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
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.
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.
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.
Intercultural Learning in the Language Classroom
Intercultural learning in language lessons: what intercultural competence means, working with stereotypes and critical incidents, and practical activities.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.