How to choose English classes for your young kids
Category: Learning English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
Advice on choosing English classes for very young learners
Using pairwork
Category: Learning English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
The two biggest disagreements between teachers and students all over the world on how it is best to study English in class are about the amount of error correction and the amount of pairwork.
Games in adult ESL
Category: Learning English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
Do games have a place in an adult ESL class?
Reading authentic texts
Category: Learning English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
Is it necessary to read authentic texts?
Why does my teacher skip exercises in the textbook?
Category: Learning English
Topic: General
One of the ESL classroom mysteries explained
Why does my teacher make me use an English-English Dictionary?
Category: Learning English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
What's wrong with bilingual dictionaries?
Why does my teacher make me learn English grammar words?
Category: Learning English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
Do learners need to know grammar terms?
Why does my teacher make me read silently?
Category: Learning English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
Why doesn't my teacher make or let us read aloud?
Why doesn't my teacher correct all my mistakes when I am speaking?
Category: Learning English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
A teacher's view some possible answers to a question commonly asked by ESL learners
Why does my teacher make me learn the phonemic script?
Category: Learning English
Topic: Phonetics
Good and bad reasons for your teacher wanting you to learn the phonemic script
70 ways to improve your English Pinned
Category: Learning English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
Learning a new language can be hard work, so here are 70 practical tips for improving your English that you can do outside of school or college
Read, Listen and then Pronounce
Category: Learning English
Topic: Pronunciation
Understanding principles of learning can be as important for students as for teachers - especially adult learners.
English Pronunciation Quiz
Category: Learning English
Topic: Pronunciation
Test your knowledge of accent reduction
Speak English with Body Language
Category: Learning English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
A look at the importance of non-verbal communication.
English Pronunciation for the ESL Learner
Category: Learning English
Topic: Pronunciation
A look at ways in which learners can improve their pronunciation.
Which is the most difficult language?
Category: Learning English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
A look at whether one language can be said to be the hardest to learn
How to Master the English Language
Category: Learning English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
A learner looks at how he learned English.