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These are two of the lexical threads that I use when dealing with the vast amounts of words that come up within my own classroom teaching.

Multi-word verbs, or MWVs, are verbs made up of two or more words.

Syllabus writers - and teachers in general - commonly assume a ‘scaffolding approach’ to course design.

A persistent problem area for students is phrasal verbs. This story activity presents the verbs in a context helping the students to work out the meaning.

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.

It is often necessary to recycle new words several times in class before they become part of learners' active vocabulary, and the same is true of collocations.

A particle is a word that has a grammatical function but does not fit into the main parts of speech (i.e. noun, verb, adverb).

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

This lesson plan for teachers of teenagers and adults at CEFR Level B1 and above explores the theme of phrasal verbs. Students will develop their vocabulary through speaking and writing activities.