In Praise of the Humble Checklist
Explicit teaching is good teaching. The less students have to guess in terms of what they are expected to do, the more brainpower they…
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Using Negotiation Role Plays in the English Classroom
Dale Coulter and David Wilson list and describe the five essential characteristics of a successful negotiation role play Roleplay has always been a particularly…
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Teach Your Students to Remember English
By: Jonty Yamisha Breaking Down Steps for Efficient Memorization Memorization isn’t a mysterious practice. One student who can memorize a poem doesn’t necessarily have…
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The Expressive Power of Modal Verbs and Why ESL and EFL Students Avoid Them
By Richard E. McDorman Modal verbs have expressive power far beyond what their simple forms would suggest. I have encountered very view linguistic works…
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Reconsidering Quizlet
In 2017, I co-wrote an article, Quizlet – Create Engaging Vocabulary Study Sets, about the basics of using Quizlet to assist students with vocabulary…
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Automated Essay Evaluation for Faster Formative Feedback
By Nicholas Walker Many ESL teachers still consider automated essay scoring and feedback to be an impossible dream. But with recent advancements in automated…
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How to Use Europeana Collections in Your Classroom?
Are you interested in integrating digital cultural heritage into your English language classroom? Do you think that cultural heritage is an integral part of…
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Critical Thinking – The Key Competence for the Z Generation
By Maja-Barbara Kokot The Z generation, born in the period from 1995 to 2010, succeeding the Millennials, is currently within the educational process or…
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Identity Crisis: The Biggest Challenge Facing Adult Language Learners
I vividly remember Irma. She was the life of the class. She had the widest smile and the loudest giggle. Always armed with pen…
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Enhancing Performance in B1-B2 exams for Dyslectic Learners
by Maria Argyriou In general, the performance of adolescent students preparing to sit for B1/ B2 exams is reinforced by the teacher’s methodical planning…
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