Are you a teacher? If you are, then you’re probably a materials writer too.
1 September, 2017
Our blog topics for September and October 2017 look at the theme of 'Career and teacher development'.
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.
13 June, 2017
From April to October this year the International Festival of Teacher-research in ELT 2017 is holding a range of face-to-face and online...
13 June, 2017
Have you ever been given a project to assess but couldn't? Have you ever created a rubric to assess the unassessable?
9 June, 2017
Watch the live-stream of The 15th British Council ELTons Innovations Awards on 14 June from 17.30pm UK time.
5 June, 2017
The acronym E.T does not refer to the sympathetic little alien from Steven Spielberg's movie but to the term Educational Technology, or the...
2 June, 2017
I like to use technology in class, first of all, because children always find it much more motivating than any other activities. Partly due...
2 June, 2017
Exercise caution!
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5 September, 2017
Are you a teacher? If you are, then you’re probably a materials writer too.
1 September, 2017
Our blog topics for September and October 2017 look at the theme of 'Career and teacher development'.
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.
13 June, 2017
From April to October this year the International Festival of Teacher-research in ELT 2017 is holding a range of face-to-face and online...
13 June, 2017
Have you ever been given a project to assess but couldn't? Have you ever created a rubric to assess the unassessable?
9 June, 2017
Watch the live-stream of The 15th British Council ELTons Innovations Awards on 14 June from 17.30pm UK time.
5 June, 2017
The acronym E.T does not refer to the sympathetic little alien from Steven Spielberg's movie but to the term Educational Technology, or the...
2 June, 2017
I like to use technology in class, first of all, because children always find it much more motivating than any other activities. Partly due...
2 June, 2017
Exercise caution!
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26 January, 2016
Teacher-researchers in schools and other educational institutions across Latin America are warmly invited to The First Annual Latin...
17 April, 2018
This post talks about how a teacher can capitalise on the differences students bring into the classroom
16 December, 2017
Reading can be quite boring, and very teacher centered as monitoring is necessary.
20 December, 2009
The adoption of a content-based approach in my professional practice began at a bilingual school in 2004 within the EFL courses when my...
19 October, 2015
Participate in the validation of a new set of CEFR Illustrative Descriptors for mediation by completing an online questionnaire.
29 August, 2008
I've recently become a CELTA tutor and thought it might be interesting to comment on my experiences over the first 5 or 6 courses.
16 January, 2015
For the last couple of years I’ve been teaching the Unknown Language component of the Trinity TESOL certificate course.
21 July, 2014
Whether it's at the end of the school year, at the end of term, or just when you feel like taking stock, here's an idea for using...
28 February, 2015
This is one of my favourite ways in to using poetry in the classroom.
18 September, 2014
For a few years now I've been experimenting with sharing lesson summaries with my classes and here I'd like to share a summary...
14 February, 2014
It’s mid-term exam and reports time at the school I’m working with in Cádiz at the moment.
26 October, 2015
I'm two weeks into a new course with a new class and one of the questions on the BC blog this month got me thinking about how I think...
30 April, 2014
Sometimes lessons take a direction we didn't expect.
26 January, 2017
Challenging circumstances face every teacher daily.
4 August, 2016
Internal and external challenges
24 July, 2016
Behaviour can be challenging when teaching, but so can words - here are some examples of how we can challenge discrimination in class.
17 February, 2017
2016 was quite a year. It started in the tropical climes of Gabon at the helm of a small language school operation and assisting EAL...
29 November, 2009
Hi All!
Please give me your opinion about the following method of transforming sentences from Active voice to Passive voice. The method...
16 May, 2008
What are the characteristics of a successful teacher of English?
26 May, 2016
Developing speaking skills with minimal resources is a simple and effective strategy to use in the classroom.
26 February, 2014
Mr Gregory came to us at the right time.
7 March, 2016
In order for learning to take place, a certain level of understanding is required to convert input into practice, and then practice into...
8 September, 2016
If you were to google ‘error correction’ online, you are bound to find multiple websites and blog posts with from useful linguistic...
3 March, 2015
Children around the world can now learn English alongside woolly favourite Timmy as the British Council and Aardman Animations launch their...
19 March, 2014
On writing this post, I thought of starting reflecting on my personal experience by applying the Thinking Routine: See-Think-Wonder.