Articles

In the first part of this two part article Shaun Dowling looks at delexicalised verbs, and the problems they cause for our students.

When our students listen to pop songs in English, browse web sites in English or watch movies in English they frequently meet language rich in its use of metaphors.

This is the second part of an article on drilling, a technique that has been used in foreign language classrooms for many years. It was a key feature of audio lingual approaches to language teaching which placed emphasis on repeating structural patterns through oral practice.

This is the first part of an article on drilling, a technique that has been used in foreign language classrooms for many years. It was a key feature of audio lingual approaches to language teaching which placed emphasis on repeating structural patterns through oral practice.

Vocabulary is crucial for getting meaning from a written or oral text. Without knowledge of key vocabulary in a text, a learner may have serious trouble understanding the message.

In this article one teacher gives us her view of how the ideas and principles of a new approach to teaching have shaped her classroom practice.

Sentence stress is a difficult area to work on for learners and teachers alike.

Since writing is primarily about organising information and communicating meaning, generating ideas is clearly going to be a crucial part of the writing process.

New words enter the English language all the time - the exact number is uncertain but there are thousands appearing every year.