AAAL2015 convention: highlights, insights and implications

Rod Ellis presenting While in Toronto for TESOL 2015 convention  last month, I also attended - for the first time - the AAAL (American Assoc...

On (and off) the wall vocabulary activities

I often make students (and teachers I work with) get out of their seats. I think movement in the classroom is important whether you believe ...

Not a word was spoken (but many were learned)

Video is often used in the EFL classroom for listening comprehension activities, facilitating discussions and, of course, language work. But...

Experimental vocabulary practice

Image by Peter Megyeri on Flickr (CC BY 2.0) My interest in experimental practice was piqued at the TESOL France’s last annual colloquium wh...

Horizontal alternatives to vertical lists

Photo by Tzvi Meller As much as it seems counter-intuitive, teaching new vocabulary in semantic sets (e.g. jobs: doctor, teacher, lawyer etc...