- teaching
- noun1 work/profession of a teacherADJECTIVE▪ effective, good▪ poor▪ classroom▪
a system that rewards good classroom teaching
▪ whole-class (BrE)▪ individual, one-on-one (AmE), one-to-one (esp. BrE)▪ collaborative, team▪ formal, traditional▪the formal teaching of grammar
▪ creative▪ school (usually schoolteaching when used on its own)▪secondary school teaching
▪ primary, secondary (both esp. BrE)▪ college, undergraduate, university▪ English, language, music, etc.▪ student (= practical experience for people training to be teachers) (AmE)VERB + TEACHING▪ get into, go into▪He's going to go into teaching.
▪ promote▪The aim of the campaign is to promote the teaching of science.
TEACHING + NOUN▪ method, strategy, style, technique▪ aid, material, resource▪She used puppets as teaching aids.
▪ objective, point▪Write each teaching point on the whiteboard.
▪ ability, skills▪ experience, qualification (BrE)▪Applicants must hold a recognized teaching qualification.
▪ job, post▪ career▪Mr Murphy retired at the end of a 30-year teaching career.
▪ practice (= practical experience for people training to be teachers) (BrE)▪ profession, staff▪They have left the teaching profession, demoralized and undervalued.
▪ assistant, fellow▪He served as a teaching assistant at South Dakota State University.
▪ duties, load, responsibilities, role▪Lecturers who have heavy teaching loads.
▪ centre/center, institution▪ environment, situation▪a teaching environment where English is not the first language
▪ programme/program, session, year▪Work experience is integrated into the teaching programme/program.
▪The teaching year runs from October to May.
▪ time▪Critics say that these tests waste teaching time.
▪ hospitalPREPOSITION▪ in teaching▪I've been in teaching for ten years.
PHRASES▪ an approach to teaching▪the modern approach to language teaching
▪ a method of teaching, a style of teaching2 ideas and beliefs that are taught by sbADJECTIVE▪ ancient, traditional▪ official▪the official teaching of the Church
▪ fundamental▪the fundamental teachings of the Buddha
▪ biblical, church, moral, religious, social▪ Buddhist, Christian, etc.VERB + TEACHING▪ follow▪He followed the teachings of the Bible on this subject.
▪ contradict▪ accept, reject▪ explain, interpret▪ pass on, spread▪the disciples who passed on Jesus's teaching
▪ base sth on▪the great moral teachings on which our culture is based
PREPOSITION▪ in the teaching▪the source of goodness in the teachings of Confucius
▪ teaching about, teaching on▪the Church's teaching on forgiveness
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
