IntroductionThe decades-old debate between explicit and implicit grammar teaching is one of the most divisive in language education.Advocates of expli...
Books are powerful tools in language learning. They provide examples of authentic language and expose students to different cultures and ways of think...
Active participation is what makes a class successful. Engaging in discussions, sharing thoughts and joining in with activities not only allows studen...
One of the jobs of a teacher is to help reluctant readers find a passion for reading. This isn’t often easy! While a love for reading may come natural...
For many people, one of the most challenging aspects of learning English is the use of phrasal verbs. There are, literally, thousands of them, and no ...
Get your class feeling the holiday cheer with this lesson combining a couple of Christmas themed activities with a New Year’s resolution wrap-up.1. Wa...
As students become more proficient in English, they inevitably begin focusing on some of the trickier aspects of the language. One of those is gerunds...
While it’s clear that language becomes more nuanced and complex as higher levels, it’s not always clear exactly how this is happening. As an instructo...
Modal verbs are are the bread and butter of every grammar class. Students encounter them at all levels, from foundation to proficiency. In C-level cla...
Mixed conditionals are one of the more difficult and confusing grammar points to teach. Those of us who have tried have most certainly encountered bew...
Sometimes the easiest way to teach confusing words is to take the grammar and the boardwork totally out of the picture. Many students have had troubl...
What a mouthful! In short, anaphoric and cataphoric references are emphatic styles of sentence structure taught at C1 – C2 level. They are used to ins...
