Methods
Language teaching methods
Methods are only useful if they survive a Monday morning lesson. This section explains the approaches that shape language teaching today, what they look like in a real classroom, where they work well and where they need adapting, with concrete activities you can try straight away.
7 pages
In this section
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CLIL: Teaching Subjects Through a Foreign Language
CLIL in practice: what content and language integrated learning means, the 4Cs, scaffolding strategies and a sample lesson sequence for subject teachers.
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Communicative Language Teaching Explained
What communicative language teaching means in practice: core principles, typical activities, the role of grammar and error correction, and common pitfalls.
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Designing Online Exercises: Gap Fill, Matching, Quiz
How to design good digital language exercises: choosing the right type, writing clear items, readable screen layout, navigation and useful feedback.
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Intercultural Learning in the Language Classroom
Intercultural learning in language lessons: what intercultural competence means, working with stereotypes and critical incidents, and practical activities.
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Task-Based Language Teaching with Examples
Task-based language teaching explained: what counts as a task, the pre-task, task and language-focus cycle, and three classroom examples from A2 to B2.
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Teaching Vocabulary and Grammar with Digital Media
How to use digital media for vocabulary and grammar: retrieval and spaced practice, chunks, discovery grammar with real texts and a ready-made lesson sequence.
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The Action-Oriented Approach of the CEFR
What the CEFR’s action-oriented approach means for your lessons: learners as social agents, real-world tasks, mediation and can-do descriptors in practice.
Other sections
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Digital tools for language teaching
AI assistants and ChatGPT prompts, H5P, LearningApps and Wordwall, quiz and flashcard tools, collaboration boards, authentic web material, video and podcasts: what each tool is good for in class.
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Planning language lessons
How to plan a language lesson step by step, differentiate for mixed-ability groups, build speaking into every lesson and design blended or online lessons that still feel like teaching.
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Assessment and feedback
CEFR levels A1 to C2 for teachers, placement tests, feedback in digital exercises, rubrics for speaking and writing, and self-assessment with can-do statements and language portfolios.