Can Technology Improve Language Proficiency?
Technology has now become a common feature in education. Teachers use this tool to plan and deliver their lessons, to assign homework to reinforce learning and also to monitor and…
Continue ReadingTechnology has now become a common feature in education. Teachers use this tool to plan and deliver their lessons, to assign homework to reinforce learning and also to monitor and…
Continue ReadingINTRODUCTION There are two main approaches to teaching reading in the L2 classroom: intensive reading and extensive reading. Although both are important in facilitating L2 reading development, teachers seem to…
Continue ReadingA graduate student of mine recounted her aha experience when she was preparing for her IELTS test. Knowing that she needed to know a lot of English vocabulary words to…
Continue ReadingWhenever I give a workshop to English teachers, I ask them to name key characteristics of an effective teacher. Most if not all of them would mention ‘sense of humour’.…
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