Charlie Taylor

The article covers some key aspects of attitude which learners can bring into the classroom – negativity towards the language, the culture, the approach or even simply to you as a teacher. Attitude is as important as motivation if a learner wants to progress.

Charlie Taylor reflects on his use of the one of the leading language learning apps. Despite its rather old-fashioned methodology mainly based around translation and drilling, he feels there are certain benefits.

Charlie Taylor argues that the use of humour adds a positive aspect to your classes, relaxing the students and creating an environment conducive to good learning.

MET interviews Charlie Taylor whose article 'Developing professionally without breaking the bank' features in the September/October 2022 (Volume 31, Issue 5) edition of Modern English Teacher.

Finding out about and reading the most recent research is difficult, time-consuming and, sometimes, expensive. In this article Charlie Taylor suggest some ways around these three issues.