Earth Day 2012, where we consider our impact upon the planet and variously decide (a) to do something about it (b) gee that's terrible but what can one person do? (c) It was like that when we got here -... Continue Reading →
A long time ago, I suggested “Time Management for Teachers” as the #ELTchat topic – this was largely because I occasionally find it difficult to balance the varying demands of the job and I was keen to find out from... Continue Reading →
Take a moment to think about one of your classes. Think back to the very last lesson you had with them. Have you got them clearly in your mind? Are they sitting in a horseshoe or are they at desks... Continue Reading →
In this guest post, Dave Cosby looks at why some nationalities might be better at learning languages than others and considers the role that the pervasive influence of the international media might have to play... If you look at the... Continue Reading →
This is something I tried out with a class yesterday as a way of giving ongoing partial feedback on a set of module review questions, though I think it would work as a feedback technique on any larger exercise or... Continue Reading →
There seems to be a lot of anti-testing sentiment prevalent in the teaching world at the moment. There's a particular degree of vitriol that seems to be reserved for standardised testing, but which has tapped a general anti-educational zeitgeist and... Continue Reading →
A new initiative from the TED talks team, TED-Ed works with teachers to distill a great lesson into 10 minutes, animate it and put it up on youtube. Watch the introductory video here: And check out the TED-Ed youtube channel,... Continue Reading →
Following the #eltchat on 29th February, Sandy Millin has put together a brilliant summary of web tool recommendations for teachers: Web tool recommendations #eltchat summary Categories that come up include: Voice Recording / Video capture Bookmarking / Link Organisation Ready-Made... Continue Reading →
If you help learners prepare for one of the Cambridge exams, then you might be interested in their new competition: Cambridge English Teachers’ Competition 2012. All they want is one practical exam preparation idea, succinctly expressed in 300 words, for one... Continue Reading →
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