Do you speak English? It seems to be a very simple question to answer, but not many speakers of the language can identify what they know about the language and what enables them to speak it. This is what language awareness is: explicit knowledge about the language, or as B.G. Donmal defines it, “a person’s sensitivity to and conscious awareness of the nature of language and its role in human life” [4].

Many of the teachers are convinced that analyzing the language and doing linguistic research is not their job. Nevertheless, many methodologists, including R. Carter, S. Thornbury and M. Spratt have proven the opposite – language awareness can be beneficial for the teacher and consequently have a positive influence on his / her teaching / learning process and the students’ achievements. Among such consequences are teacher’s abilities to: