What the skills and systems in English are
Reasons and strategies for listening and reading
Evaluating classroom activities for receptive skills
Different aspects of the speaking skill: accuracy, fluency, pronunciation & discourse management
Writing activities: aim & effectiveness; product vs. process
Criticisms of the PPP model and what we can do about them; alternative approaches
Resources for vocabulary teaching: exploring and designing resources
Practising, memorising and recycling vocabulary: why and how?
The importance of recycling vocabulary and sharing ways of doing it
Important terminology for working with receptive skills
The value of extensive reading and how to encourage learners to do it
What grammar is and what we need to think about when teaching it
Different ways of conveying meaning and getting learners to practise and memorise vocabulary
Strategies for learner training in vocabulary learning