Humanistic Techniques in English Language Teaching
by Zorana Petricevic Make your lessons more interesting by relating them to subjects of interest Since the main purpose of any language is to…
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How to prepare yourself for a micro teaching session
by Samara Braga Everyone who has already worked for a school which is committed to the development of their students, has been through the…
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Why Pronunciation Teaching Should Be the Number One Priority in a Second Language Classroom
A language learner/aspiring teacher’s view by Stefan Szocs As a second language learner, I spent 20 weeks in ELICOS classrooms in two different institutions…
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Tools and Tips to Help Your Students Write an A+ Essay/Research Paper
Tory S. Thorkelson, M.Ed. More and more students are being asked to write undergraduate papers and yet, even where writing classes are offered, there…
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Does EFL Have an In-Class Listening Strategy?
By Allistair Elliott “Listening is the most critical communication skill”. Harmer on listening (briefly) Let’s look at what some of the heavy hitters in…
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Examining Adult Learners in More Detail
by Maroussa Pavli Part 1 A description of adult strengths and weaknesses If you’ve read my previous article titled ‘Useful thoughts on teaching…
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News as a Tool for the ESL/EFL Classroom
by Tory Thorkelson This semester, I had to design an all new course entitled “Current Events and Listening” and, since as usual, I received…
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Why Learn Students’ Names?
By Yvette Denise Murdoch In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, conflict between families brings Juliet to call upon Romeo to forsake his Montague name so…
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Strategies for the Language Immersion Classroom
by Susan Michalski Every immersion language class has a life of its own. I have found one constant in mine over the last two…
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Common English Language Mistakes Made by Japanese Speakers
by Delic Meliha More and more Japanese continue to learn English, which is the common lingua franca across the globe and supposedly one of…
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