Here’s another post in the test your English series. This one focuses on the use of the gerund or infinitive after the word to. Look at the sentences below. Would you use go or going to complete each one? 1. No, you didn’t wake me up. I am used to _____ to bed late. Don’t …
People are different and learn in different ways, of course, perhaps regardless of whatever unique language-specific mechanisms we might believe are at play in the process. It’s only natural, then, that the teacher should strive to meet her students’ learning styles in the best possible way. Or is it?
This post is my answer to an agony letter I received a while ago. The question was “Is teaching through translation a good idea?”
Before we go any further, click on the link for a short post explaining the basic differences between declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge. This is an e-mail I’ve just received: Dear Luiz, When teaching grammar, it seems we can never control what students use… and sometimes I’m not really sure what to do. I’m teaching a certain …