When I first became a language teacher, in the 1980s, not much thought was put into the theory that underlies what it is to be or become a teacher. I was very intuitive, my students seemed to enjoy my classes, they were very participative and, most important of all, they…
The kids would not stop for one second. The girl´s group up front was chatting away deciding whether the books should be on or under their desks. One of the boys realised the teacher was going to show a video, so thought it would be helpful to turn off the lights in the…
The word test has become extremely negative amongst teachers and I can understand why. I also tend to agree with the objections I hear towards the word.
Schools have become obsessed with testing and getting/giving results and scores. When inside a teacher´s room, you can…
How often do you actually stop what you are doing in order to analyze your objectives as a teacher? Have you recently asked yourself why you are teaching? What and how you are teaching? In addition, most importantly, who you are teaching? Teacher development starts…
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One of the important steps I pointed out in the previous blog referring to lesson planning was to include different learning skills in your class plan. What are learning strategies?
They are conscious steps or behaviors used by language learners…
Louise Potter – The truth of this simple sentence always strikes me when I think about our profession:
” We are not teachers, we become teachers”.
Teaching is like a never ending story. We never get to the bottom of it. There is always something new…
Louise Potter – What is professional development?
It is defined as “ the process of improving staff skills and competencies needed to produce outstanding educational results for students” (Hassel, 1999).
Many times we come across teachers who are constantly…
