The issue of whether or not to use the mother-tongue (L1) in the English language (L2) classroom is complex. This article presents the results of a survey into student attitudes towards the use of L1 in class and some suggestions for using the L1 and its culture as a learning resource.

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Phonemic symbols represent the sounds of the English language. Using them can be a valuable tool to improving your students' pronunciation.

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Planning is one of those essential skills of the competent teacher. This article looks at some general lesson planning questions:

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What is a self-access centre, why might your students benefit from using one, and how might you go about setting one up in your school.

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Not all self-access ideas need to cost a fortune. Here are a few ideas for how you might develop resources in your school.

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Getting students to use English with each other is a problem which is often difficult to overcome. Learning Circles are one way to help students recognise the importance of using English and to motivate them to do so in the classroom.

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In this article, I try to define what I mean by language learning through drama/theatre texts, outline some of the benefits it can bring to the language learning classroom and some of the differing methods and approaches that can be utilised to fully exploit the potential of drama and theatre texts.

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