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...
Reflections On New Teaching Horizons!
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...
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...
A personal reflection on language teaching by Jack C Richards This is an interesting article about the history of foreign and second language teaching by Jack C Richards. It is a personal reflection on the...
ManyThings is a website for people studying English as a Second Language (ESL) or English as a Foreign Language (EFL). There are: quizzes, word games, word puzzles, proverbs, slang expressions, anagrams, a random-sentence generator...
This is a link to a cool website which provides free ESLactivities: Teachers can build their own listening quizzes. There is also a shared list for such quizzes. You can also embed the code...
Textbook are designed to enclose different units based on different topics. Because of the constraints of time or fear of being boring we follow the order of the units of the textbook. We rarely...
Glossary of terms relevant to the English teaching profession. This glossary includes terms related to English, ESL, EFL ,TESOL, TEFL, and pedagogy. Accuracy The ability to produce grammatically correct sentences. Fluency is an other...
A brief history of ELT The adventure of English language teaching is quite outstanding. From the early grammar translation method to the new trends focusing on communication, English language teaching has drawn from theories...