In this section, you will find a number of blog posts, which have been written to help you develop your skills and knowledge as a teacher in the professional practice 'Knowing the subject'. From primary-aged students to adult learners of English, the blog posts you will find here are practical, insightful and full of ideas to support your teaching and planning for all kinds of classrooms.

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Writing is your superpower

Whereas the concept of 'creative writing' seems too vague and far from the real life, 'practical writing' is definitely worth a shot.

Remixing a grammatical syllabus

In my previous blogpost for LearningEnglish (Breaking up big grammar), I explained how I deal with big grammar points like 'Past habits' or 'Present Perfect' that appear in coursebooks with a grammatical syllabus. I was thinking, as teachers often do, about adapting content to learners as part of our lesson planning. But what about the bigger picture? How can we move away from a coursebook's grammatical syllabus in our course planning?

Research and insight

Browse fascinating case studies, research papers, publications and books by researchers and ELT experts from around the world.

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