Category Archives: Test teach test

Use Recall Analyse – my variation on PPP/ TTT

Posted on 24/03/2012 by alexcase

Here’s my article in this month’s MET that I mentioned in my last post (republished here with their permission): There are many different ways of presenting and practising language, but most of them could be seen as a variation on PPP (Presentation … Continue reading →

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PPPP and TPTPT

Posted on 29/01/2010 by alexcase

This post is in reply to Andy Mallory’s comment/ question about adding vocabulary to speaking tasks in the post below, so might be a bit quick and dirty even though it’s something I’ve put quite a lot of thought into. … Continue reading →

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Rules, Patterns, Words and Doubts

Posted on 12/08/2009 by alexcase

A continuation of Rules, Patterns, Words and Quotes and What I Learnt About Rules, Patterns and Words, obviously all about the quite wrong but quite interesting book of the same name. This will probably only be of interest to those who … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative teaching techniques, Collocations, Functional language, Grammar, Grammar books, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, PPP (Presentation practice production), TBA (Task Based Approach), Teaching methods and methodologies, Test teach test, Vocabulary | Tagged | 4 Comments

PPP RIP? Part Two

Posted on 23/08/2007 by alexcase

Carrying on looking at whether teachers should still teach PPP and therefore whether teacher training courses like the CELTA should still cover it, lets look at some criticisms people could level and/ or have levelled at this approach: There is … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative teaching techniques, CELTA, Lesson planning, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, PPP (Presentation practice production), TBA (Task Based Approach), Teacher training, TEFL, TEFL certificate, TEFL qualifications, Test teach test | 25 Comments

PPP RIP? Part One

Posted on 23/08/2007 by alexcase

Thanks to Appy Linguist for mentioning the PPP approach while talking about the CELTA because I’ve been meaning to write about it for a while. The question is: should teachers still be trained to teach PPP and it’s offshoot (or … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative teaching techniques, CELTA, Grammar, Grammar games, Lesson planning, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, Pairwork and groupwork, PPP (Presentation practice production), Speaking, Staging, Teacher training, Teaching low levels, TEFL, TEFL certificate, TEFL games, TEFL qualifications, Test teach test | 5 Comments