If you are preparing for the Cambridge DELTA, you have most likely encountered the terms cohesion and coherence. They are often used interchangeably in everyday staffroom chat, but for Delta-level analysis, keeping them distinct is essential—not only for passing Module 1 but also for writing precise background essays and giving focused feedback to learners. SoContinueContinue reading “C is for Cohesion vs Coherence”
Category Archives: Module 1
T is for Turntaking
If you turn on Greek TV during a talk show or interview, you will note that Greeks do interrupt each other quite frequently and freely. But they are not the only ones – watch this video…. Surprised? No wonder so many people consider Trump to be the epitomy of a bully! The following videoContinueContinue reading “T is for Turntaking”
G is for Grice’s Cooperative Principle
Image fron canva.com Paul Grice’s Cooperative Principle, proposed in his 1975 William James Lectures, outlines how people generally cooperate in conversation to achieve mutual understanding. Grice suggested that participants in a conversation implicitly agree to cooperate with one another, aiming to be informative, truthful, relevant, and clear. This underlying agreement, or “Cooperative Principle,” is elaboratedContinueContinue reading “G is for Grice’s Cooperative Principle”
Task Based Language Teaching or Lexical Approach?
Task Based Language Teaching is a topic discussed on all TEFL courses and, especially on the Cambridge DELTA course, we expect to see it in action, at least beyond the beginner level. I have taken the liberty of copy-pasting the site introduction to the site which is not visible from the front page of theContinueContinue reading “Task Based Language Teaching or Lexical Approach?”
A is for Advance Organisers
Reading is a highly complex activity and, yet, in the foreign language classroom, it is often approached as if texts were just collections of words and grammatical patterns which students, if only they could analyse and decipher them, would be able to arrive at the overall meaning of the text. But, is this what happensContinueContinue reading “A is for Advance Organisers”