Teachers often complain, not without reason,  about teaching large classes.  These unlucky teachers not only suffer from the pedagogical shortcomings of large classes, but also from the stress these classes produce. This post will try to answer the following questions:

What are large classes?
What makes large classes difficult to teach?
What techniques make it possible for students to learn in these classes?

Large classes
It is difficult to set a definition of what a large class is. In  some countries, a class with 30 students is not considered at all problematic. In other countries, …

One of the problems facing those who want to start a blog, is understanding terms used in blogging. For those who are unfamiliar with those terms, follow the link below. It is a  list of terminology and definitions for terms that are frequently used while talking about building blogs.
Blogging terminology

Of the four types, conditional sentence type one is the easiest one to teach. Students should be able to understand the following:

There is an if-clause and a then-clause in conditional sentence.
The then-clause should be understood as the consequence of the if-clause.
Conditional sentences are used to talk about possible situations. That’s why it is sometimes called the real conditional.
The structure of conditional type one involves the use of the simple present in the if-clause and the simple future in the then-clause.
Conditional sentences may contain verbs in the affirmative as well as the negative …

In the dogme approach new metaphors are used to describe English language learning. Two of these metaphors are called affordance and emergence.
Affordance
Traditionally  input was seen as all words, contexts, and other forms of language to which a learner is exposed. Input in this sense is said to provide a basis for acquiring proficiency in first or second languages. The problem with input in the context of language acquisition is that it should be slightly above the level of the learner. Krachen in his Input Hypothesis noticed that providing comprehensible input …

A video every teacher needs to watch.
It is a video of a very eloquent young lady who gives such great insight into the minds of children and adults alike.