ESP - English for Specific Purposes

Root Words and Meaning A – Z

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List of blog posts on root words from Latin and Greek and their meanings. Read more

Vocabulary Profiling 2

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Have a look at ‘Vocabulary Profiling 1‘ for reasons to profile vocabulary.

LexTutor is a little less user-friendly than VocabKitchen (you may not want students to try it themselves) but offers some additional features. Read more

Vocabulary Profiling 1

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How do you decide on the vocabulary to teach students?

Which vocabulary in a given text would you want students to learn and which items could you just gloss?