How do we develop a learning environment where the grammar is learned through exploration without burnout? Keep reading for example...
3 October, 2019
How can ESL/EFL teachers motivate their students to develop reading and writing skills and keep them engaged
26 September, 2019
Have you ever thought of transforming your students into writers? Have you ever thought of developing a project in order to create a...
25 September, 2019
Storytelling and reading for pleasure are keys to developing reading and writing skills.
16 September, 2019
I’ve previously provided some ideas on how teachers can create the conditions for self-motivated students.
11 September, 2019
I love learning languages. In fact, you might say I'm something of a language-learning addict, having tried to learn bits of around 14 or...
9 September, 2019
In early 2018 I came across a job opportunity that looked really interesting! However, it also meant moving out of my comfort zone…
7 September, 2019
Check out our new blog topics for September and October 2019 and some highlights from the last two months.
31 August, 2019
Find the latest blog topics for July and August 2019 and take a look at some interesting posts from the last two months.
25 August, 2019
21st century skills are a real buzz-word. Let's see how we can make those easily form part of our lessons.
25 August, 2019
'The purpose of critical thinking is rethinking: that is, reviewing, evaluating, and revising thought.' Jon Stratton
21 August, 2019
Listening, hearing and understanding native speakers of English is quite a challenge!
19 August, 2019
Assessment, evaluation, measurement, grades, tests, marks and so on. Different words to talk about the same issue. But, should they be used...
18 August, 2019
In any language, there are basic linguistic skills that humans need to master in order to communicate effectively, and among those skills...
17 August, 2019
Of late, the term 21 century skills has caught the fancy of employers, educators and the business world as something to reckon with, and...
11 August, 2019
Listening skills are vital for any form of communication and ESL is no exception.
8 August, 2019
Assessment represents a gray area for all teachers - we constantly fear that we haven't fulfilled the learning objectives, and we ponder on...
5 August, 2019
Do our students get enough listening when they leave their classroom and how to encourage them to make use of the opportunities they have...
3 August, 2019
My top five end-of-year activities: Celebrating the end of a journey and the beginning of a new one!
I often tell my students that last lessons should be like first lessons as the beginning and end of year represent for me the two sides of...
28 July, 2019
Let´s look at how we can introduce soft skills into our English lessons.
28 July, 2019
Are there any OTHER end of the year activities, besides the traditional tea-party?! Or to use an ancient formula, is there life on Mars?
16 July, 2019
Academic assessment in any educational institution at any educational stage should yield accurate and fair assessment.
16 July, 2019
21st century skills are not a new concept, although, at first glance, these skills sound otherworldly and virtually impossible to develop....
30 June, 2019
See the latest blog topics for May/June 2019 and a review of some of the best posts from the past two months.
27 June, 2019
Can we really spin the globe and jump in into the unknown in our classroom? Or has the administrative part of our job won and silenced our...
26 June, 2019
Learning opportunities come from different sources such as seminars, conferences, workshops, training in person or online, etc.
26 June, 2019
The teacher is indispensable to ELT!
23 June, 2019
In any profession, growth and development are critical to the advancement of one’s career.
22 June, 2019
20 years in folk ensemble finally paid off! I introduced to my students traditional Russian traditional game as well as the fortune-telling...
17 June, 2019
Your students will enjoy producing their own cartoon videos, with the possibility of adding their own voice or some music. They will adore...
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7 October, 2019
How do we develop a learning environment where the grammar is learned through exploration without burnout? Keep reading for example...
3 October, 2019
How can ESL/EFL teachers motivate their students to develop reading and writing skills and keep them engaged
26 September, 2019
Have you ever thought of transforming your students into writers? Have you ever thought of developing a project in order to create a...
25 September, 2019
Storytelling and reading for pleasure are keys to developing reading and writing skills.
16 September, 2019
I’ve previously provided some ideas on how teachers can create the conditions for self-motivated students.
11 September, 2019
I love learning languages. In fact, you might say I'm something of a language-learning addict, having tried to learn bits of around 14 or...
9 September, 2019
In early 2018 I came across a job opportunity that looked really interesting! However, it also meant moving out of my comfort zone…
7 September, 2019
Check out our new blog topics for September and October 2019 and some highlights from the last two months.
31 August, 2019
Find the latest blog topics for July and August 2019 and take a look at some interesting posts from the last two months.
25 August, 2019
21st century skills are a real buzz-word. Let's see how we can make those easily form part of our lessons.
25 August, 2019
'The purpose of critical thinking is rethinking: that is, reviewing, evaluating, and revising thought.' Jon Stratton
21 August, 2019
Listening, hearing and understanding native speakers of English is quite a challenge!
19 August, 2019
Assessment, evaluation, measurement, grades, tests, marks and so on. Different words to talk about the same issue. But, should they be used...
18 August, 2019
In any language, there are basic linguistic skills that humans need to master in order to communicate effectively, and among those skills...
17 August, 2019
Of late, the term 21 century skills has caught the fancy of employers, educators and the business world as something to reckon with, and...
11 August, 2019
Listening skills are vital for any form of communication and ESL is no exception.
8 August, 2019
Assessment represents a gray area for all teachers - we constantly fear that we haven't fulfilled the learning objectives, and we ponder on...
5 August, 2019
Do our students get enough listening when they leave their classroom and how to encourage them to make use of the opportunities they have...
3 August, 2019
My top five end-of-year activities: Celebrating the end of a journey and the beginning of a new one!
I often tell my students that last lessons should be like first lessons as the beginning and end of year represent for me the two sides of...
28 July, 2019
Let´s look at how we can introduce soft skills into our English lessons.
28 July, 2019
Are there any OTHER end of the year activities, besides the traditional tea-party?! Or to use an ancient formula, is there life on Mars?
16 July, 2019
Academic assessment in any educational institution at any educational stage should yield accurate and fair assessment.
16 July, 2019
21st century skills are not a new concept, although, at first glance, these skills sound otherworldly and virtually impossible to develop....
30 June, 2019
See the latest blog topics for May/June 2019 and a review of some of the best posts from the past two months.
27 June, 2019
Can we really spin the globe and jump in into the unknown in our classroom? Or has the administrative part of our job won and silenced our...
26 June, 2019
Learning opportunities come from different sources such as seminars, conferences, workshops, training in person or online, etc.
26 June, 2019
The teacher is indispensable to ELT!
23 June, 2019
In any profession, growth and development are critical to the advancement of one’s career.
22 June, 2019
20 years in folk ensemble finally paid off! I introduced to my students traditional Russian traditional game as well as the fortune-telling...
17 June, 2019
Your students will enjoy producing their own cartoon videos, with the possibility of adding their own voice or some music. They will adore...
Pages
28 September, 2008
Learning English in a group is much more effective than on a one-to-one basis
17 August, 2019
Of late, the term 21 century skills has caught the fancy of employers, educators and the business world as something to reckon with, and...
27 October, 2015
How to link lessons together
29 November, 2009
This blog looks at word order.
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...
5 April, 2019
Who said that Poetry was too complex and boring? I would like to share some activities that make poetry straightforward and even fun.
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...
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...
28 May, 2019
Teaching is communicating; Teaching is sharing; teaching is upgrading and updating.
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...
20 April, 2015
Children mirror their parents or caregivers. Students of all ages tend to copy their teachers.
24 January, 2009
"You can't spell teach without T-E-C-H"
24 January, 2011
At the end of 2010 I published the first 5 tasks in a series to help teacher learn how to use technology with their students.
25 August, 2010
We give the comprehension questions at the end of the lesson to elicit answers from the students.
31 October, 2018
I’ve been teaching professionally for ten years now, and for eight of those years I’ve been part of the online teaching community.
7 April, 2018
Here's just a few of the tricks I use to make my classroom a happy, calm and productive space.
25 October, 2018
As soon as It's cool to be a bit spooky this month, I decided to come out with 5 most thinly-veiled fears of the English teachers. Let’s...
1 February, 2011
I started blogging four years ago with my students.
10 March, 2018
In this article, which I decided to write in a “5-ways -to-do-things” style again, I would like to share my thoughts and ideas on how to...
29 May, 2010
This activity was inspired by a wonderful company called Music and Muffins that creates animated music videos using simple drawings.
13 October, 2014
Being a teacher means several wonderful things to me.