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”.
6 December, 2011
Voice is a configuration that expresses an idea
28 November, 2011
A guide to using tenses.
Pages
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”.
6 December, 2011
Voice is a configuration that expresses an idea
28 November, 2011
A guide to using tenses.
Pages
29 November, 2009
This blog looks at word order.
30 December, 2008
For my last blog entry I just want to reflect aloud on something I have noticed many times in contact with other languages, and which...
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.
11 September, 2008
I've just embarked on an experiment to find out if students are willing and able to develop their English working autonomously online.
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...
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”.
4 September, 2008
I've just found a wonderful free tool called Wordle. It's a really useful tool to help teachers or students create word clouds...
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.
3 August, 2008
Response to Frank in Mexico, who asks:
From grammar-based teaching to task-based teaching - how to help other teachers make the shift (and...
7 April, 2010
Last week I explained how to reduce relative clauses into phrases to my 11 graders and they were all confused.
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...
10 December, 2008
Like many language teachers I spend a fair amount of time wondering about words and following all sorts of trains of thought.
25 June, 2008
Ellen asks a question about how to identify which forms to focus on.