Learning Styles VS. Learning Strategies Broadly speaking, learning styles can be defined as general approaches to language learning, while learning strategies are specific ways learners choose to cope with language tasks in particular contexts. Learning strategies are the ways in which students learn, remember information, and study for tests. They refer to the actions and […]
8 Kinds of Testing & 6 Types of Tests
There are eight kinds of testing. They are as follow: 1. Direct Testing: Testing is said to be direct when the student is required to perform directly the skill which we wish to measure, e.g. we ask students to write compositions if we want to know how well they can write compositions and we ask […]
Assessment Of, For & As Learning – The Main Differences & Principles
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5 Basic Principles for Using Stories in Teaching English to Children
A story is something that everybody is familiar with. The majority of people used to listen to stories and like them very much. Children also enjoy stories and like to listen to them. Advantages of Using Stories Stories give many opportunities for children to practice everything they have learned. The following are more advantages of […]
EFL Teacher Professional Development Online – A Resource Guide
Learning to be an EFL teacher is “a life-long experience” and if you pursue to be an experienced and effective EFL teacher, you must take charge of training yourself to be: Aware of the philosophy of language teaching and learning, Efficient in drawing on and adapting content knowledge, Capable of making decisions before, during and […]
The Most Useful 10 Symbols to Use for Correcting Students’ Writing
Correcting errors and giving feedback on writing can be tricky. If you correct everything, there is a danger of covering the work in comments and ‘red ink’. This can be both demotivating and unhelpful because the students either give up or they just write out the piece again with all your corrections inserted. Alternatively, if […]
Two Basic Ways to Present & Practice Language Functions
Language functions define what the person should say or write in communicative situations. The best way to present and practice these functions is in context by using real-life conversations. Typical Language Functions Inviting Suggesting Promising Apologizing Requesting information Agreeing Disagreeing Offering How to Teach a Conversation Start with reading the whole conversation while students listen. […]
Brief Insight into CLT Approach & its Application
The Idea The communicative language teaching approach is based on the idea that learning a language successfully comes through having to communicate real meaning. When learners are involved in real communication, they naturally learn the language. The History It could be said that the communicative is the product of educators and linguists who had grown […]
Three-Stage Guide to Research Project Writing for School Students
When you, as a school student, are asked to write a research paper to be promoted to the next grade you should first select the topic you’re going to write about and then gather and organize the materials and sources that will help you with the research. After that, you should follow these three stages. […]
Seven Steps to Teach Summary Writing
Although teaching summarizing is a valuable strategy and competency but it is one of the hardest strategies for students to grasp and one of the hardest strategies for you to teach. Can you imagine your students succeeding in school without being able to break down content into manageable small brief pieces? We ask students to […]
9 Tips to Make Grammar Lessons Fun for Your Students
Learning the language rules is often boring for many students. Grammar teachers around the world struggle to make grammar lessons exciting and energizing to their students. The good news is it’s possible. With the following simple nine tips, you can banish boring grammar classes and ensure your students are just as excited about grammar as […]
Teacher’s Guide to Teaching Grammar – FREE 5-Day Email Course
Why Do We Need Grammar? We need to have some grammatical knowledge to be able to speak a language to some degree of proficiency be able to say what we really want to say. Without grammar, words hang together without any real meaning or sense. By teaching grammar, we enable students to express themselves correctly. […]