Burnout in the Flame Wars
A look at how our Delphi forum went wrong.
Cockney Rhyming Slang
About Cockney Rhyming Slang and a discussion on whether splitting infinitives is wrong.
Creationism
Creationism is being taught in a number of academies in the UK.
Do Exams damage learning?
A look at whether English language examinations stop students from learning real English.
Do internet language polls mean anything?
A look at whether language polls can reflect usage and help ESL learners.
EFLese
How the Internet offers an alternative to the world of EFL/ESL course books.
Emotional Intelligence
A look at whether Emotional Intelligence has anything to offer ESL.
ESL Employment
Is ESL employment in the doldrums?
Factoid Learning
Is ILT necessarily an impoverished 'factoid' way of learning?
Foreign Language Learning in schools in the UK
Foreign languages are no longer compulsory in Britain.
Humanistic Teaching
Has Humanistic ESL teaching had its day?
ILT Access in Further Education in the UK
A survey of whether FE Colleges in the UK have external computer access for their students.
International English?
A look at whether native or non-native speakers are better nowadays.
Inversion
Is inversion worth teaching?
Irregular Verbs
A look at irregular verbs and the free download available.
Is Language Infinite?
Von Humbolt's phrase that language is 'the infinite use of finite means' has been cited by Noam Chomsky, who in turn has frequently referred to the concept of infinite language, a speaker's competence, which in Chomsky's terminology is their ability to produce a potentially infinite number of correct sentences.
Language, Thought & Sapir-Whorf
Does language shape thought? Like all the best debates, the argument over whether thought controls language or language controls thought is ultimately unprovable.
ILT in learning English
ILT in learning English in schools and colleges in the UK.
Love me, love my umbrella
Contains comments on English as an International Language, English Spelling, and Are Numbers Infinite?
On the Origin of Language
Some thoughts about the argument put forward by Steels and MacWhinney, in contrast to that put forward by Chomsky and Pinker.
Open Source Teaching
Comments on "Using ICT to share the tools of the teaching trade: A report on Open Source Teaching" February 2004, Becta
Separable and Inseparable Phrasal Verbs
A look at separable and inseparable phrasal verbs in our phrasal verb dictionary
Taking Control of English
Tips on how you can speak and communicate better in English. How can I express myself better in English? How can I listen to and understand English better? How can I improve?
The Silver Ring Thing
A look at the arrival of the Silver Ring Thing in the UK.
UsingEnglish.com Quizzes and Tests
A look at how we try to structure our Quizzes and Testing Section.
UKeU
A look at the problems with UKeU, the government's flagship for UK university education online.
Writing a Bibliography
A description of how to write a bibliography, including examples and links to forum topics on the subject
