Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know June 29, 2010 Tips for Teaching Teens (by Michelle Worgan) While trying to have a quick nap on a hot Friday afternoon in Southern Spain, I started thinking of what to write about for this guest post. Two ideas came to me – the... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities June 21, 2010 Animal Magic with Young Learners (by Leahn Stanhope) I was initially very flattered when Barbara asked me to write a guest post, then my happy feeling turned to mild panic. Finally I just decided to write so here we are. This post... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities June 19, 2010 A socializing game: Driver’s seat (by Anne Hodgson) A few weeks ago I was teaching a group of personal and team assistants (PAs) I hadn’t met before how to assist international teams. This group didn’t need to go over critical incidents they’d... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Lessons Learned from Students / Professional Development June 16, 2010 Long Ago Lessons in a Japanese High School Part of the series: Lessons Learned from Students Back with the ink was barely dry on my MATESOL, I had a group of students from whom I learned many, many lessons. This post is... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities / Technology for Teaching and Learning June 9, 2010 Digital Digits: Creative Ideas for Finger Plays (by Shelly Sanchez Terrell) I teach students between the ages of two- and six-years-old. When you teach young learners you discover how much they love finger plays. The children memorize the English quickly and are able to repeat... 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
Activities May 27, 2010 More Than Five Things to do with LEGO® in the EFL Classroom Part 2 (by Emma Herrod) If you missed the first half of this article, start here. Home Sweet Home This lesson makes for a fun way of working with language to do with accommodation and living spaces, as the... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities May 27, 2010 More Than Five Things to do with LEGO® in the EFL Classroom Part 1 (by Emma Herrod) Firstly, I’d like to put this post into some sort of context. In 2002, I landed a dream job (at the time) working at the LEGO Company. The next five years were so much... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
High Tech Ideas for Low Tech Classrooms / Professional Development / Technology for Teaching and Learning May 23, 2010 High Tech Ideas for Low Tech Classrooms: VoiceThread Some time back, Anita Kwiatkowska encouraged me to start a new series. I’ve actually been thinking of this idea for a few months, when OUP asked me to do a series of presentations about... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Professional Development / Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know May 23, 2010 How to Create a Jazz Chant by Carolyn Graham Last November, Carolyn Graham did a workshop at the JALT National Conference in Shizuoka, Japan, on how to make a Jazz Chant. I taped her workshop, and with her permission am sharing the part... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket