| A selection of poems that could be exploited for classroom use.
Yellow Butter
Yellow butter purple jelly red jam black bread
Spread it thick
Say it quick
Yellow butter purple jelly red jam black bread
Spread it thicker
Say it quicker
Yellow butter purple jelly red jam black bread
Now repeat it
While you eat it
Yellow butter purple jelly red jam black bread
Don’t talk
With your [...]
Poetry and Translation
English as a lingua franca and some implications for English teachers
Initial Concepts and Assumptions
Probably between two and three billion people speak English.
These may be defined according to Kachru’s three circles: inner, outer, expanding (Kachru, 1985).
But today the majority of English speakers are located in the outer or expanding circles, using English as a lingua franca (ELF).
It is used for: academic purposes; political negotiation; tourism; entertainment; [...]
Applying the Lexical Approach while Teaching English for Medical Purposes
The teacher’s primary responsibility is response-ability
Peter Wilberg, 1988
Introduction
The lexical approach (LA) was developed some 15 years ago and yet most of its major principles sound pertinent and appropriate for the English language classroom. It is extremely useful while working with students studying English for medical purposes.
The target groups of students studying medicine, [...]
Presenting Vocabulary in YL Classes
Children’s attention span is extremely short compared to adults’. Thus your job as a teacher is to use the few minutes you have to present vocabulary as effectively and successfully as you can. Be creative. Be appealing. Be quick. To make sure your students will remember all the new words you taught them, be fun [...]
Pictures of life in Britain
Some notes on the images from the CD (Summer 2008)
Firstly, there is a most wonderful website which has been set up by the children and teachers of Woodlands Junior School in Kent. It gives information on an enormous range of cultural aspects of British life. Seeing it is the only way to believe it!
Check [...]
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