In this penultimate article about teaching pronunciation, we look at another suprasegmental pronunciation system which works across...

In the next three articles in this series about pronunciation teaching, we will look at a tricky area of phonology which is often...

This article aims to show why the use of IPA is an essential tool for teaching and learning pronunciation, and that it is worth the effort

There is a trend in language centres to teach ESOL students how to speak ‘properly’, without an ‘accent’. The rise in the number of...

Myth two: Drilling can be used to teach vocabulary and grammar Drilling, or the teacher-led ‘call and response’ activity which anyone who...

Pronunciation is an aspect of ESOL teaching which is often misunderstood. Clearly, pronunciation is an essential feature of students’...

As a productive language skill, writing is much more than simply putting words on paper. A complex set of linguistic and cognitive...

So much of what we mean is unspoken. The way we use cultural phrases, idioms and metaphor, the tone of voice, facial expression and emotion

Any written text is by definition intended for someone to read. The purpose of written language is to communicate ideas between people

Speaking is central to use of language. Of all the skills we use when we learn, most describe proficiency in another language as speaking it

When we think about teaching the four language skills - reading, writing, speaking and listening, we are really thinking about developing...

Pronunciation is one of the fundamentals of language learning. It is the primary factor in spoken language when it comes to understanding

This article aims to clarify five common examples which come up for students and teachers, to help us understand the connected relationships

Pronunciation can be a tricky beast. The range of accents, national and international varieties of spoken English result in very few...