teachteach /tiːtʃ/ ●●● S1 W2 verb (past tense and past participle taught /tɔːt $ tɒːt/) 
Neil teaches at the Guildhall School of Music in London.teach (somebody) English/mathematics/history etc He taught geography at the local secondary school.teach somebody (something) about something We were never taught anything about other religions.teach something to somebody I’m teaching English to Italian students.teach school/college etc American English (=teach in a school etc)2show somebody how [transitive] to show someone how to do somethingteach somebody (how) to do something My father taught me to swim. different methods of teaching children how to readteach somebody something Can you teach me one of your card tricks?3change somebody’s ideas [transitive] to show or tell someone how they should behave or what they should thinkteach somebody to do something When I was young, we were taught to treat older people with respect.teach somebody something No one ever taught him the difference between right and wrong.teach somebody that He taught me that the easy option isn’t always the best one.4experience shows something [transitive] if an experience or situation teaches you something, it helps you to understand something about lifeteach somebody to do something Experience has taught me to avoid certain areas of the city.teach somebody that It’s certainly taught me that work and money aren’t the most important things in life.5that’ll teach you (to do something) spoken used when something unpleasant has just happened to someone because they acted stupidly: That’ll teach you to be late!6teach somebody a lesson informal if someone or something teaches you a lesson, you are punished for something you have done, so that you will not want to do it again7 you can’t teach an old dog new tricks used to say that older people often do not want to change the way they do things8teach your grandmother (to suck eggs) British English to give someone advice about something that they already knowTHESAURUSteach to give lessons in a school, college, or university: · I taught for a year in France.· He teaches physics at York University.lecture to teach in a college or university by giving talks to groups of students on a subject: · He lectures in engineering at a local college.instruct formal to teach someone how to do something, especially a particular practical skill: · He was instructing them how to use the computer system.· Staff are instructed in how to respond in the event of a fire.tutor to teach one student or a small group: · I found work tutoring Mexican students in English.coach especially British English to give private lessons, especially so that someone can pass an important test: · He coaches students for their university entrance exams.train to teach a person or group of people in the particular skills or knowledge they need to do a job: · It will take at least a month to train the new assistant.educate to teach someone over a long period, usually at school or university: · He was educated in England.· Her parents want to educate her at home.show somebody the ropes informal to show someone how to do a job or task that they have just started doing: · Miss McGinley will show you the ropes and answer any questions you may have.
WORD ORIGINteach
Origin:
Old English tæcan ‘to show, teach’VERB TABLE
teach
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | teach |
| he, she, it | teaches | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | taught |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have taught |
| he, she, it | has taught | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had taught |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will teach |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have taught |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am teaching |
| he, she, it | is teaching | |
| you, we, they | are teaching | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was teaching |
| you, we, they | were teaching | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been teaching |
| he, she, it | has been teaching | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been teaching |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be teaching |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been teaching |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Teaching literature to the fifth grade is no joke!
- Grandpa taught me a new card trick.
- I've always wanted to learn to ski - could you teach me?
- I taught for a year in France.
- I teach 18- to 21-year olds.
- I prefer teaching the older children.
- It took us several hours to teach all the dance moves to the girls.
- Joe's mother taught him that he could do anything, if only he tried hard enough.
- Miss Himes teaches the youngest class, the four and five- year-olds.
- My Dad taught school in New York.
- My mother taught me how to cook.
- Parents need to teach their children the difference between right and wrong.
- Russell has been teaching in Japan for almost ten years.
- She teaches English to Italian students.
- She got a job teaching German at a local school.
- When I was young, children were taught to treat older people with respect.
- Who taught you to drive?
- You must remember Mr Hughes - he used to teach us history.
- During his teens, his father was building a law practice in Brooklyn and teaching law part-time.
- Léonie kept her hands outside the covers as she had been taught by the nuns at her primary school.
- My brief was to teach art and history of art to all age groups.
- Nobody has to sleep; you're taught to sleep when you're a kid.
- Public schools should not teach metaphysics without clearly identifying them as such.
- The teaching facilities for our Drama Department needed reconfiguring and redecorating.
- There was never a suggestion that my father alone could not love me, teach me, discipline me.
- Wyatt hugged her; she had taught him how to swim two summers ago.
THESAURUS
to give lessons in a school, college, or university: · I taught for a year in France.· He teaches physics at York University.
to teach in a college or university by giving talks to groups of students on a subject: · He lectures in engineering at a local college.
formal to teach someone how to do something, especially a particular practical skill: · He was instructing them how to use the computer system.· Staff are instructed in how to respond in the event of a fire.
to teach one student or a small group: · I found work tutoring Mexican students in English.
especially British English to give private lessons, especially so that someone can pass an important test: · He coaches students for their university entrance exams.
to teach a person or group of people in the particular skills or knowledge they need to do a job: · It will take at least a month to train the new assistant.
to teach someone over a long period, usually at school or university: · He was educated in England.· Her parents want to educate her at home.
informal to show someone how to do a job or task that they have just started doing: · Miss McGinley will show you the ropes and answer any questions you may have.
Longman Language Activatorto teach someone a skill or how to do something · I've always wanted to learn to ski - could you teach me?teach something to somebody · It took us several hours to teach all the dance moves to the girls.teach somebody something · Grandpa taught me a new card trick.teach somebody (how) to do something · Who taught you to drive?· My mother taught me how to cook.
to teach someone the practical skills and knowledge that they need to do a job: · A lot of employers don't train their staff properly.train somebody to do something: · All employees will be trained to use the new computer system.· The dog was trained to detect illegal drugs.train somebody in something: · We train people in skills such as typing and business administration.
to teach a person or a team the skills they need for a sport: · He seems to enjoy coaching children.· We need someone to coach the school team.· As well as teaching French, Martin coached tennis in his spare time.
to teach someone about something, especially a practical subject or skill, by explaining it and showing them what to do: · The person who instructed you obviously didn't know much about map-reading!instruct somebody in something: · New recruits are instructed in marching and the handling of weapons.
informal to show someone how to do something such as a job that they are new to: · You'll need someone with you for the first few days to show you the ropes.· Susan will show you the ropes and answer any questions that you have.
to teach in a school, college etc as your job to teach in a school, college etc as your job: · I taught for a year in France.· She got a job teaching German at a local school.· I prefer teaching the older children.· Miss Himes teaches the youngest class, the four- and five-year-olds.teach something to somebody: · She teaches English to Italian students.· Teaching literature to the fifth grade is no joke!teach somebody something: · You must remember Mr Hughes - he used to teach us history.teach school American (=to teach in a school): · My Dad taught school in New York.
to teach in a university or college: · Before his retirement he lectured at the Institut Pasteur.lecture on: · She lectures on Shakespeare at Edinburgh University.lecture in: · For many years Dr Thornton lectured in Economics at University College.
if someone gives a class, lecture, or course, they teach it: · Dr Hebden will be giving a lecture later this week on the role of women in the economy.· Who's giving the class this afternoon?
to teach people how they should think or behave to teach someone, especially a child or young person, how to behave or what to believe: teach somebody to do something: · When I was young, children were taught to treat older people with respect.teach somebody (that): · Joe's mother taught him that he could do anything, if only he tried hard enough.teach somebody something: · Parents need to teach their children the difference between right and wrong.
to teach people, especially over a long period of time, about things that will be helpful to them in life: · We need to educate people so that they understand the importance of a good, healthy diet.educate somebody about something: · Youngsters must be educated about the dangers of drugs.educate somebody to do something: · What we're trying to do is to educate young people to be responsible citizens.
to teach your child or children how to behave or think as they grow up: bring somebody up to do something: · I was brought up to spend money carefully and save as much as I could.· Stan had been brought up to believe that a man should work to support his wife.bring somebody up in the belief/conviction/knowledge that: · Alison was brought up in the belief that she was in some way superior to other children.
British /instill American formal to teach someone a way of thinking or behaving, especially relating to morals, good manners, over a long period of time: · We aim to teach the children discipline and instil a sense of duty.instil something in/into somebody: · We have tried to instil good manners in our children from an early age.· She instilled tremendous enthusiasm into all her students.
to teach someone to believe something by continuously repeating it over a long period of time, especially when they are tired, weak, or confused, so that they accept it without questioning it: · Mrs Davis accused the cult of having brainwashed her daughter.brainwash somebody into doing something: · For years we've been brainwashed by advertising into buying more and more things that we don't need.
to make someone think or react in a particular way by influencing their attitudes or reactions over a long period of time: condition somebody to do something: · He was conditioned to obey his father at all times.condition somebody into doing something: · The people have been conditioned into thinking that anyone from outside their community represents a threat to them.
to teach someone to accept a particular set of religious or political beliefs, without allowing them to discuss it, doubt it, or consider other possible beliefs: · Some politically active teachers were accused of trying to indoctrinate their students.indoctrinate somebody into doing something: · Citizens were indoctrinated into believing that their leader was the source of all wisdom and goodness.
the work of a teacher the work that a teacher does, or the job of being a teacher: · Andrea took some time off from teaching when her children were small.go into teaching (=become a teacher): · What made you go into teaching?leave teaching: · He left teaching and took a job as a truck driver.
when someone is taught the skills that they need for a job: have training: · Have you had any medical training?give somebody training: · All new staff should be given computer training.training course: · We all had to go on a special training course to learn new sales techniques.
the work of teaching people in schools, colleges, universities etc: · The new policies have been welcomed by people working in education.· Jobs in education are not usually highly paid.· the Labour Party's spokeswoman on education
teaching in a particular skill or subject: · Young drivers come to us for instruction in safe and skilful driving.· Half an hour's instruction from an experienced horse-rider is much better than anything you can learn from a book.under instruction (=being taught): · The trainees work at their machines under instruction from a supervisor.
teaching given privately to one person or a small group in a particular subject: · Nina's parents paid for extra tuition to help her with her maths.· Computerworld offers personal tuition on the latest equipment.
someone who teaches someone who teaches, especially someone whose job is to teach children in a school: · She's a teacher in the high school.· I remember having some pretty awful teachers when I was at school.English/science/chemistry etc teacher: · The school doesn't have enough French teachers.teacher of: · a conference for teachers of English
someone who gives lessons to just one student or a small group of students: · When she was ill she studied at home with a private tutor.· They hired a private tutor to help Carlos with his English.
someone who teaches a sport or a practical skill: swimming/driving/riding etc instructor: · I managed to find a very good driving instructor.· a ski instructor
someone who trains a person or a team in a sport, and helps them to improve their skills: basketball/football/tennis etc coach: · We got a professional football coach to come and help us train the team.
someone who trains people in the skills they need to do a job: · Many companies now pay outside trainers to come in and teach management skills to their staff.· I work as a teacher trainer.
a university teacher - used in Britain to mean a teacher of the highest rank, and in the US to mean any university teacher who has a higher degree such as a PhD: · The meeting will be chaired by Professor Andrew Jones.· Archie's father is a retired physics professor.professor of: · She's a professor of history at Oxford University.
someone who teaches at a university or college: · Watson is now a lecturer at the University of Bradford.· a chemistry lecturerlecturer in: · a lecturer in economics
someone who works, studies, and teaches in a university, and has a lot of knowledge about a particular subject: · Academics can usually get time off teaching to do their own research.
formal someone who teaches in a school, college, or university: · Most educators agree that intimidating children is not the best way to encourage them to learn.· Professor Taylor is generally recognized as one of the state's most respected educators.
American all the teachers in a college or university: · Norman White has been on the faculty at UCLA for over thirty years.· Nearly half the faculty turned out to show their support.
designed or intended to teach something educational books, games, television programmes etc are designed to help you to learn something: · a shop selling educational toys for 7- to 11-year-olds· a leading publisher of educational books and software
providing a lot of useful information, explanations, and knowledge about something: · Lectures must be interesting as well as instructive.· The books are designed to be both entertaining and instructive.
use this about books, methods, activities etc that are intended to teach people something: · They stock a wide variety of learning materials for younger students.· How can we make the most of the Internet as a learning tool?
to punish someone to do something unpleasant to someone because they have done something wrong, for example by putting them in prison, or making them do something that they do not want to do: · She was suspended while the school decided how to punish her.punish somebody for (doing) something: · His parents punished him for disobedience.· The U.S. threatened to take away trading privileges as a way to punish the country for human rights violations.· Two instructors were punished for harassing female students.
to make someone pay money as a punishment: · Inspectors have the power to fine any passenger travelling without a ticket.be fined £10/$100 etc: · She was fined $300 for reckless driving.fine somebody for (doing) something: · One player was fined for fighting during the game.· The state fined the company for safety violations.
to send someone to prison for a particular period of time: · Because of the serious nature of the crime, the judge gave him 20 years.give sb 6 years/10 months etc for: · After a long trial she was given a life sentence for the bombings.
if a judge sentences a criminal, he or she gives them an official punishment, usually sending them to prison for a period of time: sentence somebody for something: · Brown will be sentenced for a series of sexual assaults.sentence somebody to 20 years/life imprisonment etc: · The judge sentenced Margolis to a year in prison.sentence somebody to 20 years/life imprisonment etc for something: · Some countries will sentence you to seven or more years in prison for drug offences.sentence somebody to death: · 60 prisoners have been sentenced to death in political trials.
to punish someone because you want to make sure that they will not behave badly again: · I hope a night in the cells has taught you a lesson.· He was treating me badly, so I left - I just wanted to teach him a lesson.
informal to do something unpleasant to someone as a way of punishing them for something bad they have done to you or someone you know: · If I ever find out who did this, I'll make them pay!make sb pay for: · I wanted to make my father pay for his betrayal.· The prosecution asked jurors to make Mr. Sanderson pay for what he did.
also penalise British to officially punish someone, especially by taking away their right to do something or by limiting their freedom in some way: · New laws will penalize firms that continue to pollute the environment.· It is unfair that the whole class should be penalized because of the bad behaviour of a few students.penalize somebody for (doing) something: · A referee may penalise players for wasting time.· The House of Representatives voted to penalize him for ethics violations.
to punish someone who has broken the rules of an organization that they belong to or work for: · Officers are expected to discipline soldiers who do not keep their uniforms in good condition.be disciplined: · Anyone who is regularly late for work is likely to be disciplined or dismissed.· Even when Morton and Collins started fighting on the field, neither player was disciplined.
intended as a punishment: punitive action/measure/sanctions etc: · Government forces immediately took punitive action against the rebels.· The sanctions were a punitive measure used to try to force South Africa to reject apartheid.punitive damages (=money that a person or company has to pay to someone they have harmed - used in legal contexts): · The company was ordered to pay punitive damages in a sex discrimination case.
: disciplinary action/measures/charges etc actions etc that are intended to punish someone for breaking a rule or law or to force them to obey rules: · The committee members promised that appropriate disciplinary measures would be taken against the offenders.· So far, not a single person has faced prosecution or disciplinary action over the case.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He taught geography at the local secondary school.
He taught geography at the local secondary school. American English (=teach in a school etc)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· teaching aids and resources
· Her acting career lasted for more than 50 years.
· At the age of 15, he knew he wanted a career in politics.
· One of the other teachers was ill so I taught her class.
· She is teaching an introductory course in Russian.
· recent developments in language teaching
(=often used when criticizing someone’s impolite behaviour)· Those girls need to be taught some manners!
· Neill had considerable influence over modern teaching methods.
· My first teaching post was in outer London.
· You have to do three months of teaching practice before you qualify.
· There are not enough physicists entering the teaching profession.
British English:· She has a degree and a teaching qualification.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· It is impossible to teach children as though each fits a neatly turned theory.· Instead, we teach our children to talk quietly, to talk less, and to stay out of the way.· She also opened a school on the fifth floor of the Rebiya Building, dedicated to teaching poor Uighur children.· What Primary Forum does is honor those important issues and teach children how to deal with them as a group.· Your child's school will value your support in teaching your child about how to make good relationships.· All you have to do, it seems, is teach a child to read.· It is also vital that a targeted desirable behaviour is taught to the child to compete with the punished behaviour.· One approach is to teach your child basic fitness skills early.
· Its main function was teaching, through evening classes.· The nun who teaches our class gives us time during the school day to begin.· Yesterday he had taught the class about the wonders of John Dory.· In the winter women went to Radcliffe, where Harvard professors taught them in special classes.· Today she teaches six classes a week, including two handicapped ones.· He taught no high-level classes in black studies; the department, in fact, had no such classes.· Father Henry taught catechism to some classes and was, in effect, the priest in the convent chapel.
· He took up a job at the City Day College teaching day-release students.· Community college faculty teach courses at the high schools.· At issue in the Gingrich case is a college course he taught from 1993-95 with financial support from a nonprofit foundation.· With that, the formal investigation of charges centering on a college course Gingrich once taught will come to an end.· Graduated from college and currently teaching in south Texas.· The investigation focused on a college course Gingrich taught with financial support from nonprofit foundations.
· The course is taught by seminars, workshops and groupwork, and assessed by coursework, project assignments, and a dissertation.· They have eliminated the general track and replaced low-level academic courses with ones that teach college-preparatory content in new ways.· These courses are taught jointly with Medical Microbiology and Biochemistry respectively.· At issue in the Gingrich case is a college course he taught in 1993-95 with financial support from a nonprofit foundation.· Computerised library courses certainly teach the student how to interact with the terminal and use computer dialogue.· Personals asked him about changes in plays over the long course of his teaching and writing career: &.· The course is taught partly in College, where students attend lectures, seminars workshops and tutorials, and partly in schools.· Humbling experiences on the golf course have taught her to take things slowly, and not get too far ahead of herself.
· Limbaugh is complaining about the teaching of history.· Moving from research to teaching history is like moving from one watercourse to another...· Old people are often a source of fascinating information and opinion about the past that young people are being taught as history!· For the next few years, Sister Teresa taught geography, history and catechism, and performed several other duties besides.· My brief was to teach art and history of art to all age groups.· He had taught history of some kind, although Glover never bothered in forty-five years to find out what kind.· Some teachers might even choose to teach the entire history syllabus by working backwards from the present.· I teach history at the high school and junior high school levels.
· In textbooks and audio material for language teaching the characters are usually there as pegs the language can be hung on.· Fourteen languages are taught in the public schools.· Latin's not one of those languages you can teach with tape-recorders and acting little plays.· The few exceptions involved such activities as language teaching and protection of rights, health and safety.· The language is taught systematically, thoroughly, and clearly, with rapid progression throughout the course.· Theory and Practice in adult second language teaching Several more generic issues emerge, however.· In the school system, many teachers do not have a strong enough grasp of the language to teach in it effectively.
· That is the first lesson I teach my students at Bart's.· Loving the role of mentor, Horton had many lessons to teach.· They enjoyed his lessons and he enjoyed teaching them.· As we shall see, the lesson they teach is that we are designed for a system of monogamy plagued by adultery.· We want to know what lessons they teach us about human affairs.· The consequences that flow from our actions are life lessons designed to teach us how to cope with adversity.
· Phillips and Raup - comparing methods for teaching the use of periodical indexes, in 1979.· The methods taught in the 1983 manual and those used by Battalion 316 in the early 1980s show unmistakable similarities.· It would use new methods to teach traditional academic subjects and equip young people with technical skills.· Nevertheless, the method of teaching remains the same.· He created the classroom method of teaching, as opposed to one-on-one instruction, then founded numerous schools.· In class, Albers used a hands-on method to teach key ideas.· Torture methods taught in the 1983 manual include stripping suspects naked and keeping them blindfolded.· And the standard method of teaching was sheer translation.
· It runs over 150 primary and nursery schools, and 12 secondary schools teaching agriculture, commerce and industry.· More than 50 high schools established cooperative courses with post-secondary schools, taught on the high school campus.· Sheelagh Mullany, a business studies teacher, is using school computers to teach word-processing to a group of parents.· Throughout the sixties and well into the seventies, children were cultivated at school, not taught.· The teachers in our schools did not teach it.· We now face the disgraceful situation of nearly 1 million children in primary schools being taught in classes of more than 30.
· So the Science Centres nearing completion in Glasgow and Dundee will provide an enormous boost to science teaching throughout the country.· She was thinking about switching to the science teaching program in the School of Education.· The quality of science teaching has also declined relative to other subjects.· Back in the 1960s, science was taught only to a minority of children-the most academically able at secondary level.· The report also said science teaching standards in the early secondary years lagged behind other subjects.· It will celebrate the successes of science teaching in schools and colleges and will share the latest ideas.· The new national strategy must find ways to encourage more challenging and exciting practical science teaching.· If science has taught us anything, however, it is that the environment is full of uncertainty.
· Learning the turtle reaction is combined with teaching the child problem-solving skills, during which recent problem situations are discussed.· It has added courses in its industrial engineering and automotive divisions that teach more advanced skills.· However, when business schools say that they can effectively teach entrepreneurial skills, what do they really mean?· Youths are taught nutrition-related skills, enabling them to improve the adequacy of their diets.· We can no longer assume that because some one can do the job they can teach the skill.· Leadership courses can only teach skills.· Another strand of my job was to teach management skills to local health workers.· Working together, the staff developed numerous ways to use the neighborhood around the school to teach academic skills.
· Council members condemned plans to make universities bid for public money based on the number of students they expected to teach.· Yale graduate students who help teach undergraduates are withholding first-semester grades in an attempt to force the university to recognize their union.· In practising a form, the student is taught to defend himself against a series of imaginary opponents.· As a first-year graduate student, I taught an undergraduate honors seminar on concepts of normality.· Each student would teach at least one lesson on each visit.· Those new standards, the product of years of work, will dramatically change the way students are taught in California.· Departments and faculties receive staffing calculated from the student FTEs they teach.· Also typical of Black Mountain was the assumption that students had things to teach their teachers.
· And as you teach all subjects in the Junior School, you will be able to let Art enliven all your work.· The amendment required that all teachers be certified to teach the subjects to which they were assigned.· Choice One of the crucial decisions, now, is whether to teach a subject discretely, or to integrate.· It is often said that good teachers do not teach subject matter, they teach who they are.· But the number of graduates securing places on training courses to teach these subjects is still being squeezed.· This plot construction is unnecessary; why not just teach the subject at hand?· We believe that it is educationally wrong to teach a subject in isolation without linking it to the outside world.· It would use new methods to teach traditional academic subjects and equip young people with technical skills.
· This method is less time-consuming as one teacher will be teaching several learners.· The amendment required that all teachers be certified to teach the subjects to which they were assigned.· L teacher who has taught lots of lessons with the unit.· Thus the teacher users will be teaching the whole system - program plus published documents.· It is often said that good teachers do not teach subject matter, they teach who they are.· The designer who assumes all teachers will teach like him, or as he intends, is probably writing private programs.· Other teachers ought to teach this way too.
· Rita is a machine knitter of 20 years' standing who has taught many techniques of the craft.· Can a teacher sue a principal for slander for making critical remarks about his or her teaching techniques?· A pilot course to teach community interpreter training techniques was set up at the Polytechnic of Central London last year.· Everyone, including aides and orderlies, was taught techniques so that each patient was moved as much as possible.· It may also be possible to promote rest by teaching some specific relaxation technique, e.g. deep breathing, yoga.· However, in these settings, at their best, great strides were made in medical and teaching techniques.· To avoid these situations it is important for pilots to be taught the right technique for the take-off run.· Promoting and teaching laboratory techniques appropriate for public health purposes are also critical.
· The father has to teach his boy various things.· It will teach you some things about yourself.· The people who had more experience used to teach me lots of things.· Humbling experiences on the golf course have taught her to take things slowly, and not get too far ahead of herself.· They jest don't teach interestin' things at school.· He was a great friend, the ultimate companion-older and wiser, some one who could teach me things.· In the days to come she would tell me the story, she would teach me many things.· He taught me things that saved my life several times.
· I teach at the University of Colorado.· He continued to teach in the university until his wife died, when he resumed his Fellowship and took Orders.· The papacy, to maintain orthodoxy, placed restrictions on which universities could teach theology.· She was an undergrad at Barnard and he a graduate teaching assistant at the university.· That year, she began teaching at Georgetown University, from which the president had graduated in 1968.
VERB· We may well ask: where shall I begin in teaching a brand new congregation?· He began teaching at Cal State Fresno in 1979.· By that time Bechet had settled in Brooklyn, where he began teaching to help his pocket.· She began teaching the nine-session class in suburban Dallas, and continued to do so when the couple moved to Austin.· It is therefore extremely important that such a vital ability should at least begin to be taught during the school years.· That year, she began teaching at Georgetown University, from which the president had graduated in 1968.
· I have learned that there are no special practices or techniques we must learn in order to teach mathematics to our bilingual children.· That you must teach others what you have learned.· As a result there is some prospect of schools once more becoming places where children are expected to learn and teachers to teach.· That is precisely what these teachers do by creating an active, hands-on environment for learning and teaching.· But equally important, learning about rabbits taught Miles, Evan, arid me more about people.· Teachers are going back to university to learn how to teach the National Curriculum.· But the children scuttled those plans, some jumping immediately on to the Net, learning databases and teaching their friends.
· I was writing at the time and trying to teach myself languages.· Vladimir finally gave up trying to teach me and returned to his sketching.· My own experience of trying to teach and train managers is that it is extremely difficult to teach grown up people anything.· She tried to teach him how to play the piano, but he had no great talent for it.· Finally we stopped trying to teach and also fled to Nampula.· The teachers, who were trying to teach lip-reading, understood only a few basic signs.· Yet, haven't we tried to teach and think in non-racial history?
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► you can’t teach an old dog new tricks► teach your grandmother (to suck eggs)► that’ll teach you (to do something)PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the teaching/scientific/criminal etc fraternity► learn/be taught something at your mother’s knee
- He was treating me badly, so I left - I just wanted to teach him a lesson.
- I hope a night in the cells has taught you a lesson.
- They say they beat Scott up to teach him a lesson.
- A japanese Brother and Sister A japanese myth teaches a similar lesson to that of Lilith.
- He would teach her a lesson.
- It was the old mountain teaching another brutal lesson, that the mountain and its weather does not forgive a mistake.
- The commander, as an al-Qadhadhfa and ally of the Magharba, should teach them a lesson.
- The desire to teach the experts a lesson took on manic proportions.
- The risk of inflation teaches us another lesson: Do not play it too safe.
- They need to be taught a lesson!
- A father explained to me that he would put one of his three sons through primary and secondary education.
- All had to prepare a Development Plan describing five years' improvement to bring about secondary education for all.
- During secondary education, the use of the spoken word increases.
- Full mixed-ability teaching, especially if it reached into the middle and later years of secondary schooling, was comparatively rare.
- If you came from a poor family the only way you could get secondary education was by gaining a scholarship.
- In practice, given the monoglot tendency in secondary education it might be difficult to recruit students with the necessary competence.
- Remember that people were then leaving school at 12 or 14 and there was no secondary education available in the town.
- These differences increased during secondary education: children from lower-status occupational groups declined from their 11 plus position relative to higher groups.
- Experienced teachers can teach new teachers a trick or two.
WORD FAMILYnounteacherteachingteachingsverbteach
1school/college etc [intransitive, transitive] to give lessons in a school, college, or university, or to help someone learn about something by giving them informationteach at Neil teaches at the Guildhall School of Music in London.teach (somebody) English/mathematics/history etc He taught geography at the local secondary school.teach somebody (something) about something We were never taught anything about other religions.teach something to somebody I’m teaching English to Italian students.teach school/college etc American English (=teach in a school etc)2show somebody how [transitive] to show someone how to do somethingteach somebody (how) to do something My father taught me to swim. different methods of teaching children how to readteach somebody something Can you teach me one of your card tricks?3change somebody’s ideas [transitive] to show or tell someone how they should behave or what they should thinkteach somebody to do something When I was young, we were taught to treat older people with respect.teach somebody something No one ever taught him the difference between right and wrong.teach somebody that He taught me that the easy option isn’t always the best one.4experience shows something [transitive] if an experience or situation teaches you something, it helps you to understand something about lifeteach somebody to do something Experience has taught me to avoid certain areas of the city.teach somebody that It’s certainly taught me that work and money aren’t the most important things in life.5that’ll teach you (to do something) spoken used when something unpleasant has just happened to someone because they acted stupidly: That’ll teach you to be late!6teach somebody a lesson informal if someone or something teaches you a lesson, you are punished for something you have done, so that you will not want to do it again7 you can’t teach an old dog new tricks used to say that older people often do not want to change the way they do things8teach your grandmother (to suck eggs) British English to give someone advice about something that they already knowTHESAURUSteach to give lessons in a school, college, or university: · I taught for a year in France.· He teaches physics at York University.lecture to teach in a college or university by giving talks to groups of students on a subject: · He lectures in engineering at a local college.instruct formal to teach someone how to do something, especially a particular practical skill: · He was instructing them how to use the computer system.· Staff are instructed in how to respond in the event of a fire.tutor to teach one student or a small group: · I found work tutoring Mexican students in English.coach especially British English to give private lessons, especially so that someone can pass an important test: · He coaches students for their university entrance exams.train to teach a person or group of people in the particular skills or knowledge they need to do a job: · It will take at least a month to train the new assistant.educate to teach someone over a long period, usually at school or university: · He was educated in England.· Her parents want to educate her at home.show somebody the ropes informal to show someone how to do a job or task that they have just started doing: · Miss McGinley will show you the ropes and answer any questions you may have.