So much student writing and so little time to read and provide feedback!
19 June, 2017
Speaking, listening comprehension and understanding are parts of the same process.
29 May, 2017
Over the course of my teaching career, I’ve tried all kinds of approaches to marking writing, including, but not limited to, using...
23 May, 2017
As a language learner myself (Spanish), I am intimately aware of the challenges involved in speaking a new language.
29 March, 2017
Celebrating 5 years of happy blogging with TE by writing :)
14 March, 2017
This blog post focuses on strategies that help teachers to make their writing feedback useful and not highly time-consuming
8 September, 2016
I have a kind of formula for reading lessons that I find works with any type of text and any level. It requires very little preparation...
8 September, 2016
I’ve thought for a long time that texts in coursebooks, both listening and reading, may be the most neglected resources available for our...
15 July, 2015
Our latest blog of the month award goes to Svetlana Kandybovich and her post Going graphic: 4 squares for better speaking. In her post,...
28 March, 2015
If we continue to live they way we do now, we will need at least two planets worth of resources by 2050 to survive!
26 February, 2015
I believe that using literature in a second language is a rich opportunity to see language in use.
7 February, 2015
An ideal situation for me is one when I get a group of children aged eight; that is when they come to second grade and begin learning...
31 January, 2015
Undoubtedly using the authentic texts in teaching languages has proved its efficiency as a means of conveying information to the language...
27 January, 2015
English To Go is a wonderful resource where you can find lesson plans for any age and level, based on Reuters News articles.
13 July, 2014
I think that one of the most difficult things with listening activities is actually making them interesting.
12 July, 2014
Receptive skills - in particular the art of processing listening texts - often hold an important position in curricula.
29 May, 2014
I think that practicing reported speech is one of the most fun activities you can do with your students in order to get them writing.
14 May, 2014
Why is it that so often when we announce a writing activity a groan goes up from the class?
30 April, 2014
“Today, we are going to do some writing.”
30 April, 2014
An app a day keeps the dull writing lesson away - 6 apps to make teenage and young adult learners write
21 April, 2014
I have recently taught a class of teenagers aged between 14 and 16. They were of a good level (B1) and were motivated to learn English. I...
25 January, 2014
One activity I turn to very often, with different people and at different teaching stages, and that never fails to deliver, is called...
30 January, 2012
Oh the introduction, and when do I put the examples.. and what about the explanation.. and oh my God the conclusion, what to write there?!
17 February, 2011
In last wednesday's ELTChat 'How do you teach writing? And How do you mark it', I vaguely accepted / was cajoled into...
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18 October, 2017
So much student writing and so little time to read and provide feedback!
19 June, 2017
Speaking, listening comprehension and understanding are parts of the same process.
29 May, 2017
Over the course of my teaching career, I’ve tried all kinds of approaches to marking writing, including, but not limited to, using...
23 May, 2017
As a language learner myself (Spanish), I am intimately aware of the challenges involved in speaking a new language.
29 March, 2017
Celebrating 5 years of happy blogging with TE by writing :)
14 March, 2017
This blog post focuses on strategies that help teachers to make their writing feedback useful and not highly time-consuming
8 September, 2016
I have a kind of formula for reading lessons that I find works with any type of text and any level. It requires very little preparation...
8 September, 2016
I’ve thought for a long time that texts in coursebooks, both listening and reading, may be the most neglected resources available for our...
15 July, 2015
Our latest blog of the month award goes to Svetlana Kandybovich and her post Going graphic: 4 squares for better speaking. In her post,...
28 March, 2015
If we continue to live they way we do now, we will need at least two planets worth of resources by 2050 to survive!
26 February, 2015
I believe that using literature in a second language is a rich opportunity to see language in use.
7 February, 2015
An ideal situation for me is one when I get a group of children aged eight; that is when they come to second grade and begin learning...
31 January, 2015
Undoubtedly using the authentic texts in teaching languages has proved its efficiency as a means of conveying information to the language...
27 January, 2015
English To Go is a wonderful resource where you can find lesson plans for any age and level, based on Reuters News articles.
13 July, 2014
I think that one of the most difficult things with listening activities is actually making them interesting.
12 July, 2014
Receptive skills - in particular the art of processing listening texts - often hold an important position in curricula.
29 May, 2014
I think that practicing reported speech is one of the most fun activities you can do with your students in order to get them writing.
14 May, 2014
Why is it that so often when we announce a writing activity a groan goes up from the class?
30 April, 2014
“Today, we are going to do some writing.”
30 April, 2014
An app a day keeps the dull writing lesson away - 6 apps to make teenage and young adult learners write
21 April, 2014
I have recently taught a class of teenagers aged between 14 and 16. They were of a good level (B1) and were motivated to learn English. I...
25 January, 2014
One activity I turn to very often, with different people and at different teaching stages, and that never fails to deliver, is called...
30 January, 2012
Oh the introduction, and when do I put the examples.. and what about the explanation.. and oh my God the conclusion, what to write there?!
17 February, 2011
In last wednesday's ELTChat 'How do you teach writing? And How do you mark it', I vaguely accepted / was cajoled into...
Pages
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...
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...
13 July, 2008
I've had a lot of trouble finding reading resources for my adult ESOL learners.
17 February, 2011
In last wednesday's ELTChat 'How do you teach writing? And How do you mark it', I vaguely accepted / was cajoled into...
9 November, 2008
I write you this message from a very calm Baku. The sky has emptied all the rain it can and now is serene.
25 January, 2014
One activity I turn to very often, with different people and at different teaching stages, and that never fails to deliver, is called...
12 July, 2014
Receptive skills - in particular the art of processing listening texts - often hold an important position in curricula.
31 January, 2015
Undoubtedly using the authentic texts in teaching languages has proved its efficiency as a means of conveying information to the language...
18 June, 2009
As this will be my last blog during my stint as Guest Writer, and as the last couple of discussions have got quite theoretical, I thought I...
16 February, 2009
I only know one thing about the technologies that await us in the future: We will find ways to tell stories with them. (Jason Ohler)
25 November, 2010
Young adult fiction. Where do we draw the line?
25 May, 2008
I have just received an email from Ana Laura Gonzalez Gonzalez in Mexico asking this question:
15 July, 2015
Our latest blog of the month award goes to Svetlana Kandybovich and her post Going graphic: 4 squares for better speaking. In her post,...
29 March, 2017
Celebrating 5 years of happy blogging with TE by writing :)
23 May, 2017
As a language learner myself (Spanish), I am intimately aware of the challenges involved in speaking a new language.
14 March, 2017
This blog post focuses on strategies that help teachers to make their writing feedback useful and not highly time-consuming
28 March, 2015
If we continue to live they way we do now, we will need at least two planets worth of resources by 2050 to survive!
24 December, 2009
For all of those readers who do celebrate Christmas, in whatever way, before you go under the cataract of shopping and the blear of good...
29 May, 2014
I think that practicing reported speech is one of the most fun activities you can do with your students in order to get them writing.
12 June, 2008
How to be a good story writer?
11 November, 2008
One of the great minds in the University of Bologna, Italy, is Umberto Eco, professor of semiotics and author of the novel 'The Name...
22 November, 2008
Today I write to you from Stockholm in the balmy South of Sweden where the temperature is hovering around zero!
27 October, 2010
Every time you use the chart you get it more into circulation in your class, and then there is more you can use it for, and you create a...