Archive for February, 2010

motivating learners

Baesd on what I found in the Cambridge CELTA course by Thornbury and Watkins I’d present a few ideas on learners motivation ( a crucial element in students’ progress) and what a teacher can do to develop it.
In a review of his work Graham Cookes and Richard Schmidt point to several areas where educational research has reported [...]

teaching grammar in context

To know about “teaching grammar in context” and to use it at class is crucial for “effective teaching”- as I discussed it today with Tamas, one of our young German trainers at Linguaprof. Other practical advice, tips, articles on theories of methodology you can find on www.teachertraining.linguaprof.com. All the stuff there will help our trainees [...]

English collocations, collocations with “make”

An excellent course book on this topic that I extensively use in teaching and that I would recommend: English Collocations in Use, by Michael McCarthy and Felicity O’Dell, Cambridge University Press.

business English collocations, a short test