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,… Read More »Input and output in second language acquisition
Teaching English through the content not only the form When teaching English, have you ever had the experience that your students can answer written tests… Read More »Teaching English without Teaching English
Construction grammar Construction Grammar refers to a study of language that views grammar not as a collection of rules that generates sentences (as in generative… Read More »Grammar rules or grammar constructions
This is a link to an article about the Dogme approach to English language teaching by Luke Meddings and Scott Thornbury: The main points they try… Read More »Dogme approach to English language teaching
In the dogme approach new metaphors are used to describe English language learning. Two of these metaphors are called affordance and emergence. Affordance Traditionally input… Read More »Affordance and Emergence in Dogme Approach
Learner centeredness is a key element in Dogme approach. The learner is taken into account, freeing him from the dictatorship of the published textbooks. The… Read More »Relevance in Dogme Approach
Because teaching has become too lightweight, too frivolous and not rigorous enough, High Demand Teachers call on for a tweak in the current methods of… Read More »High Demand Teaching
Dogme is a communicative approach to language teaching that was initiated by Scott Thornbury in his article, “A Dogma for EFL”. Dogme advocates a kind… Read More »The Dogme Approach to Language Teaching
Stop teaching! That’s what I say to myself when I feel I’m too invasive in my teaching, when I interfere too much in the classroom… Read More »Why Stop Teaching?
