“Teacher.” Pause. “Teacher.” Pause. “Teacher.” Pause. It is clear to me that the teacher is not listening or at least can’t hear my youngest, who is clearly desperate to communicate something. “Teacher.” Pause.”Teacher.” And at last there must be some... Continue Reading →
Many thanks to all the amazing people on the Teaching English - British Council Facebook page who voted for this post to win the April Blog of the Month award! Voting, I should say means engaging with the piece in... Continue Reading →
Dear Teacher, I just wanted to say well done! You made it to the end of the 2018! I have always found the winter term to be the longest and the hardest of all to get through. Even when I... Continue Reading →
The last lesson of the school year is often a tricky one to manage. Often, neither you or the students are in a particularly useful frame of mind - the energy and creativity is dwindling and it can be difficult... Continue Reading →
. . This is a question that occurred to me in a frenzy of test marking that took place last month... I'm interested to know what people think! I'd appreciate your answer before you read on.... Having gone through... Continue Reading →
Earlier this year, a piece from the Edutopia website was doing the rounds under the title "5 highly effective teaching practices". I automatically question pieces like this as I doubt somewhat whether the purpose of the piece is actually to... Continue Reading →
In many respects, the regular occurrence of systematic features is what makes a course a course. It is these features which tell us that we are moving from one section to another and thus that we have indeed "moved on".... Continue Reading →
It is easy enough to get stuck in your classroom, and stuck in particular ways of thinking about your teaching and your learners and even of course - yourself! Cambridge English have just launched what look like an interesting professional development... Continue Reading →
Dear David, It's been almost fifteen years since you started teaching. In fact I think at this point back in 2002 you were busy trying to complete the IH London CELTA pre-course task and trying to make sure you had... Continue Reading →
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