One is better than none
One of my students showed her vocabulary (and grammar) notebook to her private tutor, who was surprised at the way new vocabulary was record...
A matter of semantics: same concepts, different divisions
Eighteen containers in assorted shapes and sizes on display in the corner of the room. Fourteen EFL teachers organized in small groups accor...
Learners' use of collocations: insights from the research 2
"Perform surgery" or "carry out surgery"? Photo by Austin Samaritans via Flickr [CC BY-SA 2.O] What kind of collocation...
Explaining the difference between (near-) synonyms
I have recently received an email from a colleague, an EFL teacher in Israel, about how her students find it difficult differentiating betwe...
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...