The Freelance Teacher: How do I Make or Achieve a Brand?
The Freelance Teacher What Is A Brand? Our fictitious English teacher, Sally, had a brand. One could see it instinctively but couldn’t define what it was. She was doing something […]
Unconventional: Publishing With The Round
Publishing With The Round In this post, I discuss my experiences of publishing an ELT book through alternative methods and address the questions I asked myself during the process. The […]
E-learning Design Principles
E-learning Design Principles “Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.” -D.H. Lawrence Online teaching and elearning design are fascinating niches for those who like […]
Teaching Business Writing Online
Teaching Business Writing Online Online teaching is becoming a key skill in Business English training. I’ll be talking specifically about live face to face lessons delivered via video conferencing technology, […]
Phil Wade Interviews: Elena Matveeva
Phil Wade Interviews: Elena Matveeva Elena Matveeva has been teaching English in Russia since 1998. She has taught English courses at University, given private classes to students of different age […]
How to Get Students to Speak in Class
How to Get Students to Speak in Class How to get students to speak in class ? Despite Steven Krashen’s famous methodology of language acquisition, in which he claims students […]
Copernicus Hunts For Teachable Moments
Copernicus Hunts For Teachable Moments What is a teachable moment? In “The BSCS 5E Instructional Model: Creating Teachable Moments” (a science education book published earlier this year), Rodger Bybee describes […]
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. […]
Psychology and ELT: 3 Lessons For Our Field
Psychology and ELT: 3 Lessons For Our Field What can Kobi the Great Teach us? Case Study – Kobi: The name is Takeru Kobayashi. You haven’t heard of him, […]
Teaching English to Adults with Gamification
Teaching English to Adults with Gamification Gamification – the use of game mechanics in non-game situations – has recently become something of a buzzword in different industries. Even so, many […]