Teach English with Pictures
Teach English with Pictures Close your eyes and imagine you’re holding a glass of exquisite wine, which is glinting ruby, citrine or garnet. Or a glass of water, crystalline, mountain […]
Louis von Ahn Interview with EFL Magazine
Louis von Ahn Interview with EFL Magazine Who is Luis von Ahn and what does he believe? I believe everyone should have access to high-quality education. As for who I […]
Learning Language Online: Reflections And Reviews
Learning Language Online: Reflections And Reviews I’m an English teacher, but the first language I was taught was French. Like many, I started at middle school and continued to GCSE […]
Teach English with Minecraft
Teach English with Minecraft Even if you have absolutely no interest in computer games, you have probably heard about Minecraft. If you teach or have kids, you have probably heard […]
Experiential/Hands-on Learning in TEFL
Experiential/Hands-on Learning in TEFL Experiential/hands-on learning has long been proclaimed by educators including myself as a fundamental factor in setting children up to have a lifelong love of learning and […]
Using Gboard in Language Learning Settings
With the advent of CALL (computer assisted language learning) in educational settings, a proliferation of experimental studies has addressed possible novel uses of cutting-edge gadgets and software in language classes. […]
Quizlet for Language Teaching
Quizlet for Language Teaching In 2017, I co-wrote an article, Quizlet – Create Engaging Vocabulary Study Sets, about the basics of using Quizlet to assist students with vocabulary acquisition. Since […]
Multiplayer Video Games: a Language-learning Opportunity
By: Terry Fredrickson Ask your students what they do in their spare time and, chances are, many of them will tell you they play video games. This is fun for […]
Learning through Play: How Gamification Keeps Children Interested in Learning
by Mark Pemberton Mark Pemberton, former ELT teacher and co-founder of Studycat, discusses how a blend of game-based learning, both on and offline, is helping children learn languages and connect […]
Online English Teaching and Uberfication
Online English Teaching and Uberfication Learning with computers is nothing new as they have been used in language teaching since the 1980s, if not longer in specialist language areas. The […]