Category: Teaching Speaking

In practice, we often use the words test and assessment interchangeably. But they do have slightly different meanings. Students need…

Speaking is the active use of the English language to express not only meaning but also personal ideas and feelings.…

  “I don’t mind talking to you or my classmates in English; in fact, I quite enjoy it. But it’s…

It has been argued – with good reason one might add – that of all four skills involved in foreign…

The big day has come and your heart palpitates with stress and fear. The only thought that crosses your mind…

One of the claims of language tests administered in Greece is that topical knowledge is not tested so that all…

Students often think that the ability to speak a language is the product of language learning, but speaking is also…

“A good teacher is hard to find,                           difficult to leave            and impossible to forget”.   If you keep…

Many students equate being able to speak a language as knowing the language and therefore view learning the language as…

Back in November we contacted a number of teachers, teacher trainers, oral examiners etc. and asked them to write about…