Neglecting pronunciation can hinder effective communication and limit language proficiency. In this post we explore the importance of pronunciation for language learners — looking at comprehension, cultural adaptation, and international intelligibility. While classroom settings pose challenges in terms of feedback and correction, technology and self-study resources can augment the learning process.
Read MoreTeaching your students to understand and use phrasal verbs can be a big challenge. We’ve put this lesson plan together to help. Taking an inductive teaching approach, this lesson plan covers six stages — presentation, introduction, explanation, practice and application, and homework. It takes a blended learning approach, helping you integrate Tense Buster into the classroom. By the end of this lesson, students will have a solid grasp on the concept of phrasal verbs, and why they are important.
Read MoreDid you know that English is one of just a few languages that uses articles extensively? In many other languages, articles are not used in the same way — or at all. That helps explain why English learners have so much difficulty with this topic. This lesson plan should help make teaching articles much easier. It takes a blended learning approach, making use of Tense Buster (our grammar program).
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