March 22, 2015 L1 Synonyms Vocabulary A matter of semantics: same concepts, different divisions Eighteen containers in assorted shapes and sizes on display in the corner of the room. Fourteen EFL teachers organized in small groups accor...
November 29, 2014 Collocation forks Collocations Error correction Research Synonyms Writing Learners' use of collocations: insights from the research 2 "Perform surgery" or "carry out surgery"? Photo by Austin Samaritans via Flickr [CC BY-SA 2.O] What kind of collocation...
October 28, 2012 Collocations Context Ideas Lexical Approach Synonyms Vocabulary Web tools Explaining the difference between (near-) synonyms I have recently received an email from a colleague, an EFL teacher in Israel, about how her students find it difficult differentiating betwe...
June 23, 2012 Colligation Collocations Ideas Semiotics Synonyms Two axes of word relationships Let's start with a warmer... Which of these tasks or exercises do you normally see in coursebooks? Look at the highlighted verbs in...