If you are an English language teacher or trainer then we can help to provide you with materials and ideas to use in your classroom as well as new pedagogical articles each week.
Our Guest Writer Scott Thornbury shares more wisdom from the "ancients". Read Scott's blog and leave him a message.
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When I write a new word up on the board, I rarely only write the word itself. I try to consider what extra useful information I should include. This is related of course to my aims but also in a more general way to what my learners need to know and how they can understand this.
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This is the second article in a three part series. In the first part we looked at needs analysis and how to define goals and objectives. This second part looks at how we can design a business English syllabus.
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The UK offers a range of qualifications to suit the varying needs of English teachers worldwide. They range from initial teaching qualifications through to more advanced teaching qualifications.
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Qualities of a good teacher are often discussed by teachers who are striving to be a success in teaching and to develop professionally. There is a variety of ideas and opinions. One of them is that a good teacher should be an actor.
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This 54-page booklet comprises a collection of papers with contributions from leading researchers on global citizenship in language education in several corners of the globe. It provides not only sound theoretical frameworks for investigation but also practical findings for application in diverse segments of ELT.
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Planning a series of different activities on a single theme helps move a class from short idea-building conversations to more involved discussion or debate in which they have more freedom to express themselves and build their spoken confidence.
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Ask teachers what method they subscribe to, and most will answer that either they don’t follow a method at all, or that they are 'eclectic', and pick and choose from techniques and procedures associated with a variety of different methods.
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The use of literature in the ELT classroom is enjoying a revival for a number of reasons. Having formed part of traditional language teaching approaches, literature became less popular when language teaching and learning started to focus on the functional use of language.
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Teaching using multimedia or on line is considered up to date today. I personally agree with this and I actually enjoy it. However, after several times teaching using multimedia I start to become a bit frustrated.
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Each month we feature Podcasts from authors, series consultants, and teacher trainers. Plus in our Forum you can share and discuss our Podcasts with other teachers and suggest future topics that you are interested in learning more about.
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