Perhaps you don´t call it Project Based Learning but you are actually developing projects. Maybe you don´t have a name for it, but, believe...
18 February, 2019
18 February, 2019
Our featured blog of the month award for January 2019 goes to Breakout English and their post How to teach Cambridge exam classes.
14 February, 2019
Obviously, this question is totally personal!! Perhaps, the answer won’t be of great interest for many readers but here it goes…
12 February, 2019
Teaching is a passion, an excitement and all about life. Witnessing the spark of understanding in the students’ eyes, the rapport and bond...
12 February, 2019
Project Based Learning should be, from my point of view, the right path to follow in our education. But before making a 360 degree turn in...
9 February, 2019
Projects are a great way to develop language and other essential skills, however we need to give students a bit more than an "Off we go...
6 February, 2019
Teachers can always communicate!
4 February, 2019
I remember one of my professors saying we should not stop an activity where students are so engaged, even though it is taking more of the...
3 February, 2019
Sometimes teaching hurts. Sometimes it is difficult and nonsense. But in your heart you know that it is not always like that, it is just a...
31 January, 2019
When I decided to become a teacher of English, I never thought that the fact that I was not a native English speaker would have any sort of...
28 January, 2019
If we have no doubt about the benefits of cooperative learning, we should start by setting an example. Two teachers and a teacher trainer...
27 January, 2019
It’s not just your students who are there to learn. In learning you will teach, in teaching you will learn.
25 January, 2019
Teaching a language is not just a question of linguistic skills, culture also has a role to play. And we can say that both, language and...
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...
22 January, 2019
TIRF – The International Research Foundation for English Language Education – is pleased to announce its 2019 Doctoral Dissertation Grants...
22 January, 2019
AQUEDUTO, an organisation promoting quality assurance for online training, has commissioned an informative review of the literature in the...
22 January, 2019
There are often times in a lesson when an unplanned opportunity for learning - language or otherwise - arises. Think of a time this has...
21 January, 2019
Sometimes our students show an unexpected interest in a topic that we mention. We have to make the most of that sudden sparkle of ...
20 January, 2019
Sometimes you have to wonder. Why do I do all this? The money is not good at all, the hours are long, the preparation takes up most of your...
20 January, 2019
One of the things I love when I teach is improvising. Don't get me wrong; I always prepare a lesson plan. But most of the times I don't...
17 January, 2019
Bridging the generation gap by bridging the digital divide.
8 January, 2019
For many learners of English, particularly those with non-Indo-European language backgrounds, English syntax can often be a nightmare. Even...
8 January, 2019
Let’s use all the planned and unplanned opportunities for learning!
19 December, 2018
Technological predicament- Will I lose my job to a robot?
17 December, 2018
There is a wide-spread illusion that modern teenagers are less sociable and more egoistic.
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18 February, 2019
Perhaps you don´t call it Project Based Learning but you are actually developing projects. Maybe you don´t have a name for it, but, believe...
18 February, 2019
Our featured blog of the month award for January 2019 goes to Breakout English and their post How to teach Cambridge exam classes.
14 February, 2019
Obviously, this question is totally personal!! Perhaps, the answer won’t be of great interest for many readers but here it goes…
12 February, 2019
Teaching is a passion, an excitement and all about life. Witnessing the spark of understanding in the students’ eyes, the rapport and bond...
12 February, 2019
Project Based Learning should be, from my point of view, the right path to follow in our education. But before making a 360 degree turn in...
9 February, 2019
Projects are a great way to develop language and other essential skills, however we need to give students a bit more than an "Off we go...
6 February, 2019
Teachers can always communicate!
4 February, 2019
I remember one of my professors saying we should not stop an activity where students are so engaged, even though it is taking more of the...
3 February, 2019
Sometimes teaching hurts. Sometimes it is difficult and nonsense. But in your heart you know that it is not always like that, it is just a...
31 January, 2019
When I decided to become a teacher of English, I never thought that the fact that I was not a native English speaker would have any sort of...
28 January, 2019
If we have no doubt about the benefits of cooperative learning, we should start by setting an example. Two teachers and a teacher trainer...
27 January, 2019
It’s not just your students who are there to learn. In learning you will teach, in teaching you will learn.
25 January, 2019
Teaching a language is not just a question of linguistic skills, culture also has a role to play. And we can say that both, language and...
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...
22 January, 2019
TIRF – The International Research Foundation for English Language Education – is pleased to announce its 2019 Doctoral Dissertation Grants...
22 January, 2019
AQUEDUTO, an organisation promoting quality assurance for online training, has commissioned an informative review of the literature in the...
22 January, 2019
There are often times in a lesson when an unplanned opportunity for learning - language or otherwise - arises. Think of a time this has...
21 January, 2019
Sometimes our students show an unexpected interest in a topic that we mention. We have to make the most of that sudden sparkle of ...
20 January, 2019
Sometimes you have to wonder. Why do I do all this? The money is not good at all, the hours are long, the preparation takes up most of your...
20 January, 2019
One of the things I love when I teach is improvising. Don't get me wrong; I always prepare a lesson plan. But most of the times I don't...
17 January, 2019
Bridging the generation gap by bridging the digital divide.
8 January, 2019
For many learners of English, particularly those with non-Indo-European language backgrounds, English syntax can often be a nightmare. Even...
8 January, 2019
Let’s use all the planned and unplanned opportunities for learning!
19 December, 2018
Technological predicament- Will I lose my job to a robot?
17 December, 2018
There is a wide-spread illusion that modern teenagers are less sociable and more egoistic.
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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...
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.