All Vocabulary articles – Page 49

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Dictionary skills: Integrating dictionary work into class

In this introductory article, Tim Bowen considers ways to integrate the use of monolingual learners' dictionaries into the classroom.

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Word of the week: Amok

Have you ever had to deal with a classfull of students running amok? Well, it's happened to all of us. Tim Bowen whips up a frenzy with this rather odd Word of the week.

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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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Word of the week: Bully

Those of you who have ever been the victim of bullying probably wouldn't describe the bully in question as 'a fine young chap'. It seems that the meaning of the word bully has changed a lot since its Germanic origins. Tim Bowen has really done his homework with this Word ...

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The Space Invaders: Chapter 10: Audio and activities

The tenth chapter of this intermediate-level Macmillan Reader is now available.

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Speaking skills: Cars

Students learn vocabulary related to cars and participate in discussions about cars.

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British English: Cars - worksheet and teacher's notes

A lesson by Karen Richardson to help students learn vocabulary related to cars and participate in discussions about cars.

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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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Notes and messages

A lesson to help students learn common expressions for talking about notes, messages, and minutes.

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Lesson Share: Grammar: Using proverbs

A lesson to teach proverbs and use them to remind students of, and clarify, language rules which may cause them difficulties.

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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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The Space Invaders: Chapter 6: Audio and activities

The sixth chapter of this intermediate-level Macmillan Reader is now available.

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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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Lesson Share: Young learners: Halloween

Boo! A suitably spooky set of activities from Lesson Share winner Foka Eline that presents Halloween vocabulary to bewitch your students.

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The corpus principle – Vocabulary and collocations

Jamie Keddie examines conventional corpora – the databases of language that have been compiled specifically for the purpose of linguistic investigation – to see how they can be used to strengthen students’ understanding of the importance of collocation when learning a new language.

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The Recycling Rap

A song video and interactive games on the topical issue of recycling and saving the planet.

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The corpus principle – Image corpora

Jamie Keddie takes a look at the potential uses of image corpora in language learning and teaching.

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Vocabulary matters: Techniques for teaching and learning

We know how important vocabulary is in respect to learning a language, but how do we go about teaching and learning it? In this article we take a look at a number of techniques designed to help teach and learn vocabulary.

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Idiomaticity

Luke Prodromou wonders whether it still rains cats and dogs.

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Word of the week: Bogey

Are you part of a losing team, bad at golf or suffering from a blocked nose? Well, according to Tim Bowen, you could have a triple case of the bogies. Take note of this unpleasant Word of the week or the bogeyman  might get you!