How young is too young to learn a Foreign Language?
Quite often in a monolingual family we are confronted with the dilemma of what is the appropriate age for…
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Password to Vocabulary Retention
Text by: Steve Vassilakopoulos Most teachers find it frustrating when new vocabulary is presented, learnt and forgotten all in the…
Presenting and teaching English vocabulary via Semantic Feature Analysis grids and matrixes (SFA)
Text by: Evangelia Vassilakou Traditional vocabulary instruction focuses on pre teaching either difficult or low frequency vocabulary. This can cause…
Reading: Wherein L2 Vocabulary belongs
Text by: Marina Siskou A rarely defied teaching practice is the random introduction of the target language vocabulary…
Lack of vocabulary=lack of extensive reading
The approach to building basic vocabulary involves identification of the most basic vocabulary, the benefits of extensive reading, the strengths…
Christmas Video Facts
This is a great simple activity to practice their reading and writing skills while talking about some unusual facts…
Xmas Conversation questions
Over 25 different questions to get the class talking about Christmas. Level: Teens and Adults all levels. •…
A game of Christmas Taboo
Christmas Taboo is a simple game you can play in class to revise Christmas vocabulary. The aim of the game…
Christmas activities for the classroom
Make a Christmas Wishing Tree 1. Using green paper or card, have students trace around the outline of their hand.…
Graded readers in ELT: the benefits and ways of using them
Graded readers or ‘readers’ are books that contain language adjusted to the level of the learner. The language is…