at home and at work. What will my home be like? What will my social life be like? What will the workload be like? Will the atmosphere at work be enjoyable? And will the aggregate of all …
Aug 03
When I was nine my little sister was really learning to speak and walk and I undertook to do my impossible to get her to speak and walk… or at least die trying… from the day she was born I had spent as much time as I could with her… caring for her almost more …
Aug 03
Nothing, in no other language, is more pedagogical than a lot of popular English lyrics… especially British pop lyrics… British English hosts a wealth of key phrases and expressions that repeatedly turn up in everyday and business conversations… If the Beatles seem to be the most obvious choice in the matter, Elton John followed suit …
Aug 03
I never really understood that urge English teachers have to put their students through endless grammar exercises… and as a teacher myself felt I had to do it too… but, as I realised much later, only both under syllabus and peer pressure… All I remembered until then, as a native, is that we never really …
Aug 02
Research and Applications Editors: Care, Esther, Griffin, Patrick, Wilson, Mark (Eds.) This book provides a detailed description of research and application outcomes from the Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills project, which explored a framework for understanding the nature of these skills. The major element of this new volume is the presentation of research …
Aug 02
Jack Sidnell (Editor), Tanya Stivers (Editor) Presenting a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of theoretical and descriptive research in the field, The Handbook of Conversation Analysis brings together contributions by leading international experts to provide an invaluable information resource and reference for scholars of social interaction across the areas of conversation analysis, discourse analysis, linguistic anthropology, interpersonal …
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