Learning Language Online: Reflections And Reviews
Learning Language Online 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 level. I found […]
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 technologies are the simplest ones. One […]
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 well taught, they are seldom forgotten. […]
How to Read Actively – A Student’s Perspective
How to Read Actively – A Student’s Perspective I have been in love with foreign languages like French, Spanish and English. Since I was a young learner, I viewed reading […]
ESL and Dyslexia – Some Techniques to Help Learners
ESL and Dyslexia – Some Techniques to Help Learners Sometimes you, as a teacher, know about them right away, as they will come into your classroom with an Educational Psychologist […]
Teaching Listening Skills is the Heart of Our Work
Teaching Listening Skills is the Heart of Our Work Listening is one of the most important skills used in learning languages, and is also one of the least understood. Listening […]
Podcast Interview With Professor Mark A. McDaniel
Podcast interview with professor Mark A. McDaniel Mark A. McDaniel is a Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences (1980 Ph.D., University of Colorado), and the founding Co-Director of the […]
Phil Wade Interviews: Julie Pratten
Phil Wade Interviews: Julie Pratten Julie Pratten has taught both business and general English in more than 20 counties. She has written several English for finance titles, including ‘Absolute Financial […]
Special report on FAB8 Kyoto
FAB8 Kyoto FAB8 – the latest in a series of international neuroELT conferences dedicated to neuroscience and English Language Teaching – was held at Kyoto Sangyo University in Japan from […]
Teaching English Through Drama
Teaching English through Drama To the average EFL teacher putting on a play with children in a foreign language may seem ambitious, especially when pupils are struggling with the basics. […]