Jason Anderson

This article, written for ELT Journal, explores the potential implications of translanguaging and translingualism for foreign language teaching and learning, especially English language teaching. It reports on an exploratory study of ‘EFL learners’ in the UK, finding that over 76% of them perceive a need for translingual practices in their varied future professions and studies.…… Continue reading Reimagining English language learners from a translingual perspective

Download a free resource for teachers! A couple of weeks ago, my students requested a lesson on pronouncing place names in London and England because they were always having difficulty making themselves understood at train and coach stations. I didn’t find many resources on the Internet designed for language students, only more technical guides that often…… Continue reading How to pronounce English place names

Many thanks to Adi Rajan for this interesting and very positive appraisal of the CAP model!

The first of 2 articles on the 3-stage lesson planning model that I propose has just been published in the IATEFL Teacher Education Newsletter. In the article I argue that CAP is more appropriate and more relevant for today’s teaching and teacher education courses than alternatives such as PPP, ESA, etc. It’s also the topic…… Continue reading CAP – Context, Analysis, Practice: A lesson planning model for language teacher education

Some of us love grammar lessons, but others… If you, or your learners, fall into the second category, one great way to make grammar meaningful, interesting and even edifying is to adapt stories to include a little grammar that you can then extract and analyse. Stories provide for ‘Context, Analysis and Practice’ (C-A-P: something I’ll be…… Continue reading The Farmer and the Fortune Teller: Using stories to teach grammar

Earlier this year I became concerned that I was over-correcting my adult students during speaking activities. I tend to use both direct correction and delayed correction (via the board) depending on the situation. I know that many of my learners do want me to correct them directly, but I wasn’t sure that all of them…… Continue reading Traffic lights: A free resource for correcting errors and checking understanding

Anyone who speaks two or more languages will be aware that there are linguistic ‘gaps’ in all languages. Given that English is now established as the predominant lingua franca of the world, the existence of such gaps can be at best inconvenient, and at worst, it may influence what we say or think (depending on…… Continue reading Holes in the English language

On Saturday 19th November at 13:30pm (UK time), I led a webinar on Teaching English in Large Classes for British Council English Agenda. The webinar focused on English language teaching, adopting a sociocultural perspective that aims to situate the English language teacher in her/his local teaching community. This is in contrast to what often happens in…… Continue reading Teaching English in Large Classes – forthcoming webinar

I’m proud to announce that my book Speaking Games (2014, Delta Publishing) has been shortlisted for the English Speaking Union Duke of Edinburgh Award for Resources for Teachers, one of four titles in its category. This prestigious award celebrates innovation and good practice in English language teaching. This year the judges were looking in particular for…… Continue reading Speaking Games shortlisted for ESU Duke of Edinburgh award