Our blog topics for September and October 2017 look at the theme of 'Career and teacher development'.
31 October, 2017
14 September, 2017
Welcome to September. For those in the Northern hemisphere, hey ho, let’s go; for those in the Southern hemisphere, it’ll be summer soon,...
5 September, 2017
Are you a teacher? If you are, then you’re probably a materials writer too.
31 August, 2017
“How did you do that?” This is a question I have been asked a few times in my career when using an element of technology in my lessons.
31 August, 2017
A self-reflection post about digital literacy from "darkest Perú" --- as my country includes 30 of the 32 world climates, with modern...
31 August, 2017
Our blog topics for July and August 2017 look at the theme of 'Managing resources'.
28 August, 2017
Digital literacy is a fact of life. Does this mean that everybody knows how to find the information needed?
23 August, 2017
I taught an English option course for several years.
18 August, 2017
When training people in non-formal courses for Improvement of English, I have the choice of creating my own text material. But if there is...
16 August, 2017
Teachers are faced with new challenges daily.
12 August, 2017
Every day teachers around the world have to deal with digital natives, i.e their own students. Children who were born and raised in...
9 August, 2017
I am in no position to tell you I have an answer to this question "Do we write materials OR Do we design them"
But I hope that sharing the...
31 July, 2017
This festival brings together teacher-researchers from around the world to share their ideas.
25 July, 2017
The best textbook is the one you wrote yourself
19 July, 2017
Our featured blog of the month for June 2017 goes to Mike Astbury and his post Make and Do - Collocation Revision
6 July, 2017
Our featured blog of the month award for May 2017 goes to On the same page and their post 14 Song-Based Lesson Plans and Activities.
28 June, 2017
Teaching the four C's and a lot more.
20 June, 2017
Do your learners love Harry Potter? Monday 26 June 2017 marks twenty years since Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was first...
19 June, 2017
Speaking, listening comprehension and understanding are parts of the same process.
15 June, 2017
Find out who won a British Council ELTon award for innovation in English Language Teaching products and services.
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31 October, 2017
Our blog topics for September and October 2017 look at the theme of 'Career and teacher development'.
14 September, 2017
Welcome to September. For those in the Northern hemisphere, hey ho, let’s go; for those in the Southern hemisphere, it’ll be summer soon,...
5 September, 2017
Are you a teacher? If you are, then you’re probably a materials writer too.
31 August, 2017
“How did you do that?” This is a question I have been asked a few times in my career when using an element of technology in my lessons.
31 August, 2017
A self-reflection post about digital literacy from "darkest Perú" --- as my country includes 30 of the 32 world climates, with modern...
31 August, 2017
Our blog topics for July and August 2017 look at the theme of 'Managing resources'.
28 August, 2017
Digital literacy is a fact of life. Does this mean that everybody knows how to find the information needed?
23 August, 2017
I taught an English option course for several years.
18 August, 2017
When training people in non-formal courses for Improvement of English, I have the choice of creating my own text material. But if there is...
16 August, 2017
Teachers are faced with new challenges daily.
12 August, 2017
Every day teachers around the world have to deal with digital natives, i.e their own students. Children who were born and raised in...
9 August, 2017
I am in no position to tell you I have an answer to this question "Do we write materials OR Do we design them"
But I hope that sharing the...
31 July, 2017
This festival brings together teacher-researchers from around the world to share their ideas.
25 July, 2017
The best textbook is the one you wrote yourself
19 July, 2017
Our featured blog of the month for June 2017 goes to Mike Astbury and his post Make and Do - Collocation Revision
6 July, 2017
Our featured blog of the month award for May 2017 goes to On the same page and their post 14 Song-Based Lesson Plans and Activities.
28 June, 2017
Teaching the four C's and a lot more.
20 June, 2017
Do your learners love Harry Potter? Monday 26 June 2017 marks twenty years since Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was first...
19 June, 2017
Speaking, listening comprehension and understanding are parts of the same process.
15 June, 2017
Find out who won a British Council ELTon award for innovation in English Language Teaching products and services.
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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
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...