How To Use A Timer In The Classroom
How To Use A Timer In The Classroom Most instructors want to get better at using technology in the classroom. However, sometimes the best…
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Textbooks Are Great, But…
Textbooks are Great, But… Every once in a while as a teacher you encounter one of those classes or days. Your students are all…
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Presenting New Language Through Action Songs
Presenting New Language Through Action Songs As long ago as 1968, the language expert and author Julian Dakin wrote: “If songs and rhymes are…
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Phil Wade Interviews: Jenny Bedwell
Jenny Bedwell Jenny has been working in EFL for the last 20 years, having taught English in several countries including the UK, Greece, Portugal,…
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Teaching English Using TED Talks
Teaching English Using TED Talks We EFL teachers today are indeed a very fortunate group of people. Due in large part to the Internet,…
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The Three Pillars of a Sound Learning Objective
The Three Sound Pillars Of A Learning Objective The biggest mistake a teacher can make is entering the classroom without knowing what he or…
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What’s All The Fuss About Synthetic Phonics?
Let us begin with the most basic question: what exactly is “synthetic phonics”? To “synthesize” means to combine parts or elements together. Using the…
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Objects, Subjects and the Banking Model
“There is no teaching without learning” Paulo Freire Paulo Freire and the Banking Model of Education are perhaps the two things I hear the…
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An ‘Out Of The Blue’ Lesson Plan
An ‘Out Of The Blue’ Lesson Plan We all have to cover for our colleagues from time to time. And sometimes it happens with…
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Teaching Performing Arts
Teaching Performing Arts Teaching Performing Arts in schools has come a long way since both students and teachers have discovered that this versatile subject…
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