Let me ask a question to English language teachers: Have you ever put yourself in your students´ shoes to really feel what it is like to learn another language? Some of you may know the numbers from 1 to 10 in German and others may not. If you do, can you remember how…
One of the greatest challenges english teachers face nowadays is the duty of engaging students in a very creative, but very productive way at the same time. The classroom must be a place where the students feel free to develop themselves as human beings. It should be a…
According to Brown (2001), “for most second language learners who are already literate in a previous language, reading comprehension is primarily a matter of developing appropriate, efficient comprehension strategies.” Following are ten reading tips meant to help…
I hate the word ‘journey’. It’s tacky, unnecessary and it seems as you were trying too hard to inspire someone. Well, that’s exactly what I’m going to talk about (talk about a punch in the face). I have been teaching English as a foreign language for…
Diversity is one of the most frequent topics in current discussions around education. Its various interpretations can also be a form of diversity, accepting that we may all have opposing views on the same subject. In this post I will be discussing diversity and hope to…
What language is most commonly used in online dating profiles? Chris Ożóg delves into the Cambridge English Corpus to find out, and provides a fun class activity download to incorporate these patterns into a lesson with your adult learners.
Students are people. They do…
I took a course during these last holidays which main objective was to focus on cross curricular activities in mainstream schooling. During the course, a whole new image came to my mind regarding our teaching system and my own teaching concepts. Not that it was all new…
At the last count, there were almost 7.5 billion people in the world according to www.worldometers.info. Perhaps while you are reading this, that number has risen. Among us, there are Muslims, Christians, Hindus, atheists, red heads, brunettes, disabled people…
BY BEN GOLDSTEIN • METHODOLOGY, SECONDARY
Global Competence in ELT: An Introduction Ben Goldstein, author of Eyes Open and Uncover, looks at the basics when it comes to global competence and teenage learners – what actually is it and why is it important to…
