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Find blog posts on a range of topics as well as our featured blog of the month award and top stories in the world of English language teaching. Click here if you would like to become a TeachingEnglish blogger. See a list of our bloggers here and a list of our Teaching English associates here.

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Classroom ideas, tools and resources
2 December, 2018
Critical Material For Critical Thinking
What is critical thinking? Dr. Richard Paul defines it as, ‘the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it.’
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
30 November, 2018
XXI-century skills: snackable content
So-called 'Snackable content' seems to be one of the biggest trends in today’s market.
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
30 November, 2018
Foster creativity by being a creative teacher
The best way to teach creativity is to set a good example
Top stories
30 November, 2018
Featured blog of the month for October 2018
Our featured blog of the month award for October 2018 goes to Onthesamepage ELT and their post Developing Learner Autonomy: A Homework...
Innovations in education
29 November, 2018
Teachers as Miracle Workers.
We teachers are supposed to know all the answers!
Innovations in education
26 November, 2018
Humans vs. humanoids
My son needed constant reassurance and positive feedbacks from his Chemistry teacher when he was struggling in the subject.
Teacher and career development
24 November, 2018
Is the ‘native speaker/ non-native speaker’ teacher dichotomy really necessary anymore?
I’ll start by saying great English teachers are great English teachers, regardless of their mother tongue.
Teacher and career development
21 November, 2018
Native Speakers or Not?
We can choose our EL teacher today!
Innovations in education
18 November, 2018
Empower students with flipped, cooperative learning
The changing nature of society and hence the need to adapt teaching and learning to fit, is what led me to combining flipped and...
Innovations in education
16 November, 2018
Robots VS Human teachers. The score 1:1
Can you imagine a robot bursting into laughter? To get well equipped against digital colleagues and their super-powers, we need to apply...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
14 November, 2018
Being a 21st Century Teacher
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...
Innovations in education
13 November, 2018
Developing 21st century skills in the classroom
How can we help our students to develop 21st century skills? I would like to help with some classroom activities to foster creativity,...
Innovations in education
13 November, 2018
Robots or Humans?
Who is to consult whom?
Teacher and career development
13 November, 2018
NESTS and NNESTS
Why differentiate between NESTs and NNESTS in this scenario, where non-native teachers outperform native teachers in all aspects. It is...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
11 November, 2018
Learning what's important
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...
Teacher and career development
8 November, 2018
To be a Native or not to be? That is the question.
Who's better? We all wonder! Should I hire a Native or a Non-Native speaker?
Top stories
1 November, 2018
Vocabulary Challenge
If you have Chinese-speaking, German-speaking or Spanish-speaking students in your class, why not ask them to do the Vocabulary Challenge?
Magazine
1 November, 2018
Blog topics for November and December 2018
Our blog topics for November and December 2018 look at the theme of innovations in education.
Teacher and career development
31 October, 2018
Online or face-to-face Continuing Professional Development?
The topic for this blog post reminds me of a multiple-part essay question: a number of different aspects must be considered and discussed!
Teacher and career development
31 October, 2018
360 degree Continuing Professional Development
I’ve been teaching professionally for ten years now, and for eight of those years I’ve been part of the online teaching community.
Magazine
31 October, 2018
Blog topics for September and October 2018
Our topics for September and October look at the theme of professional and career development.
Taking responsibility for professional development, Teacher and career development
30 October, 2018
Linking research to classroom practice
Research is defined in the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary as a careful study of a subject, especially in order to discover new facts...
Top stories
26 October, 2018
Webinar for teacher educators: Noticing in mentoring – what do we do with what we notice?
This webinar is aimed at teacher educators who are involved in mentoring colleagues. The presenter, Doina Fleanta, explores the skill of '...
Teacher and career development
25 October, 2018
5 greatest fears of the English teachers
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...
Teacher and career development
25 October, 2018
Board games club for the teachers.
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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Classroom ideas, tools and resources
2 December, 2018
Critical Material For Critical Thinking
What is critical thinking? Dr. Richard Paul defines it as, ‘the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it.’
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
30 November, 2018
XXI-century skills: snackable content
So-called 'Snackable content' seems to be one of the biggest trends in today’s market.
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
30 November, 2018
Foster creativity by being a creative teacher
The best way to teach creativity is to set a good example
Top stories
30 November, 2018
Featured blog of the month for October 2018
Our featured blog of the month award for October 2018 goes to Onthesamepage ELT and their post Developing Learner Autonomy: A Homework...
Innovations in education
29 November, 2018
Teachers as Miracle Workers.
We teachers are supposed to know all the answers!
Innovations in education
26 November, 2018
Humans vs. humanoids
My son needed constant reassurance and positive feedbacks from his Chemistry teacher when he was struggling in the subject.
Teacher and career development
24 November, 2018
Is the ‘native speaker/ non-native speaker’ teacher dichotomy really necessary anymore?
I’ll start by saying great English teachers are great English teachers, regardless of their mother tongue.
Teacher and career development
21 November, 2018
Native Speakers or Not?
We can choose our EL teacher today!
Innovations in education
18 November, 2018
Empower students with flipped, cooperative learning
The changing nature of society and hence the need to adapt teaching and learning to fit, is what led me to combining flipped and...
Innovations in education
16 November, 2018
Robots VS Human teachers. The score 1:1
Can you imagine a robot bursting into laughter? To get well equipped against digital colleagues and their super-powers, we need to apply...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
14 November, 2018
Being a 21st Century Teacher
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...
Innovations in education
13 November, 2018
Developing 21st century skills in the classroom
How can we help our students to develop 21st century skills? I would like to help with some classroom activities to foster creativity,...
Innovations in education
13 November, 2018
Robots or Humans?
Who is to consult whom?
Teacher and career development
13 November, 2018
NESTS and NNESTS
Why differentiate between NESTs and NNESTS in this scenario, where non-native teachers outperform native teachers in all aspects. It is...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
11 November, 2018
Learning what's important
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...
Teacher and career development
8 November, 2018
To be a Native or not to be? That is the question.
Who's better? We all wonder! Should I hire a Native or a Non-Native speaker?
Top stories
1 November, 2018
Vocabulary Challenge
If you have Chinese-speaking, German-speaking or Spanish-speaking students in your class, why not ask them to do the Vocabulary Challenge?
Magazine
1 November, 2018
Blog topics for November and December 2018
Our blog topics for November and December 2018 look at the theme of innovations in education.
Teacher and career development
31 October, 2018
Online or face-to-face Continuing Professional Development?
The topic for this blog post reminds me of a multiple-part essay question: a number of different aspects must be considered and discussed!
Teacher and career development
31 October, 2018
360 degree Continuing Professional Development
I’ve been teaching professionally for ten years now, and for eight of those years I’ve been part of the online teaching community.
Magazine
31 October, 2018
Blog topics for September and October 2018
Our topics for September and October look at the theme of professional and career development.
Taking responsibility for professional development, Teacher and career development
30 October, 2018
Linking research to classroom practice
Research is defined in the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary as a careful study of a subject, especially in order to discover new facts...
Top stories
26 October, 2018
Webinar for teacher educators: Noticing in mentoring – what do we do with what we notice?
This webinar is aimed at teacher educators who are involved in mentoring colleagues. The presenter, Doina Fleanta, explores the skill of '...
Teacher and career development
25 October, 2018
5 greatest fears of the English teachers
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...
Teacher and career development
25 October, 2018
Board games club for the teachers.
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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Innovations in education
20 April, 2015
21st Century Skills
Children mirror their parents or caregivers. Students of all ages tend to copy their teachers.
Innovations in education
24 January, 2009
21st Century Students
"You can't spell teach without T-E-C-H"
Innovations in education
24 January, 2011
3 more tasks to teach yourself to teach with technology
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.
Understanding learners, Classroom ideas, tools and resources
16 January, 2014
3 techniques for increasing teenage student motivation in the language classroom
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...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
25 August, 2010
30 words to 60 words - An Activity
We give the comprehension questions at the end of the lesson to elicit answers from the students.
Teacher and career development
31 October, 2018
360 degree Continuing Professional Development
I’ve been teaching professionally for ten years now, and for eight of those years I’ve been part of the online teaching community.
Classroom management
7 April, 2018
4 top tips for managing behaviour
Here's just a few of the tricks I use to make my classroom a happy, calm and productive space.
Teacher and career development
25 October, 2018
5 greatest fears of the English teachers
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...
Teacher and career development
1 February, 2011
5 Reasons For Becoming a Blogging Teacher
I started blogging four years ago with my students.
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
10 March, 2018
5 ways to overcome the Intermediate Plateau
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...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
29 May, 2010
6 Activities you can do online with songs and music
This activity was inspired by a wonderful company called Music and Muffins that creates animated music videos using simple drawings.
Taking responsibility for professional development, Teacher and career development
26 March, 2014
7 things about reflecting on conference presentations
Spring to me doesn't mean flowers in bloom, it means conferencing.
Teacher and career development
13 October, 2014
A Continuous Teacher
Being a teacher means several wonderful things to me.
Image
Top stories
5 May, 2015
A day of webinars all about storytelling from Macmillan English
Join Macmillan English for a free online event for English language teachers and professionals of all levels.
Methodology
26 October, 2011
A dogme coursebook?
Responding to my article, Not Unit 5!, Rob Lewis posted a great question that links to a current thread on the dogme discussion group.
Innovations in education
8 February, 2011
A dummies guide to mLearning
You've probably heard the word mLearning by now.
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
4 December, 2009
A fun Lesson plan that lasts an hour!
This is a lesson plan entitled 'Role Models,' that I have been using with my students, it always works well and lasts the full...
Teaching grammar and vocabulary
30 December, 2008
a gap in the English language
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...
Classroom management
19 June, 2018
A golden question: how much L1 should our learners use in class?
Innovations in education
10 October, 2011
A great m-learning tool: Evernote
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...
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
24 January, 2010
A lesson on a controversial topic
This post is a further exploration on my post about teaching English through controversial topics.
Teacher and career development
23 January, 2019
A life changing year
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...
Teacher and career development
14 April, 2009
A life in the day of a book reviewer
As mentioned in my introductory page, I write the reviews in brief page at the back of the EL Gazette.
Classroom ideas, tools and resources
21 May, 2018
A little bit of pressure does you good?
Speaking in English is something that many students find stressful or anxiety provoking.
Teaching grammar and vocabulary
29 November, 2009
A method to understand The Person of Pronouns
A pronoun has the following three properties, the `person`, the `gender` and the `number` just as a noun has.

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