Apr 29, 2026 Grammar, Lesson planning, Teacher Development and CPD, Teaching lexically Target Language and planning Target language will be a familiar term for anyone who has studied a course such as CELTA or Trinity Cert TESOL, but it is a core idea for many teachers practice, even if they are unfamiliar with the term. It basically refers to the language that we plan to teach. I’m not against having a […]
Feb 4, 2026 Courses, Teacher Development and CPD, Teaching lexically The Trinity CertPT with Lexical Lab This year we will be offering the Trinity CertPT as part of our teacher development provision. In this post, we’ll be looking at what the CertPT is and how it fits with our programmes.What is the Trinity CertPT?The Trinity CertPT is a way to provide assessment and accreditation for teachers’ ongoing professional development. The PT […]
Jun 8, 2025 Core Principles, Opinions, Teaching lexically What makes effective language teachers? Method or something else? What makes effective language teachers? There seem to be two routes taken in answering this question. The first is methodology. Some would suggest that the only effective teacher is one working within, say, task-based teaching. The second route might be described as ‘affective’ factors: the ‘quality’ of the teacher, how they are and how they […]
May 7, 2025 Beginners & Low levels, Chunks, Exploiting Exercises, Lexis, Revision, Teaching lexically Rereading texts to revise language at low levels Rereading texts to revise language can be good because we access language outside the selection in exercises labelled vocabulary or grammar. Whether you have treated the listening or reading text as purely developing skills or not, there is good reason to revisit texts to focus on language – especially when we want to revise content […]
Apr 30, 2025 Beginners & Low levels, Classroom Activities, Lesson planning, Revision, Teaching lexically More activities to revise language in class at low levels Why do activities to revise language in class? Teachers sometimes see class time as only for ‘new’ input. Revision is for students to do at home. I understand that idea. It also depends a bit how long your class is. If you have one 50 or 60-minute class a week, maybe that makes some sense. […]
