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Magazine
28 February, 2019
Blog topics for January and 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...
Planning lessons and courses, Top stories
19 February, 2019
Teaching English: How to Plan a Great Lesson
Develop your English language teaching skills and learn how to plan and deliver effective English lessons with this online course.
Top stories
18 February, 2019
Featured blog of the month for January 2019
Our featured blog of the month award for January 2019 goes to Breakout English and their post How to teach Cambridge exam classes.
Teacher and career development
12 February, 2019
The most motivating and best part of 2018
Teaching is a passion, an excitement and all about life. Witnessing the spark of understanding in the students’ eyes, the rapport and bond...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
12 February, 2019
Are you planning to develop a project? Why not?
Project Based Learning should be, from my point of view, the right path to follow in our education. But before making a 360 degree turn in...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
9 February, 2019
Projects: Setting students up for success
Projects are a great way to develop language and other essential skills, however we need to give students a bit more than an "Off we go...
Teacher and career development
6 February, 2019
Conferences as a means to motivate EL teachers.
Teachers can always communicate!
Classroom management
4 February, 2019
Getting the most of unplanned learning opportunities in the classroom
Teacher and career development
3 February, 2019
Don't forget why you became a teacher in the first place
Sometimes teaching hurts. Sometimes it is difficult and nonsense. But in your heart you know that it is not always like that, it is just a...
Teacher and career development
31 January, 2019
My life as non-native English speaker teacher
When I decided to become a teacher of English, I never thought that the fact that I was not a native English speaker would have any sort of...
Teacher and career development
28 January, 2019
The most motivating part of my job in 2018
If we have no doubt about the benefits of cooperative learning, we should start by setting an example. Two teachers and a teacher trainer...
The learner
27 January, 2019
An uncharted path
It’s not just your students who are there to learn. In learning you will teach, in teaching you will learn.
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
25 January, 2019
Language and culture: two sides of the same coin
Teaching a language is not just a question of linguistic skills, culture also has a role to play. And we can say that both, language and...
Teacher and career development
23 January, 2019
A life changing year
If there is a will, there is a way. If there is no way, we have to find one. And if we can't find, we have to create one. 2018 was the life...
Top stories
22 January, 2019
TIRF's 2019 Doctoral Dissertation Grants competition underway
TIRF – The International Research Foundation for English Language Education – is pleased to announce its 2019 Doctoral Dissertation Grants...
Top stories
22 January, 2019
New research paper by AQUEDUTO - Association for Quality Education and Training Online
AQUEDUTO, an organisation promoting quality assurance for online training, has commissioned an informative review of the literature in the...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
22 January, 2019
Unplanned opportunities - A lesson in culture
There are often times in a lesson when an unplanned opportunity for learning - language or otherwise - arises. Think of a time this has...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
21 January, 2019
Don't waste a magical moment of learning
Sometimes our students show an unexpected interest in a topic that we mention. We have to make the most of that sudden sparkle of ...
The learner
20 January, 2019
Moments we need
Sometimes you have to wonder. Why do I do all this? The money is not good at all, the hours are long, the preparation takes up most of your...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
20 January, 2019
Ditching the plan
One of the things I love when I teach is improvising. Don't get me wrong; I always prepare a lesson plan. But most of the times I don't...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
17 January, 2019
Bridging the generation gap
Bridging the generation gap by bridging the digital divide.
Methodology
8 January, 2019
Blue / Red / Blue (And Black): Word order issues in the EFL classroom
For many learners of English, particularly those with non-Indo-European language backgrounds, English syntax can often be a nightmare. Even...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
8 January, 2019
Unplanned learning opportunities.
Let’s use all the planned and unplanned opportunities for learning!
Innovations in education
19 December, 2018
Will I lose my job to a robot?
Technological predicament- Will I lose my job to a robot?
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
17 December, 2018
Mastermind session: lesson in the new format
There is a wide-spread illusion that modern teenagers are less sociable and more egoistic.

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Magazine
28 February, 2019
Blog topics for January and 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...
Planning lessons and courses, Top stories
19 February, 2019
Teaching English: How to Plan a Great Lesson
Develop your English language teaching skills and learn how to plan and deliver effective English lessons with this online course.
Top stories
18 February, 2019
Featured blog of the month for January 2019
Our featured blog of the month award for January 2019 goes to Breakout English and their post How to teach Cambridge exam classes.
Teacher and career development
12 February, 2019
The most motivating and best part of 2018
Teaching is a passion, an excitement and all about life. Witnessing the spark of understanding in the students’ eyes, the rapport and bond...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
12 February, 2019
Are you planning to develop a project? Why not?
Project Based Learning should be, from my point of view, the right path to follow in our education. But before making a 360 degree turn in...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
9 February, 2019
Projects: Setting students up for success
Projects are a great way to develop language and other essential skills, however we need to give students a bit more than an "Off we go...
Teacher and career development
6 February, 2019
Conferences as a means to motivate EL teachers.
Teachers can always communicate!
Classroom management
4 February, 2019
Getting the most of unplanned learning opportunities in the classroom
Teacher and career development
3 February, 2019
Don't forget why you became a teacher in the first place
Sometimes teaching hurts. Sometimes it is difficult and nonsense. But in your heart you know that it is not always like that, it is just a...
Teacher and career development
31 January, 2019
My life as non-native English speaker teacher
When I decided to become a teacher of English, I never thought that the fact that I was not a native English speaker would have any sort of...
Teacher and career development
28 January, 2019
The most motivating part of my job in 2018
If we have no doubt about the benefits of cooperative learning, we should start by setting an example. Two teachers and a teacher trainer...
The learner
27 January, 2019
An uncharted path
It’s not just your students who are there to learn. In learning you will teach, in teaching you will learn.
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
25 January, 2019
Language and culture: two sides of the same coin
Teaching a language is not just a question of linguistic skills, culture also has a role to play. And we can say that both, language and...
Teacher and career development
23 January, 2019
A life changing year
If there is a will, there is a way. If there is no way, we have to find one. And if we can't find, we have to create one. 2018 was the life...
Top stories
22 January, 2019
TIRF's 2019 Doctoral Dissertation Grants competition underway
TIRF – The International Research Foundation for English Language Education – is pleased to announce its 2019 Doctoral Dissertation Grants...
Top stories
22 January, 2019
New research paper by AQUEDUTO - Association for Quality Education and Training Online
AQUEDUTO, an organisation promoting quality assurance for online training, has commissioned an informative review of the literature in the...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
22 January, 2019
Unplanned opportunities - A lesson in culture
There are often times in a lesson when an unplanned opportunity for learning - language or otherwise - arises. Think of a time this has...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
21 January, 2019
Don't waste a magical moment of learning
Sometimes our students show an unexpected interest in a topic that we mention. We have to make the most of that sudden sparkle of ...
The learner
20 January, 2019
Moments we need
Sometimes you have to wonder. Why do I do all this? The money is not good at all, the hours are long, the preparation takes up most of your...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
20 January, 2019
Ditching the plan
One of the things I love when I teach is improvising. Don't get me wrong; I always prepare a lesson plan. But most of the times I don't...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
17 January, 2019
Bridging the generation gap
Bridging the generation gap by bridging the digital divide.
Methodology
8 January, 2019
Blue / Red / Blue (And Black): Word order issues in the EFL classroom
For many learners of English, particularly those with non-Indo-European language backgrounds, English syntax can often be a nightmare. Even...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
8 January, 2019
Unplanned learning opportunities.
Let’s use all the planned and unplanned opportunities for learning!
Innovations in education
19 December, 2018
Will I lose my job to a robot?
Technological predicament- Will I lose my job to a robot?
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
17 December, 2018
Mastermind session: lesson in the new format
There is a wide-spread illusion that modern teenagers are less sociable and more egoistic.

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Methodology
28 September, 2008
Learning English in a group is much more effective than on a one-to-one basis
Learning English in a group is much more effective than on a one-to-one basis
Classroom management
27 October, 2015
A LESSON AS PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL CONTINUUM.
How to link lessons together
Teaching grammar and vocabulary
29 November, 2009
English and its strict word order.
This blog looks at word order.
Top stories
6 September, 2016
New free book: ‘Creativity in English Language Teaching’
The ELT Council, Malta has published a free downloadable book, ‘Creativity in English Language Teaching’, edited by Daniel Xerri and Odette...
Testing and assessment
7 November, 2013
Ongoing Evaluation In Basic Education (Tunisian System)
Ongoing evaluation in basic education
Teacher and career development
7 October, 2018
Over Professional Development disorder
About a year and a half ago, I wrote a blog named Invest in yourself tipping other novice teachers on how to pursue professional...
Teacher and career development
26 February, 2013
second story for life, with a lesson within it each one can take it to his/her creativity.The Lesson of the Butterfly
Dear Tanja,wrote...."Please do send more - do you have something which is a bit longer but similarly insightful? .... Sth like 250...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
11 July, 2018
Syllabus and the text book for a subject
Keeping the needs and aspirations of the learners in view, the curriculum designers frame the syllabus for a given subject which eventually...
Taking responsibility for professional development, Teacher and career development
4 April, 2014
Teacher development - A Letter to Younger Me
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...
Top stories
15 September, 2015
Teachers Research! edited by Deborah Bullock and Richard Smith
Teachers Research! is a new kind of book for the field of English language teacher-research, containing stories arising from poster...
Teaching the four skills
30 October, 2009
TELLING A STORY
This is a module I wrote for teachers at upper primary stage in India.
Teaching the four skills
15 December, 2009
The Typical Indian Railway Journey
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...
Top stories
12 May, 2015
Three more inspiring webinars for your continuing professional development on EnglishAgenda
We are pleased to announce three new EnglishAgenda continuing professional development webinars coming up in May.
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
24 November, 2017
WhatsApp in the classroom to foster listening and speaking
There is a great variety of pedagogical applications of mobile technology in ELT. I would like to share a practical example to integrate...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
6 June, 2008
Young Learners, TBA and teacher-led tasks
Hello everyone, I've just posted a longish response to Jorgelina from Argentina about TBA and Young Learners at the end of my...
Methodology
28 July, 2016
"Methodology based" Vs, "go with the flow" teacher
Is it better to let your lesson flow on and just react to whatever comes inside the class?
Teaching the four skills
13 January, 2011
'We were never born to read'
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...
Methodology
15 June, 2009
(Re)locating TESOL in an age of political correctness?
In his landmark historical study of methods, Kelly (1969) argued that methodological choices are contingent on higher-level decisions at...
Innovations in education
25 November, 2009
10 Tasks for Training Teachers to Use Web 2.0 Tools
Over the last few weeks I have been busy delivering training presentations and workshops to help teachers use various free web based tools...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
28 July, 2016
20% time! - An attempt to empower learners to be more creative and innovative
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...
ELTons
Top stories
11 September, 2014
2015 ELTons awards
Applications for the 2015 ELTons are now being accepted. Now in their thirteenth year, the ELTons awards, run by the British Council and...
Top stories
27 October, 2016
2017 ELTons - call for applications
Have you produced an innovative and functional ELT product or service in the last two years?
Top stories
15 June, 2017
2017 ELTons winners announced!
Find out who won a British Council ELTon award for innovation in English Language Teaching products and services.
Promoting 21st century skills, Methodology
9 December, 2016
21st Century Boy
In ELT, and in education in general, there are many terms and phrases that seem to be ‘in fashion’ at a particular time.
Top stories
10 August, 2009
21st century Pedagogy
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...

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