This is a quick reference list of all the articles on my web site . A kind of one-glance copy of all the articles . The horizontal menu articles are presented first and then the vertical menu .
Communicative language teaching – CLT Cognitive approach to learning Constructive approach to learning CLT – 10 skill areas Methods, learning styles, strategies and profiles Four types of learners Differentiation, introduction Differentiation, how to apply Using the mother tongue in teaching English The Dodson bilingual method Behaviouristic approach to learning
About me and my aims My history as a learner and teacher of English
The structure of a textbook-based lesson Homework as flipped learning and checking homework Pre-task, listening to and clarifying content Teaching reading aloud and pronunciation Deepening understanding, differentiation, Part 1 Deepening understanding, Part 2 and additional oral tasks
Vocabulary Knowing a word, What does it really mean? Identify 22 strategies to learn new words Getting students to design vocab tasks, Points 1-10 Getting students to design vocab tasks, Points 11-22
Pronunciation English consonant sounds, s-sounds, vowel comments English consonant sounds /p b k g t d/ English consonant sounds /f v w l j h n m n r/ The 0.7 second rule and breath groups Learning to use the weak forms
Speaking Speaking, teaching beginners Testing speaking skills How to use speaking criteria in evaluation N.B. The topic is touched upon in most articles
Listening CLT-type listening tasks, free time listening Listening, a historical view Listening strategies in exams N.B . See also ‘Model text-based lesson’ – listening
Reading Reading comprehension strategies in class Solving reading difficulties Reading strategies, an example how to teach them Reading strategies, spotting main ideas Strategies to be used in exams and a model lesson how to introduce them Sample exam for reading comprehension Deep level reading, returning the markes sample exam
Writing Teaching beginners writing, differentiation Basic principles, using criteria, giving feedback and writing in pairs Dictation, benefits and challenges How to use the evaluation criteria for written tasks The structure of an argumentative essay Returning the essays in style
Modern group work methods Inquiry-based learning Work station technique Co-operative learning Task-based learning (TBL), introduction TBL – At the airport TBL – grammar-based example, comparative forms
Grammar Communicative grammar, tasks and differentiation The inductive and deductive method in teaching grammar Grammar in the ‘good old days’ Teaching grammar the old style and CLT style, comparison Teaching young beginners grammar, the lexical approach The Dodson bilingual method
Assessment Assessment of and for learning How to apply AfL in class, Tools 1-4 AfL, observation with criteria, self-assessment AfL, giving constructive feedback, traps and samples Development discussions, feedback forms Positive feedback – comments and phrases
Instructions and classroom phrases Very basic phrases for beginners Phrases for intermediate beginners to use in a lesson Phrases for pair and group work as well as station work and co-operative work Class phrases with rising intonation and positive feedback phrases
Class management and control Qualities of good and bad teachers Class control, how to succeed and fail How to avoid being too tolerant or too strict Gordon’s principles, a wise teacher Gordon’s method, a sample dialogue I- and YOU-messages Active listening, I-messages and win-win solutions
