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Artificial Intelligence - a tool for inclusivity in education?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the very fabric of the world as we know it. Some argue that AI poses an existential threat to humanity in the long term. Despite such fears, professionals in all fields are embracing AI to provide hitherto unimaginable insights to help them in their work.

Milica Vukadin - Classrooms Without Borders

Can we really spin the globe and jump in into the unknown in our classroom? Or has the administrative part of our job won and silenced our creativity?

Weird celebrations in the classroom? Why not?

https://www.un.org/en/observances/creativity-and-innovation-dayCelebrations and language teaching – does it match? Usually when you are in the classroom, you don’t have the time to organize parties or theme related events, since you have to cover the material before the end of the school year. With the exception of Christmas and Halloween, there is no other room for any kind of celebrations. Or is there?

Exploring Cultural diversity in language classroom

A Festival based theme for a lesson.

Teaching disparate levels of language learners in one classroom

In all parts of the world, teachers rejoice at teaching English to many different types of people, of various cultures and ethnicities.

Planning for Planning, Language Demands and Opportunities

For young English Learners, let’s look at entire units ahead of time with three lenses in mind; Language Demands, Language Opportunities, and the Essential Third!

Managing differentiated learning in traditional language skills activities

Planning an activity which fits all students is a utopian dream. But, if we keep our feet on the ground, we need to think about strategies that respond to the different levels and interests present in our classroom. Let´s have a look at some ideas for dealing with diversity in activities involving the four traditional skills.

Large and mixed group management

Do not over generalize your students' proficiency levels by making blanket classifications of good and bad students

Unplanned opportunities - A lesson in culture

There are often times in a lesson when an unplanned opportunity for learning - language or otherwise - arises. Think of a time this has happened. How did you adjust your plan to take advantage of it? What was the outcome?