Charles Lowe

Charles Tim Lowe has been involved in ELT since 1975. He has taught and trained in several countries, written extensively on ELT, and lectured at London University. He established the original Distance DTEFLA, and managed two flagship language schools. Now, having taught EAP and CLIL for six years at Sophia University Tokyo, he has returned to teach English at IH London, where he once again teaches both general and business English.

Dare to think for yourself

In the second of a series, Charles Lowe analyses some of the most popular approaches and techniques used in the language classroom. The article strongly backs teacher choice and a learner centred approach.

Dare to think for yourself Part 1: language points

Do you sometimes find yourself wanting to teach items earlier than the syllabus suggests? Can your learners cope with quite difficult concepts at a low level? This article argues that we should put the learner first.

Lexical chunks 1: vocabulary for International English

Charles Lowe considers the teaching lexical chunks for International English.