Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know January 9, 2011 Mind Mapping for Writers Part 3 (by Hobie Swan) Mind Mapping for Writers Article 3 We’ve come to the last of three posts about using mind mapping for writing. The first article looked at using mind maps to brainstorming, capture and organize ideas.... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know July 13, 2010 An “old dog” and “special tricks” (by David Deubelbeiss) Over the length of my teaching career, I’ve changed in many ways. I think my journey mimics that of a lot of other ELT teachers. 1. I have slowed down my delivery and instruction... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know June 2, 2010 Formative Assessment (by Matthew Spira) I was thirty-two years old the first time I stepped into a kindergarten classroom as an English instructor. Because I previously had fairly extensive leadership experience as a military officer, the general manager of... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know March 17, 2010 Individual Differences Count (by Mike Harrison) “Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible – the kind of atmosphere that is found in a... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Lessons Learned from Students March 13, 2010 Sometimes Less is More (by Anita Kwiatkowska) I can still remember my first Christmas lesson seven years ago. My 3rd graders were making little Santas from red paper and we were chatting about the presents they expected to get that year.... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know February 21, 2010 Do It Your Way (by Janet Bianchini) A very good friend, Ehrhard, a retired teacher from the former GDR, recently wrote a letter to me, which made me truly reflect. He told me that he was so happy that he had... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know February 4, 2010 Things I’m happy to know (by Tamas Lorincz) I jumped at the opportunity to contribute to what I believe to be one of the best blogs in the EFL blogosphere. I allocated an hour to writing this post, and even after 12... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stories from the Front Lines of EFL September 16, 2009 Stories from the Front Lines of EFL Do you remember the Indian fable about blind men describing an elephant? Depending on which body part they touched, they described a very different animal. At times, trying to describe English as a Foreign Language... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket