Grammar is not a separate topic but rather an integral part of ELT.
22 October, 2019
21 October, 2019
It is always a good idea to go beyond a grammar practice book and appeal to a learner’s individual experience
16 October, 2019
In this short article, I introduce the concept of Active Microlearning as a way of improving the grammar comprehension of our students.
7 October, 2019
How do we develop a learning environment where the grammar is learned through exploration without burnout? Keep reading for example...
15 August, 2018
Based on 1) ELT literature and research, 2) my experience teaching English and 3) my experience learning foreign languages (Arabic,...
10 August, 2018
Let us create the harmony in ELT!
8 August, 2018
How can you break up big grammar points when using a coursebook with a structural syllabus? Mark Trevarton shares his strategies.
22 June, 2016
"And now let's open our grammar books..."
11 May, 2015
I am currently taking the online component of the Trinity Dip TESOL course and our current focus is on Unit 1 ‘Language and Methodology’.
24 April, 2015
When children come back to school in September after a long summer break, we teachers may be faced with what is known as tabula rasa, which...
31 March, 2015
The issue of "error correction," particularly focused on grammar, can be a controversial topic in ESL/ELL circles.
2 March, 2015
Vocabulary is dynamically essential for any ESL/EFL learner.desiring to be fluent in English.
27 February, 2015
Reading, writing, listening and speaking in a new language demands a number of prerequisites -- a desire to do so; a certain level of self-...
19 February, 2015
When I was first learning to teach, someone told me that students have to learn a word 9 times in order for it to really ‘stick’.
17 February, 2015
Review and recycling of new language items is critical if they stand a chance of becoming readily accessible in long-term memory.
10 February, 2015
Vocabulary is always a very good topic for discussion. This time, I decided to approach it from a professional angle.
28 January, 2015
At first, when I started teaching, I was afraid of grammar. I was petrified.
27 January, 2015
Grammar is not always the favorite part of language that educators want to teach or students want to learn. Let's take a quick look at...
26 January, 2015
As I mostly teach adults who appreciate being offered possibly practical and personalised activities, I always try to make the grammar and...
19 January, 2015
Ah, Grammar, an ever-interesting topic, one of the words which make students groan.
15 December, 2013
What's the difference?
22 September, 2013
A verb is a word of action. Verbs can be divided into two groups- lexical and auxiliary.
3 May, 2013
Many words can be used as different parts of speech. For example, early, daily, look like adverbs, but they can be used as adjectives as in...
23 February, 2013
Different auxiliary verbs - Willing to be good in English language ought to distinguish these. The difficult matter in English is , to know...
13 September, 2012
This is a method to identify the direct and indirect objects in a sentence.
7 February, 2012
When I teach Future tenses pupils don´t understand a thing! The problem is in L1 we have only two forms of Future.
5 January, 2012
Questioning is more usual than answering in conversation, isn't it?
15 December, 2011
V.Mahendiran's basic grammar task 1.3
11 December, 2011
You need not confuse of hearing this word ‘compartment”.
Pages
22 October, 2019
Grammar is not a separate topic but rather an integral part of ELT.
21 October, 2019
It is always a good idea to go beyond a grammar practice book and appeal to a learner’s individual experience
16 October, 2019
In this short article, I introduce the concept of Active Microlearning as a way of improving the grammar comprehension of our students.
7 October, 2019
How do we develop a learning environment where the grammar is learned through exploration without burnout? Keep reading for example...
15 August, 2018
Based on 1) ELT literature and research, 2) my experience teaching English and 3) my experience learning foreign languages (Arabic,...
10 August, 2018
Let us create the harmony in ELT!
8 August, 2018
How can you break up big grammar points when using a coursebook with a structural syllabus? Mark Trevarton shares his strategies.
22 June, 2016
"And now let's open our grammar books..."
11 May, 2015
I am currently taking the online component of the Trinity Dip TESOL course and our current focus is on Unit 1 ‘Language and Methodology’.
24 April, 2015
When children come back to school in September after a long summer break, we teachers may be faced with what is known as tabula rasa, which...
31 March, 2015
The issue of "error correction," particularly focused on grammar, can be a controversial topic in ESL/ELL circles.
2 March, 2015
Vocabulary is dynamically essential for any ESL/EFL learner.desiring to be fluent in English.
27 February, 2015
Reading, writing, listening and speaking in a new language demands a number of prerequisites -- a desire to do so; a certain level of self-...
19 February, 2015
When I was first learning to teach, someone told me that students have to learn a word 9 times in order for it to really ‘stick’.
17 February, 2015
Review and recycling of new language items is critical if they stand a chance of becoming readily accessible in long-term memory.
10 February, 2015
Vocabulary is always a very good topic for discussion. This time, I decided to approach it from a professional angle.
28 January, 2015
At first, when I started teaching, I was afraid of grammar. I was petrified.
27 January, 2015
Grammar is not always the favorite part of language that educators want to teach or students want to learn. Let's take a quick look at...
26 January, 2015
As I mostly teach adults who appreciate being offered possibly practical and personalised activities, I always try to make the grammar and...
19 January, 2015
Ah, Grammar, an ever-interesting topic, one of the words which make students groan.
15 December, 2013
What's the difference?
22 September, 2013
A verb is a word of action. Verbs can be divided into two groups- lexical and auxiliary.
3 May, 2013
Many words can be used as different parts of speech. For example, early, daily, look like adverbs, but they can be used as adjectives as in...
23 February, 2013
Different auxiliary verbs - Willing to be good in English language ought to distinguish these. The difficult matter in English is , to know...
13 September, 2012
This is a method to identify the direct and indirect objects in a sentence.
7 February, 2012
When I teach Future tenses pupils don´t understand a thing! The problem is in L1 we have only two forms of Future.
5 January, 2012
Questioning is more usual than answering in conversation, isn't it?
15 December, 2011
V.Mahendiran's basic grammar task 1.3
11 December, 2011
You need not confuse of hearing this word ‘compartment”.
Pages
29 November, 2009
This blog looks at word order.
29 November, 2009
A pronoun has the following three properties, the `person`, the `gender` and the `number` just as a noun has.
29 November, 2009
I would like to ask your opinion about an idea I had for the teaching of Spoken English.
16 October, 2019
In this short article, I introduce the concept of Active Microlearning as a way of improving the grammar comprehension of our students.
23 February, 2013
Different auxiliary verbs - Willing to be good in English language ought to distinguish these. The difficult matter in English is , to know...
8 August, 2018
How can you break up big grammar points when using a coursebook with a structural syllabus? Mark Trevarton shares his strategies.
29 November, 2009
Hi All!
Please give me your opinion about the following method of transforming sentences from Active voice to Passive voice. The method...
11 December, 2011
You need not confuse of hearing this word ‘compartment”.
7 October, 2019
How do we develop a learning environment where the grammar is learned through exploration without burnout? Keep reading for example...
11 May, 2015
I am currently taking the online component of the Trinity Dip TESOL course and our current focus is on Unit 1 ‘Language and Methodology’.
28 January, 2015
At first, when I started teaching, I was afraid of grammar. I was petrified.
24 December, 2009
This blog looks at direct and indirect speech.
19 January, 2015
Ah, Grammar, an ever-interesting topic, one of the words which make students groan.
7 April, 2010
Last week I explained how to reduce relative clauses into phrases to my 11 graders and they were all confused.
22 October, 2019
Grammar is not a separate topic but rather an integral part of ELT.
10 August, 2018
Let us create the harmony in ELT!
17 February, 2015
Review and recycling of new language items is critical if they stand a chance of becoming readily accessible in long-term memory.
7 February, 2011
How to teach grammar: Three Golden Rules
5 January, 2012
Questioning is more usual than answering in conversation, isn't it?
15 December, 2013
What's the difference?
31 March, 2015
The issue of "error correction," particularly focused on grammar, can be a controversial topic in ESL/ELL circles.
27 February, 2015
Reading, writing, listening and speaking in a new language demands a number of prerequisites -- a desire to do so; a certain level of self-...
27 January, 2015
Grammar is not always the favorite part of language that educators want to teach or students want to learn. Let's take a quick look at...
25 June, 2008
Ellen asks a question about how to identify which forms to focus on.
6 May, 2008
About a week ago I joined a question session on grammar discussing the past perfect.
22 September, 2013
A verb is a word of action. Verbs can be divided into two groups- lexical and auxiliary.
21 October, 2019
It is always a good idea to go beyond a grammar practice book and appeal to a learner’s individual experience
29 November, 2009
Adjectives are parts of speech. But, it is difficult to point out an adjective based only on its definition.
29 November, 2009
The word `preposition` is made up of two parts- the prefix `pre` which means `before` and the word `position` which means `place`.