methodology

The voices that guide us

Rod Bolitho — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:19:12 +0000

Which voices do you hear in the course of your professional life, as you prepare, teach and reflect? Which ones are the strongest? Which do you really listen to and take notice of?

Teacher induced neuroses

Rod Bolitho — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:34:11 +0000

This is the first in Rod Bolitho's series of articles for TeachingEnglish.

Story telling: the language teacher's oldest technique

Mario Rinvolucri — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:09:10 +0000

In this article Mario Rinvolucri explores a range of story telling techniques that he uses in the classroom and gives some insights into why these techniques are effective.

Aspects of Business English

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:30:43 +0000

The term Business English can cover a multitude of things. When someone says they teach business English or they are studying business English it is quite possible that the speaker and the listener may have a different understanding of the term.

Graphic Organisers

admin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:36:04 +0000

Visual representations of information are by no means an innovation in education. The use of graphs and charts to represent statistical information and time-lines showing the sequence of historical events have long been accepted tools, while in language teaching, the mind-map is already a common aid to brainstorming a topic.

Stirrers and Settlers for the Primary Classroom

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:56:46 +0000

Teaching in the primary classroom is very different from teaching teens or adults because of the amount of energy children have! Knowing how to channel this energy, or when to ‘stir' and when to ‘settle' children will help you achieve balanced lessons without children becoming over-excited on the one hand or bored on the other.

Making time for tasks and still covering the syllabus

Jane Willis — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:43:58 +0000

This is the last in a series of four articles which will explore how to integrate a task-based approach into a typical textbook to maximise learning opportunities for your learners and to save teacher preparation time.

From priming tasks and target tasks to language focus and grammar

Jane Willis — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:16:37 +0000

This is the third in a series of four articles which will explore how to integrate a task-based approach into a typical textbook to maximise learning opportunities for your learners and to save teacher preparation time.

Six types of task for TBL

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:59:48 +0000

This is the second in a series of four articles which will explore how to integrate a task-based approach into a typical textbook to maximise learning opportunities for your learners and to save teacher preparation time.

Criteria for identifying tasks for TBL

Jane Willis — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:38:25 +0000

This is the first in a series of four articles which will explore how to integrate a task-based approach into a typical textbook to maximise learning opportunities for your learners and to save teacher preparation time.