In the last thirty years, reading aloud has fallen out of general favour as a way of improving language proficiency. Arguments against it centre around the fact that it is a skill in its own right, not particularly useful for the…

It is very unlikely that any of our learners will ever know all the words they need. English has an enormous number of words - on the Oxford University Press website they estimate it at a quarter of a million words. Even advance…

If you've not yet read Part One of this article, click on the link To summarise where we’ve got to so far : inferring words from context is a skill which is necessary for our learners if they are to deal effectively with the…

A brief introduction to Guided Discovery was given in the article on concept checking included in the ELT Glossary.  If you haven't read it or aren't fully sure what GD involves, click on the link to see that article be…