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Language rules

Why do we have this love-hate relationship with rules?

It works in practice – September 2019

A suggestion for making lesson plans more learner-centred and a poetry activity for ESP students in It works in practice.

Survey Review 19-1

Reviews by Elizabeth Watts.

Getting it right!

William Chaves Gomes helps learners get beyond their errors.

Practical poetry

Kevin Ottley lifts language practice from the works of the great poets.

What words count for

Simon Andrewes starts counting words.

Ten things to do with an interactive whiteboard

Pete Sharma looks at ten ways you can use ... an IWB.

Logic for language learning

Simon Mumford takes a more ‘logical’ view of grammar exercises.

Corpus delicti 1

Chris Payne confesses the error of his ways.

Six minutes and 40 seconds: pecha kucha presentations

William Littlewood uses pecha kucha presentations to get his students (who aspire to be teachers) to explore key aspects of language teaching and explain them to each other.

From face to face to Facebook: using a social media site

Zuzana Motešická explains how she used Facebook successfully as a communication channel and a platform to teach her university students during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Drawing on drawing games: part 2

Alex Case looks at the many ways to use picture dictation.

Pronunciation of ough

Looking at how to pronounce "ough"

English teaching confessional: Sara Machado

Sara Machado sees language learning as a voyage of exploration rather than a loss of identity.

C is for creativity: language learners

Rod Ellis and Peter Lutzker discuss creativity in learners.
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