Second Language Teaching Cpd 16

Here I talk about a common model of working and long-term memory and how we can help students remember what they learn.

In this presentation I talk about the role of lexical retrieval and parsing for making meaning from the spoken message. Mention is ...

This is a practical pedagogy presentation about using short, easy authentic cartoon videos produced for young children as the ...

This is the first in my series of short

This screencast is about the importance of attention in

How important is target

In this short session I describe how you can use a suggestive picture to create a communicative lesson with a smaller group of ...

This screencast explains the information gap principle, gives some easy to implement examples of tasks, and considers the ...

In this session I talk about using audiolingual drills for

In this session I summarise and elaborate on the 12 principles Gianfranco Conti and I outlined in our book The

In this practical pedagogy session I describe a multi-skill lesson for intermediate level and above, but with the main focus on ...

Why use texts? How might you select them? What you can do with them? Once you have a repertoire of go-to text activities, lesson ...

This practical pedagogy session looks at an approach to

In this screencast I explain the classic communicative game called Alibi. I look at the advantages of using it, along with any issues ...

This is about LEXICOGRAMMAR and CHUNKING, as a way into

In this presentation I talk more about the process approach to listening. Can we identify the micro-skills needed for listening, then ...

This is about Presentation-Practice-Production (PPP). What is it? Where did it come from? How does it work? What are its ...

This session is about GRAMMAR. It's a rather theoretical one which looks at what we mean by grammar and what research ...

This presentation is an introduction to some key theoretical issues about READING. I talk about top-down and bottom-up skills, the ...