I published the following post on a former blog of mine. It was composed on October 31, 2007. I have changed some words and expressions. This post may show some insight of the learner. I’ve left some peculiar style, on purpose. The teacher will try to promote in his/her student the attitude to learn vocabulary, by talking with him or her, so that ...

This is chapter 28 from my book on TEFL, TESL, ELL. Photo from www tribuneindia com 28. Cómo aprender palabras nuevas Leyendo. Entre otras fuentes, que ahora veremos. La lectura es una fuente de modos de decir peculiares del inglés, de palabras, de enriquecimiento. Van creando un depósito, del que el hablante no nativo extrae las palabras ...

One day teacher A said to teacher B, ''On posts approximately #106 through #120 I told you how you can present verbal tenses in your classes. Grammar is essential. It's like the skeleton of communication. No grammar, no communication. Our students need vocabulary too. My classes are extra-school. They have learned the grammar in the school, in ...

One day teacher B said to teacher A, “I have clearly realized that the teacher must effectively make every student participate. The teacher should rope all his students in the class-period, asking and addressing each student, both slower students and more advanced (or better-achievers) ones, combining simple questions and prompts with ...

One day teacher B said to teacher A, ''So, as a summary of what I try to do in my class-periods is aiming toward communication. Some teachers implement too much translation from English into Spanish, for example, with the text or stories that are in the students' coursebooks. Translating is ok, yet it's only one more activity, not the only one, ...