Go on then - what do you truly believe when it comes down to it? It's quite a difficult question - and it can make a great lesson when you ask your class to challenge each others' beliefs (see lesson... Continue Reading →
On my browser I have a folder marked “Further Investigation”. It contains all the bookmarks to various websites and the like that I've spotted and intended to look into in more depth - but which I clearly didn't. Where remembered,... Continue Reading →
Summary task woesUnfound ideas from the textsLacking clarity What is a Haiku?Distillation of ideasConcisely worded This could go quite wrongHaiku for summary tasks?Might be worth a try Learners at CPE (Proficiency) level frequently have issues with the comprehension and summary task on the... Continue Reading →
Apparently teflgeek has been nominated for the best blog of 2011 in the "Macmillan Dictionary Love English Awards"! Which was a bit of a surprise - but huge thanks to whoever put teflgeek forwards - much appreciated! The criteria for... Continue Reading →
English teaching: A Friday request | The Economist. Originally spotted on Simon Thomas' efl-resource - it appears The Economist has become aware of it's own potential in the ELT sphere! They're asking their readers, ELT professionals in particular, for their thoughts... Continue Reading →
Back in December I posted on "nine pretty pictures" - ways of exploiting images with learners. I recently came across "The Little People Project" - though unfortunately I can't remember where - it might have been The Guardian, but I'm... Continue Reading →
Huge thanks to Teaching English | British Council, who've just awarded this site their Featured blog of the month award! Needless to say I'm immensely chuffed at the award, which was given for the 12 days of geekmas series - the... Continue Reading →
So you're probably familiar with the acronyms TEFL and TESOL from the title to this article - Teaching English as a Foreign Language and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. But do you know which you teach? Are you... Continue Reading →
