Grammar

Teaching grammar doesn’t have to be boring or impossible. Anthony Hemmens shares his thoughts on teaching the nuts and bolts of the English language. We hope you’ll share your ideas too.

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How Unique Is “Unique”?

By Tanya Trusler

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

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Like it or not, modifying and comparing absolute adjectives like “unique” seems to be commonplace.

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The Written Word

By Anthony Hemmens

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

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Ideas for using written texts in the ESL classroom.

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A Mess of My Own Making

By Peter Martin

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

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When you make a problem worse by correcting students, what do you do to dig both you and them out?

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Modal Verbs

By Anthony Hemmens

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

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Closely linked to mood, but far more important to us in the EFL classroom and useful to our students generally, is modality.

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Accuracy vs Fluency

By Anthony Hemmens

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

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In many countries of the world grammar is king.

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Appropriacy

By Anthony Hemmens

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

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How imperative is the imperative form?

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Student Led Presentations

By Anthony Hemmens

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

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An effective way to learn grammar is to teach it. That goes for the students too!

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One Picture A Day

Do we take too many pictures? Photojournalist Nick Danziger has an idea that will get your students talking!

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3 Ways To Make Reading Lessons More Interactive

ESL-Library blog: May 17, 2012

Don't just read the text. Interact with it.

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