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If telling my students "And now we're going to practise listening," elicits looks of dread and fear, announcing reading practice can often elicit yawns, heads descending to desks, or eyes ascending heavenwards.

Multi-word verbs are complex and present problems for learners both in terms of their grammatical form and their lexical meaning.

When teaching any language whether it is a word, a phrase or a verb form, at some point it will be essential to convey and check that your students have understood the meaning.

Cognitive strategies are one type of learning strategy that learners use in order to learn more successfully.

Negotiation of meaning is a process that speakers go through to reach a clear understanding of each other.

In the first part of this two part article Shaun Dowling looks at delexicalised verbs, and the problems they cause for our students.

In the first of these two articles, Multi-word verbs: Learner problems, I looked at some of the problems that multi-word verbs cause students.

This lesson plan for teachers of teenage and adult students at intermediate level and above is based on the theme of life in the UK. Students will practise listening and reading for specific information. 

Vocabulary is crucial for getting meaning from a written or oral text. Without knowledge of key vocabulary in a text, a learner may have serious trouble understanding the message.