ELTWeekly Issue#14, Expert article: Throw Away the Course Book and Adapt Authentic Materials

English Language Teachers: Throw Away the Course Book and Adapt Authentic Materials By Larry M. Lynch Use Authentic Materials? If asked why they rely heavily on course books for English language teaching, among a variety of other reasons, one that emerges is the seeming unsuitability of available authentic materials. Principal reasons cited for this “unsuitability”… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue#14, Expert article: Throw Away the Course Book and Adapt Authentic Materials

ELTWeekly Issue #14, Word of the week: metathesis

metathesis • muh-TATH-uh-sis • noun a : a change of place or condition b : transposition of two phonemes in a word c : a chemical reaction in which different kinds of molecules exchange parts to form other kinds of molecules. Example: When I listened to the recording of the child’s speech, I noticed several… Continue reading ELTWeekly Issue #14, Word of the week: metathesis