Professional Development / Teacher created materials November 11, 2013 Writing for First-Time Readers: My Creative Process (by Daniel Olsson) On November 17th at the ETJ Kansai Expo in Osaka Daniel Olsson, author of ELF Learning’s new TRW Reader series, will be sharing his experience of the writing process. Here he gives a brief... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Professional Development / Teacher created materials October 24, 2013 Behind the Scenes of Picture Book Writing (by Mari Nakamura) When I was a little girl, my father used to travel abroad often as a buyer of chemical materials. One evening before his departure I told him that I would miss him while he... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Teacher created materials August 25, 2013 The Little Girl and the Golden Bird (by Malu Sciamarelli) Stories from the Garden In February, Malu wrote “Where do your stories come to life?” for Teaching Village. She shared her first story from her garden in May (The Little Girl and the Magic Words). I’m... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Teacher created materials May 9, 2013 The Little Girl and the Magic Words (Malu Sciamarelli) In February, Malu wrote “Where do your stories come to life?” for Teaching Village. I’m thrilled that she has followed it up with an original story. Barb There was once a girl who lived... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Teacher created materials April 6, 2013 More than five ways to use milk carton cubes About 25 years ago, my co-author Ritsuko Nakata taught me how to make cubes out of milk cartons, and I’ve been using them in class ever since. I love recycling things and coming up... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know April 30, 2011 Rocco’s Day: A student-generated story activity for literacy practice Though experience and through language we learn. Experience needs language to give it form. Language needs experience to give it content. ~Walter Loban Children learning English as a foreign language tend to develop oral... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities December 14, 2010 Meeting Challenges in the EFL Classroom/ Part 1: Read-aloud activities (by Christina Markoulaki) Branko M., Assistant Professor of American Literature of the English Department (Faculty of Humanities in Serbia), has been so kind as to give me the opportunity to present in a webinar some of the challenges... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know October 28, 2010 To champion the picturebook (by Sandie Mourão) In May this year I launched my blog, Picturebooks in ELT. The motivation came from the work I’m doing with picturebooks for my PhD. When I began my research programme, I had no idea... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Teacher created materials March 4, 2010 Flap Books: A Simple Secret for Student Support! (by Lesley Ito) I think what every teacher needs to know is this simple secret to successful ESL/EFL classes: Students can accomplish so much more if the lesson has proper support. It is very difficult for students,... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities February 7, 2010 Text Your Knowledge (by Nick Jaworski) As a manager I interview a lot of teachers. One question I always ask is about reading texts. If you have a short reading text, what are some different ways in which it can... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket