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Word Stories: tenere

Steve Taylore-KnowlesMarch 22, 2024June 27, 2024

Etymology works in two directions. You can take a word in modern English and work backwards to its roots, as…

Word Stories: gossipmonger

Steve Taylore-KnowlesJanuary 16, 2024June 27, 2024

Steve Taylore-Knowles looks at the stories behind the English language. Behind every word there is history. And in the case…

Teaching Material

Whiteboards Improve Teaching

ELT NewsSeptember 22, 2011March 3, 2024

Getting Attention 1. Grab student attention with interactive whiteboard technology. Students come to a classroom having spent most of their…

Grammar

The Grammar Acquisition Process

ELT NewsNovember 18, 2011

The whole second language acquisition process is cyclical and it involves six stages. They are: input, noticing, intake, structuring, proceduralization,…

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Teaching English ‘the Greek way’

ELT NewsJuly 2, 2012

Learning a foreign language like English, which is based on the alphabetic system, is easy for students whose mother tongue…

Teaching Material

Good Teaching: The top ten requirements

ELT NewsSeptember 24, 2012

One: GOOD TEACHING is as much about passion as it is about reason. It’s about not only motivating students to…