Welcome to 2019. We have four new blog topics to start the new year, including some reflection on last year, your suggestions for using...
28 February, 2019
8 January, 2019
For many learners of English, particularly those with non-Indo-European language backgrounds, English syntax can often be a nightmare. Even...
8 January, 2019
Let’s use all the planned and unplanned opportunities for learning!
19 December, 2018
Technological predicament- Will I lose my job to a robot?
17 December, 2018
There is a wide-spread illusion that modern teenagers are less sociable and more egoistic.
10 December, 2018
Our featured blog of the month award for November 2018 goes to ELT-Cation and their post One sentence games.
10 December, 2018
One has to keep in mind that skills such as Creativity and Imagination, Collaboration, Critical thinking, Citizenship, Student Leadership...
2 December, 2018
What is critical thinking? Dr. Richard Paul defines it as, ‘the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it.’
30 November, 2018
So-called 'Snackable content' seems to be one of the biggest trends in today’s market.
30 November, 2018
The best way to teach creativity is to set a good example
30 November, 2018
Our featured blog of the month award for October 2018 goes to Onthesamepage ELT and their post Developing Learner Autonomy: A Homework...
29 November, 2018
We teachers are supposed to know all the answers!
26 November, 2018
My son needed constant reassurance and positive feedbacks from his Chemistry teacher when he was struggling in the subject.
24 November, 2018
I’ll start by saying great English teachers are great English teachers, regardless of their mother tongue.
21 November, 2018
We can choose our EL teacher today!
18 November, 2018
The changing nature of society and hence the need to adapt teaching and learning to fit, is what led me to combining flipped and...
16 November, 2018
Can you imagine a robot bursting into laughter? To get well equipped against digital collegues and their super-powers, we need to apply our...
14 November, 2018
It's the need of the modern world to empower our learners with modern skills to be able to deal with it. And for that we teachers need to...
13 November, 2018
How can we help our students to develop 21st century skills? I would like to help with some classroom activities to foster creativity,...
13 November, 2018
Who is to consult whom?
13 November, 2018
Why differentiate between NESTs and NNESTS in this scenario, where non-native teachers outperform native teachers in all aspects. It is...
11 November, 2018
Do you remember when you were a student? What kind of subjects did you have at school? How about your interests that time? How about...
8 November, 2018
Who's better? We all wonder! Should I hire a Native or a Non-Native speaker?
1 November, 2018
If you have Chinese-speaking, German-speaking or Spanish-speaking students in your class, why not ask them to do the Vocabulary Challenge?
1 November, 2018
Our blog topics for November and December 2018 look at the theme of innovations in education.
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28 February, 2019
Welcome to 2019. We have four new blog topics to start the new year, including some reflection on last year, your suggestions for using...
8 January, 2019
For many learners of English, particularly those with non-Indo-European language backgrounds, English syntax can often be a nightmare. Even...
8 January, 2019
Let’s use all the planned and unplanned opportunities for learning!
19 December, 2018
Technological predicament- Will I lose my job to a robot?
17 December, 2018
There is a wide-spread illusion that modern teenagers are less sociable and more egoistic.
10 December, 2018
Our featured blog of the month award for November 2018 goes to ELT-Cation and their post One sentence games.
10 December, 2018
One has to keep in mind that skills such as Creativity and Imagination, Collaboration, Critical thinking, Citizenship, Student Leadership...
2 December, 2018
What is critical thinking? Dr. Richard Paul defines it as, ‘the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it.’
30 November, 2018
So-called 'Snackable content' seems to be one of the biggest trends in today’s market.
30 November, 2018
The best way to teach creativity is to set a good example
30 November, 2018
Our featured blog of the month award for October 2018 goes to Onthesamepage ELT and their post Developing Learner Autonomy: A Homework...
29 November, 2018
We teachers are supposed to know all the answers!
26 November, 2018
My son needed constant reassurance and positive feedbacks from his Chemistry teacher when he was struggling in the subject.
24 November, 2018
I’ll start by saying great English teachers are great English teachers, regardless of their mother tongue.
21 November, 2018
We can choose our EL teacher today!
18 November, 2018
The changing nature of society and hence the need to adapt teaching and learning to fit, is what led me to combining flipped and...
16 November, 2018
Can you imagine a robot bursting into laughter? To get well equipped against digital collegues and their super-powers, we need to apply our...
14 November, 2018
It's the need of the modern world to empower our learners with modern skills to be able to deal with it. And for that we teachers need to...
13 November, 2018
How can we help our students to develop 21st century skills? I would like to help with some classroom activities to foster creativity,...
13 November, 2018
Who is to consult whom?
13 November, 2018
Why differentiate between NESTs and NNESTS in this scenario, where non-native teachers outperform native teachers in all aspects. It is...
11 November, 2018
Do you remember when you were a student? What kind of subjects did you have at school? How about your interests that time? How about...
8 November, 2018
Who's better? We all wonder! Should I hire a Native or a Non-Native speaker?
1 November, 2018
If you have Chinese-speaking, German-speaking or Spanish-speaking students in your class, why not ask them to do the Vocabulary Challenge?
1 November, 2018
Our blog topics for November and December 2018 look at the theme of innovations in education.
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28 September, 2008
Learning English in a group is much more effective than on a one-to-one basis
27 October, 2015
How to link lessons together
29 November, 2009
This blog looks at word order.
6 September, 2016
The ELT Council, Malta has published a free downloadable book, ‘Creativity in English Language Teaching’, edited by Daniel Xerri and Odette...
7 November, 2013
Ongoing evaluation in basic education
7 October, 2018
About a year and a half ago, I wrote a blog named Invest in yourself tipping other novice teachers on how to pursue professional...
26 February, 2013
Dear Tanja,wrote...."Please do send more - do you have something which is a bit longer but similarly insightful? .... Sth like 250...
11 July, 2018
Keeping the needs and aspirations of the learners in view, the curriculum designers frame the syllabus for a given subject which eventually...
4 April, 2014
Dear Elena, I know how worried you are this August because you are a university graduate now and in just a few days you will set off on a...
15 September, 2015
Teachers Research! is a new kind of book for the field of English language teacher-research, containing stories arising from poster...
30 October, 2009
This is a module I wrote for teachers at upper primary stage in India.
15 December, 2009
I don't know what a railway journey is like in other countries but I know pretty well what it is like in India. I would like to share my...
12 May, 2015
We are pleased to announce three new EnglishAgenda continuing professional development webinars coming up in May.
24 November, 2017
There is a great variety of pedagogical applications of mobile technology in ELT. I would like to share a practical example to integrate...
6 June, 2008
Hello everyone, I've just posted a longish response to Jorgelina from Argentina about TBA and Young Learners at the end of my...
28 July, 2016
Is it better to let your lesson flow on and just react to whatever comes inside the class?
13 January, 2011
The title of this entry is the first sentence in Chapter 1 of Maryanne Wolf's book Proust and the Squid (2007). This is a very punchy...
15 June, 2009
In his landmark historical study of methods, Kelly (1969) argued that methodological choices are contingent on higher-level decisions at...
25 November, 2009
Over the last few weeks I have been busy delivering training presentations and workshops to help teachers use various free web based tools...
28 July, 2016
One of most well-known management philosophies in recent years has been Google's "20% time". This post is about an attempt to implement 20...
11 September, 2014
Applications for the 2015 ELTons are now being accepted. Now in their thirteenth year, the ELTons awards, run by the British Council and...
27 October, 2016
Have you produced an innovative and functional ELT product or service in the last two years?
15 June, 2017
Find out who won a British Council ELTon award for innovation in English Language Teaching products and services.
9 December, 2016
In ELT, and in education in general, there are many terms and phrases that seem to be ‘in fashion’ at a particular time.
10 August, 2009
How we teach must reflect how our students learn, it must also reflect the world they will emerge into. This is a world that is rapidly...