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Functions index: in-service training

functions There is a general guide to teaching functional language in the initial plus section of the site that you may want to look at as well.
expressing apology expressing cause and effect expressing emotional states
expressing liking and disliking expressing obligation and permission expressing opinion
expressing (un)certainty functional grammar (introduction) gender marking
hedging (EAP) modality index mood
pragmatics relating experiences requestives
responding to suasion semantics suasion and hortation
speaking and adjacency pairs turn-taking  

 


The in-service training topics
background discourse functions general reference
lexis methodology modality and mood pronunciation
skills syntax: phrases, clauses, sentences teaching and materials testing and assessment
verbs and tenses Business English English for Academic Purposes a list of lists
a 10-unit language analysis course learn to /træn.ˈskraɪb/ index of courses on this site glossaries on this site
Other links:
the teacher training index the TKT course the CELTA section initial training plus the Delta section teacher development for teacher trainers
about language this is an index of guides concerned much more generally with language (and English in particular).