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Looking For Problems
Looking For Problems
When you are considering problems students might have with the language area you
are teaching, you need to do some research.
Remember that before consulting a dictionary or reference book, think carefully about
how you are using the language in the lesson you are teaching. The dictionary will
provide you with all possible meanings of the word but it is important to focus on what
it means in the context of a lesson.
When you do need to find out more about the language, here are some books to help
you:
The grammar reference book you bought for the course i.e.
NB All of these grammar reference books will cover the same areas so you need only
refer to one of these texts.
For lexis:
If you are interested in finding out about which problems are common to particular
language groups: