Critical Thinking and English Language Teaching Pt. 1
Critical Thinking And English Language Teaching Pt. 1 Critical thinking has been a buzzword for some time now. In fact, judging by the research, it has been a buzzword for […]
Teaching in Korean Universities
Teaching in Korean Universities As I end my 20th year in Korea, and my 18th as a Professor at a University in Seoul, I have been reflecting on what life […]
Book Review: Penny Ur’s 100 Teaching Tips
I received a small package from Cambridge University Press last week and was eager to open it up and see what I had received. Sure enough, as I was expecting, […]
How to Deal With Indiscipline in the Classroom – Part 3
How to Deal With Indiscipline in the Classroom – Part 3 Some Classic Mistakes In my first two posts in this series on Discipline, I mentioned some of the causes of […]
A look at Online English Teaching
A look at Online English Teaching Starting an online English teaching business is an exciting venture. And with over 1.5 billion learners out there, it is a potentially lucrative initiative. […]
Enthusing the Unenthusiastic Student
Enthusing The Unenthusiastic Student To solve this problem of enthusing the unenthusiastic student we must first ask ‘Why is the student unenthusiastic? Two reasons for this lack of enthusiasm are: […]
How to Deal with Indiscipline in the Classroom (Part 2)
How to Deal with Indiscipline in the Classroom (Part 2) In the first blog post of this series on discipline, I looked at some of the causes of unruly behaviour […]
The Freelance Teacher: Life is Working as a Freelancer
The Highlights of Working as a Freelancer Are you a freelance teacher? Do you remember how you started being a freelancer? For me it began in the days before PCs and Internet. […]
Beyond ELT: How Can We Revitalize Teaching?
Beyond ELT: How Can We Revitalize Teaching? I can use that: I was reading about a fascinating study the other day: a day before the US elections, researcher A. Greenwald […]