Teach
Grammar or Communicative Skills? Why Not Do Both?
Many teachers ask
whether they should spend more time developing students’
knowledge of grammar or their communicative abilities. I tend to
respond as Betty Azar (2007) — do both. …
Oliva Fernandez, Marketing
Director, Adult and Higher Education
Learn More about Picture This! (Part 1)
(This article is excerpted from a review by Carol Martin, who
Carol Martin teaches ESL for Garden Grove, California Adult Education and Computer VESL for Huntington Beach, California Adult Education. She is an ESL Technology Specialist and has worked as a curriculum developer, certified mentor teacher, and consultant. … )
The Academic Word List has gotten a lot of attention over the last few
years, but what is it really all about? Making sense of the AWL and
implementing it in your teaching is straightforward. But it only works
if you have the right information. …
