All Article articles – Page 43

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Managing children positively

Carol Read offers some key pointers for teaching young learners.

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Awareness, appropriation and autonomy

In this article from the archives of English Teaching professional magazine, Scott Thornbury says that learning how to speak is as important as learning what to say.

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Natural language learning

Julie Moore discusses what learners' dictionaries can do for learners. The following article is reproduced with the kind permission of English Teaching professional.

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What every teacher needs to know

Mustafa Z Altan emphasises the value of learning how to learn for teachers and students alike.

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Classroom management: Teen power

Philip Prowse and Judy Garton-Sprenger discuss the need to motivate and empower teenage students.

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Business teaching approaches: What’s it all about?

In this article taken from ENGLISH TEACHING professional magazine, Alex Case makes the case that taking an interest in his business students’ fields of expertise can pay personal and professional dividends.

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Using Cuisenaire rods with young learners

Olha Madylus tells us what Cuisenaire rods are and why they are useful for teaching English to young learners.

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Methodology: Teaching young children one-to-one

Olha Madylus answers a question about the difficulties involved in finding material for one-to-one classes with young learners.

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Towards a new methodology

Dave Willis puts the case for making lexis the starting point in teaching.

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The corpus principle – DIY Corpora

In this article, Jamie Keddie describes a technique which involves creating personalized corpora for use in class.

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The long goodbye

An intercultural guide to the art of speaking on the phone in the office.

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B2 Business Vantage: Speaking: Part 2

An article by Adrian Doff about the Cambridge English B2 Business Vantage exam (formerly BEC Vantage Business English), speaking part 2 (the 'long turn' task or mini-presentation), with tips for preparing candidates and a sample task and explanation.

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The corpus principle – Language rules

In the English classroom, student demand for simple yet reliable language rules has never been higher. In this article, Jamie Keddie looks at how corpora can allow learners to see rules for themselves and, in doing so, build up an understanding of how language works.

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Teaching by numbers

Michael Rundell shows that word-frequency data is relevant to teaching and learning languages.

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TKT Tip 07: Module 1 – Learning strategies

Jim Scrivener looks in detail at a question from Module 1 of TKT – Language and background to language learning and teaching.

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Word of the week: Flippant

Ever flipped your lid over a flippant comment or told your students that there's no place for flippancy in the classroom? Tim Bowen explains how the root of it all lies in talking nonsense.

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To be or not to be taboo

Mark Powell considers the implications of prohibiting unhelpful phrases in a tactical game of teaching taboo.

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B2 Business Vantage: Writing: Part 1

An article by Russell Whitehead about the Cambridge English B2 Business Vantage (formerly BEC Vantage) exam Writing component Part 1.

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Word of the week: Bizarre

Have you ever met someone who behaved so bizarrely that you walked away bewildered and befuddled?Tim Bowen explains this mysterious word of the week.

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Unnatural selection

It's a dog-eat-dog world: Mark Powell makes the case for idiomatic evolution.