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Should we pre-teach vocabulary before reading- and, if so, how?
Photo Credit: Chris JL via Compfight cc Pre-teaching vocabulary is something that many of us were taught to do on our CELTAs or other pre-service course. I hold my hand up to having trained other...
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What kind of reading tasks might be worthwhile?
In my first reading related post, I looked at things you might consider when selecting authentic reading texts. There’s quite a lot to consider, I think, and I can sometimes spend several hours...
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Creating effective reading tasks
In my previous post, I looked at the whole idea of reading tasks and the arguments for and against using them. One conclusion I came to is that, ideally, tasks should bear some relation to the kinds of...
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Getting students to notice language in reading texts
To start with, why not try this little awareness test: How successful were you in noticing? Whatever we are doing, we don’t tend to notice everything- and we can miss some quite important elements! We...
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To read better, improve your pronunciation?
To read better, improve your pronunciation…. This statement jumped out at me recently, from an excellent post by Robin Walker on Pronunciation for YLs. He was reporting from a talk by Catherine Walter...
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Authentic or graded? Is there a middle way?
One of the often used arguments against published coursebooks is that the texts, especially at lower levels, tend to have been specially written. When I first started writing coursebooks I was very...
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More than just a worksheet: how to write effective classroom materials.
Many teachers produce their own materials, either from necessity or to provide something more tailored to the needs of their students. However, writing materials for a whole lesson, which really engage...
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