8 dictionary activities
Photo by Hana Ticha via eltpics on Flickr A friend of mine has mastered English - which is attested by a CPE certificate - by looking up a ...
The state of stative verbs
or why I've stopped teaching them (and why you shouldn't bother with them either) Photo by Emma Newman Segev via ELTpics on Flickr ...
Colligation and a bottom-up approach to grammar
Summary of Hugh Dellar's IATEFL webinar Following the patterns: colligation and the necessity of a bottom-up approach to grammar - Sept...
Horizontal alternatives to vertical lists
Photo by Tzvi Meller As much as it seems counter-intuitive, teaching new vocabulary in semantic sets (e.g. jobs: doctor, teacher, lawyer etc...
Two axes of word relationships
Let's start with a warmer... Which of these tasks or exercises do you normally see in coursebooks? Look at the highlighted verbs in...