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Product and process writing: A comparison - writing article
Methodology, Knowing the subject
3 May, 2004
Product and process writing: A comparison
There are several ways to approach writing in the classroom. It should be said at the beginning that there is not necessarily any 'right' ...
The teacher as a teaching aid - methodology article
Methodology, Managing the lesson
5 April, 2004
The teacher as a teaching aid
Although we now live in a high tech world and have access to a variety of teaching aids, there is one aid that is convenient, portable,...
Collocation with advanced levels 1 - not entirely...proper/appropriate/good? - vocabulary article
Methodology, Knowing the subject
28 November, 2003
Collocation with advanced levels 1 - not entirely...proper/appropriate/good?
This article gives an overview of the topic of collocation in English language teaching and shows how this is a key area of study for...
Intercultural learning 2 - methodology article
Methodology, Understanding learners
30 October, 2003
Intercultural learning 2
This is the second of two articles that deal with the topic of intercultural awareness and learning. The first article - Intercultural...
Intercultural learning 1 - methodology article
Methodology, Understanding learners
23 October, 2003
Intercultural learning 1
This is the first of two articles that deal with the topic of intercultural awareness and learning. This article sets out the...
Find the gap - increasing speaking in class - speaking article
Speaking, Planning lessons and courses
8 October, 2003
Find the gap - increasing speaking in class
The communicative approach to language learning stresses the need for meaningful communication, emphasising that if students have a genuine...
Planning 2 - methodology article
Methodology, Planning lessons and courses
13 August, 2003
Planning 2
Planning 1 outlined the rationale behind lesson planning. This article looks at some of the elements to consider when planning an actual...
Error Correction 2 - methodology article
Methodology, Knowing the subject
7 August, 2003
Error Correction 2
As mentioned in Error Correction 1, students can differ greatly in their attitude to producing spoken English. Some are only interested in...
Error Correction 1 - methodology article
Methodology, Knowing the subject
16 July, 2003
Error Correction 1
When it comes to error correction we are dealing with one individual's reaction to a student's piece of writing or utterance. This...
Methodology, Knowing the subject
1 July, 2003
Lexical Approach 2 - What does the lexical approach look like?
This is the second part of an article looking at the theories of language which form the foundations of the lexical approach to teaching...
Lexical Approach 1 - What does the lexical approach look like? - methodology article
Methodology, Knowing the subject
1 July, 2003
Lexical Approach 1 - What does the lexical approach look like?
This is the first part of an article looking at the theories of language which form the foundations of the lexical approach to teaching...
Motivation and e-learning - personal reflections - resources article
Resources, Integrating ICT
25 June, 2003
Motivation and e-learning - personal reflections
E-learning sites range from static Web pages to interactive learning classrooms. This article concentrates on interactive learning...
Low-tech learners - resources article
Resources, Integrating ICT
6 June, 2003
Low-tech learners
Many teachers who have tried to take an English class onto the internet have often come back with a similar problem - students who are...
Group work v. whole-class activities - methodology article
Methodology, Managing the lesson
2 May, 2003
Group work v. whole-class activities
Group and pair work (henceforth group work) are so much a part of our everyday teaching routine that we hardly pause to think before...
Designing a WWW reading task - reading article
Resources, Integrating ICT
24 April, 2003
Designing a WWW reading task
The world wide web offers a myriad of opportunities for authentic English reading texts.
Using the internet 2 - resources article
Resources, Integrating ICT
20 February, 2003
Using the internet 2
In this, and an earlier article, we look at the internet and how it can be used by teachers of English as a tool for their own development...
Using the internet 1 - resources article
Resources, Integrating ICT
13 February, 2003
Using the internet 1
In this, and a following article, we'll be looking at the internet and how it can be used by teachers of English as a tool for their own...
Rediscovering silent grammar - methodology article
Methodology, Knowing the subject
5 February, 2003
Rediscovering silent grammar
Many of us may be familiar with aspects of the Silent Way, mainly because in recent years it has been popular to use "Silent Way"...
Resources, Planning lessons and courses
13 December, 2002
Guide to setting up an English Learning Circle
If you would like to set up an out-of-class English Learning Circle with your students, here are 8 things you need to consider:
English Learning Circles - a path to learner independence - resources article
Resources, Planning lessons and courses
5 March, 2002
English Learning Circles - a path to learner independence
Getting students to use English with each other is a problem which is often difficult to overcome. Learning Circles are one way to help...
Resources, Managing resources
5 March, 2002
Self-access on a budget
Not all self-access ideas need to cost a fortune. Here are a few ideas for how you might develop resources in your school.
Self-access: A framework for diversity - resources article
Resources, Managing resources
5 March, 2002
Self-access: A framework for diversity
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.
Planning 1 - methodology article
Methodology, Planning lessons and courses
5 March, 2002
Planning 1
Planning is one of those essential skills of the competent teacher. 

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Product and process writing: A comparison - writing article
Methodology, Knowing the subject
3 May, 2004
Product and process writing: A comparison
There are several ways to approach writing in the classroom. It should be said at the beginning that there is not necessarily any 'right' ...
The teacher as a teaching aid - methodology article
Methodology, Managing the lesson
5 April, 2004
The teacher as a teaching aid
Although we now live in a high tech world and have access to a variety of teaching aids, there is one aid that is convenient, portable,...
Collocation with advanced levels 1 - not entirely...proper/appropriate/good? - vocabulary article
Methodology, Knowing the subject
28 November, 2003
Collocation with advanced levels 1 - not entirely...proper/appropriate/good?
This article gives an overview of the topic of collocation in English language teaching and shows how this is a key area of study for...
Intercultural learning 2 - methodology article
Methodology, Understanding learners
30 October, 2003
Intercultural learning 2
This is the second of two articles that deal with the topic of intercultural awareness and learning. The first article - Intercultural...
Intercultural learning 1 - methodology article
Methodology, Understanding learners
23 October, 2003
Intercultural learning 1
This is the first of two articles that deal with the topic of intercultural awareness and learning. This article sets out the...
Find the gap - increasing speaking in class - speaking article
Speaking, Planning lessons and courses
8 October, 2003
Find the gap - increasing speaking in class
The communicative approach to language learning stresses the need for meaningful communication, emphasising that if students have a genuine...
Planning 2 - methodology article
Methodology, Planning lessons and courses
13 August, 2003
Planning 2
Planning 1 outlined the rationale behind lesson planning. This article looks at some of the elements to consider when planning an actual...
Error Correction 2 - methodology article
Methodology, Knowing the subject
7 August, 2003
Error Correction 2
As mentioned in Error Correction 1, students can differ greatly in their attitude to producing spoken English. Some are only interested in...
Error Correction 1 - methodology article
Methodology, Knowing the subject
16 July, 2003
Error Correction 1
When it comes to error correction we are dealing with one individual's reaction to a student's piece of writing or utterance. This...
Methodology, Knowing the subject
1 July, 2003
Lexical Approach 2 - What does the lexical approach look like?
This is the second part of an article looking at the theories of language which form the foundations of the lexical approach to teaching...
Lexical Approach 1 - What does the lexical approach look like? - methodology article
Methodology, Knowing the subject
1 July, 2003
Lexical Approach 1 - What does the lexical approach look like?
This is the first part of an article looking at the theories of language which form the foundations of the lexical approach to teaching...
Motivation and e-learning - personal reflections - resources article
Resources, Integrating ICT
25 June, 2003
Motivation and e-learning - personal reflections
E-learning sites range from static Web pages to interactive learning classrooms. This article concentrates on interactive learning...
Low-tech learners - resources article
Resources, Integrating ICT
6 June, 2003
Low-tech learners
Many teachers who have tried to take an English class onto the internet have often come back with a similar problem - students who are...
Group work v. whole-class activities - methodology article
Methodology, Managing the lesson
2 May, 2003
Group work v. whole-class activities
Group and pair work (henceforth group work) are so much a part of our everyday teaching routine that we hardly pause to think before...
Designing a WWW reading task - reading article
Resources, Integrating ICT
24 April, 2003
Designing a WWW reading task
The world wide web offers a myriad of opportunities for authentic English reading texts.
Using the internet 2 - resources article
Resources, Integrating ICT
20 February, 2003
Using the internet 2
In this, and an earlier article, we look at the internet and how it can be used by teachers of English as a tool for their own development...
Using the internet 1 - resources article
Resources, Integrating ICT
13 February, 2003
Using the internet 1
In this, and a following article, we'll be looking at the internet and how it can be used by teachers of English as a tool for their own...
Rediscovering silent grammar - methodology article
Methodology, Knowing the subject
5 February, 2003
Rediscovering silent grammar
Many of us may be familiar with aspects of the Silent Way, mainly because in recent years it has been popular to use "Silent Way"...
Resources, Planning lessons and courses
13 December, 2002
Guide to setting up an English Learning Circle
If you would like to set up an out-of-class English Learning Circle with your students, here are 8 things you need to consider:
English Learning Circles - a path to learner independence - resources article
Resources, Planning lessons and courses
5 March, 2002
English Learning Circles - a path to learner independence
Getting students to use English with each other is a problem which is often difficult to overcome. Learning Circles are one way to help...
Resources, Managing resources
5 March, 2002
Self-access on a budget
Not all self-access ideas need to cost a fortune. Here are a few ideas for how you might develop resources in your school.
Self-access: A framework for diversity - resources article
Resources, Managing resources
5 March, 2002
Self-access: A framework for diversity
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.
Planning 1 - methodology article
Methodology, Planning lessons and courses
5 March, 2002
Planning 1
Planning is one of those essential skills of the competent teacher. 

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Methodology, Planning lessons and courses
5 July, 2011
Teaching the tale: language and memory
A feature that is common both to language teaching and to traditional folk and fairy tales is the repetition of phrases or ‘language chunks...
Methodology, Knowing the subject
26 March, 2014
Teaching Unplugged
Teaching Unplugged is the term used for a teaching method and philosophy which has three primary aims: teaching through conversation,...
Test question types - methodology article
Methodology, Assessing learning
7 February, 2005
Test question types
In my previous article Test writing I looked at some of the difficulties of writing good tests and how to make tests more reliable and...
Test writing - methodology article
Methodology, Assessing learning
31 January, 2005
Test writing
If you think taking tests is difficult then you should try writing them! Writing a good test is indeed quite a challenge and one that takes...
Methodology, Assessing learning
15 March, 2011
Testing - why bother?
This article will ask why we test learners of English. 
reading a computer screen and a book
Resources, Managing resources
9 May, 2005
Text in language classrooms: TALO, TAVI and TASP
One of the enormous benefits of the Internet has been the accessibility of loads and loads of English texts for teachers to use with their...
The essence of creativity - methodology article
Methodology, Understanding learners
3 October, 2007
The essence of creativity
This is the third in a series of four articles on transforming activities for creativity. The first introduced the concept of creativity in...
Methodology, Knowing the subject
2 May, 2005
The noun phrase
For too long now the verb phrase has been the dominant focus of attention in course books, syllabuses, and teacher training programmes.
The teacher as a teaching aid - methodology article
Methodology, Managing the lesson
5 April, 2004
The teacher as a teaching aid
Although we now live in a high tech world and have access to a variety of teaching aids, there is one aid that is convenient, portable,...
Theories of reading - reading article
Methodology, Knowing the subject
23 March, 2006
Theories of reading
This article is in two parts. The first part will look at some of the shifts and trends in theories relating to reading. The second part...
Theories of reading 2 - reading article
Methodology, Knowing the subject
29 March, 2006
Theories of reading 2
This article is the second of two parts. The first part looked at some of the shifts and trends in theories relating to reading. This...
Thinking frames - methodology article - guest writers
Methodology, Understanding learners
13 April, 2005
Thinking frames
In this article I want to share with you a major thinking frame, that has been of great use to me in my teaching and that comes from the...
Thinking frames 2: Logical Levels - methodology article - guest writers
Methodology, Understanding learners
17 May, 2005
Thinking frames 2: Logical Levels
In this series of articles I want to explore with you a number of different filters you can fix onto the lens of your thinking camera.
Methodology, Planning lessons and courses
13 January, 2010
Throwing them in at ‘the deep end’
Syllabus writers - and teachers in general - commonly assume a ‘scaffolding approach’ to course design.
Using news articles - reading article
Resources, Managing resources
8 January, 2010
Using news articles
Topical news stories are a great source of teaching material. This article presents different ways to exploit news reports in the classroom...
Using the internet 1 - resources article
Resources, Integrating ICT
13 February, 2003
Using the internet 1
In this, and a following article, we'll be looking at the internet and how it can be used by teachers of English as a tool for their own...
Using the internet 2 - resources article
Resources, Integrating ICT
20 February, 2003
Using the internet 2
In this, and an earlier article, we look at the internet and how it can be used by teachers of English as a tool for their own development...
Resources, Integrating ICT
12 May, 2010
Using web resources to create tasks with real outcomes
I consider the greatest problem facing me as a language teacher is knowing how to motivate my students: how to get them past the hurdle of...
Video for the English classroom - speaking article - guest writers
Resources, Managing resources
3 November, 2010
Video for the English classroom
Exactly five years ago this month, the video-sharing site YouTube was officially launched to the public. Since then, the site and others...
Methodology, Knowing the subject
15 December, 2011
Vocabulary and autonomy
This article looks at ways to improve your students' abilities to both explore, store and use vocabulary.
Which syllabus: The traditional and the holistic syllabus - methodology article
Methodology, Planning lessons and courses
26 July, 2004
Which syllabus: The traditional and the holistic syllabus
Traditional and holistic syllabuses reflect different views of language and language learning and teaching. Both viewpoints are quite valid...
Working with minimal resources - teacher training in Mongolia - resources article
Resources, Managing resources
16 December, 2008
Working with minimal resources - teacher training in Mongolia
Teaching with minimal resources can seem a daunting prospect for those of us lucky enough to work with coursebooks, photocopiers, audio and...
Resources, Knowing the subject
11 October, 2004
Working with vocabulary
Vocabulary is crucial for getting meaning from a written or oral text. Without knowledge of key vocabulary in a text, a learner may have...

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