English Language Teaching articles
Welcome to the English Language Teaching (ELT) Articles page, where you’ll find articles, essays, ideas, and tips of special interest to teachers in general and teachers of English in particular
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- Aims and Objectives of Teaching English
- Aims, Objectives, Goals, Standards, Benchmarks, and Competencies in Education
- Alternative Assessment in Language Teaching
- Apology from a Teacher: Unveiling the 6 Shortcomings of the American Education System
- Approaches to Language Learning Autonomy
- Assessment Terminology: A Glossary of The Most Common Terms
- A Comprehensive Guide To Understanding Dogme Approach Activities
- A Vision of A K-12 Student
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- Dealing with Children’s Failure in the Exam
- Demand-High Teaching:
- Difficult Classes In School
- Discipline and Causes of Indiscipline in Schools
- Discover The 4As Lesson Plan: Empowering Student-Centered Learning (With Examples)
- Dogme Lesson Plan Example: Teaching English In A Dynamic Classroom Environment
- Do They Learn What We Teach?
- Drilling In English Language Teaching: What Is It? And How To Use It?
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- Effective Homework Strategies for Students and Parents
- Effective Lesson Planning For English Language Classrooms
- Effective Strategies for Respect in Classroom Management
- Effective Teaching Tips to Give Instructions: A Comprehensive Guide
- EFL And ESL Glossary for Teachers
- ELT Games and Activities
- Engage and Empower: Effective Strategies and Tips for Teaching English to Very Young Learners
- Engaging Short Writing Tasks for the Classroom
- Engaging Students with Inductive and Deductive Approaches to Grammar Teaching
- Engaging Techniques for Teaching Idioms: Unleashing Expressive Language Skills
- English and Globalization – Non-native Speakers of English
- English Language Teaching
- English Lesson Planning Tips for New Teachers
- Exciting Activities for LKG Students to Enhance Learning and Development
- Explicit or Implicit Grammar Teaching?
- Exploring Learning Styles (PPT)
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- Five Mistakes New Teachers Should Avoid
- Fostering Rationality through Critical Thinking And Decision-Making
- Free eBooks for English Learners
- Free Online Brainstorming Tools
- Funny and Easy English Jokes for Students and ESL Beginners
- Fun and Effective Language Learning with Classroom Commands
- Fun and Engaging Action Verb Activities for Young Learners
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- How to Prepare a Lesson Plan
- How to start a lesson?
- How To Teach Grammar To ESL Students Effectively
- How to Teach Language Functions Effectively: Strategies and Examples
- How to Teach Phrasal Verbs in a Fun Way: 5 Strategies and 7 Fun Activities
- How To Teach Reading Comprehension: A Comprehensive Guide (PPT)
- How to teach reading skills – from theory to practice
- How to teach speaking using a discovery approach
- How to Teach Vocabulary – From Theory to Practice
- How To Teach Writing Skills To ESL And EFL Students
- How to Use Mind Mapping in Teaching English
- How We Teach vs. How They Learn
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- Incentives in Education
- Input and Output in Second Language Acquisition
- Inspiring Insights: 7 Characteristics of Young Learners and Their Valuable Implications for English Language Teachers
- Instilling Discipline in the Classroom: A Comprehensive Guide
- Intelligent minds and creative thinking
- Introducing-oneself-activity as an icebreaker
- In-service Training Module Guide
- Is Grammar Important in Learning English? (5 Powerful Reasons)
- Is It Harder for a Child to Acquire Two Languages at Once?
- It is the End of Scott Thornbury’s Blog
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- Language learning and memorization
- Language Learning Strategies
- Language Teaching Methods: Silent Way Lesson
- Language Testing (Defined and Explained)
- Learning languages! Why some people fail to learn a second language?
- Lesson Plan Frameworks and Tips for New Teachers
- Links For ELT Teachers
- Links to Magazines for English Language Learners
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- Scaffolding In Education
- Second Language Learning Difficulties
- Seven stages for a successful reading lesson plan
- Spelling Bee Activity You Can Try Now With Your Students
- Starting a New School Year for Teachers: A Planning Guide
- Summative Vs Formative Assessment: All You Need to Know
- Susan Boyle – Success Story
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- Teachers and Teaching Quotes
- Teachers Back to School: A Noble Mission
- Teachers’ Professional Development and Collaboration
- Teaching and Learning Strategies
- Teaching Large Classes: Problems and Suggested Techniques
- Teaching Productive Skills
- Teaching Receptive Skills To ESL And EFL Learners
- Teaching Standard or Global English?
- Teaching Talk Time
- Teaching Techniques
- Teaching vocabulary: Lexical exploitation of texts
- TEFL and TESL History
- Testing Vocabulary
- The Art of Teaching: 7 Qualities of a Good Teacher
- The Audiolingual Method (PPT)
- The difference between coherence and cohesion?
- The Impact of Differentiated Instruction on Student Autonomy in English Language Education
- The Implications of Ausubel’s Theory: A Comprehensive Analysis
- The Main Reasons For Lesson Plans
- The Power of Active Listening in Teaching and Education
- The Power of Reading – Stephen Krashen
- The Power of Repetition in English Language Teaching
- The Pygmalion Effect in Education
- Tips to Make Writing Lessons Less Time-Consuming
- Top ten ELT Articles
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- Understanding Language Affordances and Emergence In Language Teaching
- Understanding Role Play in Education And Its Importance in Language Teaching
- Understanding Testing, Assessment, and Evaluation in Education
- Understanding the Dale-Chall Readability Formula
- Unlocking the Language of Expression: 6 Facts About Teaching Idioms and Their Implications
- Unveiling the Splendor of Studying Poems: Analysis, Enjoyment, and Meaning
- Unveiling the 3 Key Stages of a Reading Comprehension Lesson Plan: Pre-reading, While Reading, and Post-reading
- Using L1 in the Classroom: A Teacher’s Guide to Balancing L1 and L2
- Using Texts to Teach Grammar
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- Warmers and Lead-Ins as Effective Presentation Techniques
- What Are The 7 Components Of an English Language Course You Should Know?
- What Is Assessment For Learning? Definition, Purpose, Types, And Examples
- What is a teacher’s worst nightmare? Teachers worst enemies!
- What is Grammar? Defining Grammar for Teachers
- What is Intelligence?
- What is the difference between a task and an exercise?
- What is the difference between prescriptive, descriptive and pedagogic grammar?
- What is the SQ3R method?
- What Teachers Make?
- Which is more important to teach: grammar or vocabulary?
- Why Are Boys Falling Behind in School? Exploring the Challenges and Solutions
- Why Dictation?
- Why Do Teachers Teach?
- Why Do We Insist on English?
- Why is memorization denigrated? And why it is important?
- Why Pedagogical Grammar Matters: Bridging Descriptive and Prescriptive Approaches
- Why Should Teachers Use Songs in ESL Classrooms?
- Why Stop Teaching and Limit the Teacher’s Interference in the Classroom?
- World Cup Activities and Ideas For English Language Learners
- World Cup Resources, Activities, and Lesson Ideas
- Writing Lesson Plan Stages (+ Sample in PDF)
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- 10 Effective Assessment Strategies For ELL You Will Love
- 10 Effective Writing Strategies For English Language Learners: Engaging Content That Inspires
- 10 Powerful Ways of Teaching English to Young Learners
- 10 Time-Filler Activities for English Language Learners
- 12 tips to teach vocabulary
- 13 Powerful Reading Strategies To Teach In ESL Classrooms
- 21st-Century Education Classrooms
- 3 Age Groups For Language Learning: Tailoring Language Learning to Young Learners, Teens & Adults
- 3 Engaging Environmental Activities Your ESL Students Will Love
- 3 Types of Practice Exercises For Simple Present Tense
- 6 inconvenient truths about teaching
- 7 Effective Tips to Avoid Boredom in the Classroom
- 7 Implications Of Bruner’s Learning Theory On Teaching
- 7 Summarizing Techniques to Improve Reading Comprehension
- 8 Arguments Convincing Against Grammar Syllabus According To Scott Thornbury