What is critical thinking? Dr. Richard Paul defines it as, ‘the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it.’
30 November, 2018
So-called 'Snackable content' seems to be one of the biggest trends in today’s market.
30 November, 2018
The best way to teach creativity is to set a good example
30 November, 2018
Our featured blog of the month award for October 2018 goes to Onthesamepage ELT and their post Developing Learner Autonomy: A Homework...
29 November, 2018
We teachers are supposed to know all the answers!
26 November, 2018
My son needed constant reassurance and positive feedbacks from his Chemistry teacher when he was struggling in the subject.
24 November, 2018
I’ll start by saying great English teachers are great English teachers, regardless of their mother tongue.
21 November, 2018
We can choose our EL teacher today!
18 November, 2018
The changing nature of society and hence the need to adapt teaching and learning to fit, is what led me to combining flipped and...
16 November, 2018
Can you imagine a robot bursting into laughter? To get well equipped against digital colleagues and their super-powers, we need to apply...
14 November, 2018
It's the need of the modern world to empower our learners with modern skills to be able to deal with it. And for that we teachers need to...
13 November, 2018
How can we help our students to develop 21st century skills? I would like to help with some classroom activities to foster creativity,...
13 November, 2018
Who is to consult whom?
13 November, 2018
Why differentiate between NESTs and NNESTS in this scenario, where non-native teachers outperform native teachers in all aspects. It is...
11 November, 2018
Do you remember when you were a student? What kind of subjects did you have at school? How about your interests that time? How about...
8 November, 2018
Who's better? We all wonder! Should I hire a Native or a Non-Native speaker?
1 November, 2018
If you have Chinese-speaking, German-speaking or Spanish-speaking students in your class, why not ask them to do the Vocabulary Challenge?
1 November, 2018
Our blog topics for November and December 2018 look at the theme of innovations in education.
31 October, 2018
The topic for this blog post reminds me of a multiple-part essay question: a number of different aspects must be considered and discussed!
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.
31 October, 2018
Our topics for September and October look at the theme of professional and career development.
30 October, 2018
Research is defined in the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary as a careful study of a subject, especially in order to discover new facts...
26 October, 2018
This webinar is aimed at teacher educators who are involved in mentoring colleagues. The presenter, Doina Fleanta, explores the skill of '...
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...
25 October, 2018
Do you know how English, Spanish, Russian, German and Czech teachers happened to end up playing board games together on regular basis? Team...
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2 December, 2018
What is critical thinking? Dr. Richard Paul defines it as, ‘the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it.’
30 November, 2018
So-called 'Snackable content' seems to be one of the biggest trends in today’s market.
30 November, 2018
The best way to teach creativity is to set a good example
30 November, 2018
Our featured blog of the month award for October 2018 goes to Onthesamepage ELT and their post Developing Learner Autonomy: A Homework...
29 November, 2018
We teachers are supposed to know all the answers!
26 November, 2018
My son needed constant reassurance and positive feedbacks from his Chemistry teacher when he was struggling in the subject.
24 November, 2018
I’ll start by saying great English teachers are great English teachers, regardless of their mother tongue.
21 November, 2018
We can choose our EL teacher today!
18 November, 2018
The changing nature of society and hence the need to adapt teaching and learning to fit, is what led me to combining flipped and...
16 November, 2018
Can you imagine a robot bursting into laughter? To get well equipped against digital colleagues and their super-powers, we need to apply...
14 November, 2018
It's the need of the modern world to empower our learners with modern skills to be able to deal with it. And for that we teachers need to...
13 November, 2018
How can we help our students to develop 21st century skills? I would like to help with some classroom activities to foster creativity,...
13 November, 2018
Who is to consult whom?
13 November, 2018
Why differentiate between NESTs and NNESTS in this scenario, where non-native teachers outperform native teachers in all aspects. It is...
11 November, 2018
Do you remember when you were a student? What kind of subjects did you have at school? How about your interests that time? How about...
8 November, 2018
Who's better? We all wonder! Should I hire a Native or a Non-Native speaker?
1 November, 2018
If you have Chinese-speaking, German-speaking or Spanish-speaking students in your class, why not ask them to do the Vocabulary Challenge?
1 November, 2018
Our blog topics for November and December 2018 look at the theme of innovations in education.
31 October, 2018
The topic for this blog post reminds me of a multiple-part essay question: a number of different aspects must be considered and discussed!
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.
31 October, 2018
Our topics for September and October look at the theme of professional and career development.
30 October, 2018
Research is defined in the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary as a careful study of a subject, especially in order to discover new facts...
26 October, 2018
This webinar is aimed at teacher educators who are involved in mentoring colleagues. The presenter, Doina Fleanta, explores the skill of '...
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...
25 October, 2018
Do you know how English, Spanish, Russian, German and Czech teachers happened to end up playing board games together on regular basis? Team...
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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.
16 January, 2014
One of my favourite lessons to do, either with new or established students is one that is called ‘Lost’, I don’t suppose that this is...
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.
26 March, 2014
Spring to me doesn't mean flowers in bloom, it means conferencing.
13 October, 2014
Being a teacher means several wonderful things to me.
5 May, 2015
Join Macmillan English for a free online event for English language teachers and professionals of all levels.
26 October, 2011
Responding to my article, Not Unit 5!, Rob Lewis posted a great question that links to a current thread on the dogme discussion group.
8 February, 2011
You've probably heard the word mLearning by now.
4 December, 2009
This is a lesson plan entitled 'Role Models,' that I have been using with my students, it always works well and lasts the full...
30 December, 2008
For my last blog entry I just want to reflect aloud on something I have noticed many times in contact with other languages, and which...
10 October, 2011
One of the most common questions I've come across over the last year or so - both from teachers who have asked it, and from speakers...
24 January, 2010
This post is a further exploration on my post about teaching English through controversial topics.
23 January, 2019
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...
14 April, 2009
As mentioned in my introductory page, I write the reviews in brief page at the back of the EL Gazette.
21 May, 2018
Speaking in English is something that many students find stressful or anxiety provoking.
29 November, 2009
A pronoun has the following three properties, the `person`, the `gender` and the `number` just as a noun has.