What is Grammar? Defining Grammar for Teachers
What is grammar? This article tries to investigate how grammar has been defined during the history of language teaching. We will start with the traditional view of what grammar is all about. Then, we...
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Inductive and Deductive Approaches to Grammar Teaching
What is the difference between inductive and deductive grammar teaching? This blog post tries to describe the difference between the inductive and deductive approaches to grammar teaching. It starts by distinguishing between implicit and...
What is assessment for learning?
What is Assessment for Learning? Assessment for learning (AFL) refers to the process of collecting and interpreting evidence about learning to be used by the teacher to determine the learner’s current situation, what they...
What is the difference between prescriptive, descriptive and pedagogic grammar?
What is the difference between prescriptive and descriptive grammar? In this post, we will try to look at the difference between prescriptive and descriptive grammar. We will also try to highlight some examples that...
The difference between coherence and cohesion?
Cohesion and coherence What is the difference between coherence and cohesion? Broadly speaking, coherence and cohesion refer to the way a text is organized so that it can hold together. In a coherent text,...
Teaching Productive Skills | Speaking and Writing
Teaching productive skills to Second Language Learners The procedure of teaching productive skills involves different steps. The following article provides answers to the following questions: What is meant by productive skills? Why are they...
Input and output in second language acquisition
This article deals with the input and output in second language acquisition. We will define concepts such as: input vs output, input, intake, and uptake, and affordances vs emergence. Input and output in second...
Seven characteristics of young learners
Characteristics of young learners This article deals with the most important characteristics of young learners. First, we will consider how age determines the methods we use to teach languages. Then, we will see the...
Definition of testing, assessment, and evaluation
Definition of testing, assessment, and evaluation The following are definitions of testing, assessment, and evaluation. In spite of important differences between these terms, they are often used interchangeably by teachers. Testing, assessment, and evaluation...
How to teach writing skills to ESL and EFL students
How to teach writing? One of the headaches that the teachers of English in EFL and ESL classrooms face is how to teach writing. It is one of the skills that require from the...
