Mistakes Are Opportunities to Learn
Mistakes Are Opportunities to Learn When we’re learning a foreign language, we are bound to make mistakes. As a teacher, I encourage my learners to take risks and praise them […]
Teaching Idioms and Phrasal Verbs a Different Way
Teaching Idioms and Phrasal Verbs a Different Way You sit down to plan your upcoming English lesson at home – with a nice cup of tea and some biscuits. You […]
Personalised Teaching for Online Classes
Personalised Teaching for Online Classes English language teachers around the world are quickly transitioning from f2f teaching formats to video platforms and online learning management systems. The COVID 19 pandemic […]
Some Online Resources for Teaching English
Online Resources for Teaching English First, there was a delay. Then, there was a decision to go online for two weeks. Now, it looks like I may never actually meet […]
Connected Speech: What Happens During Ordinary, Spontaneous Speech?
“A word is not just the sum of its individual sounds; just as connected speech is not just the sum of its individual words.” (Underhill, 1994 p. 58) Why do […]
How to Prepare for Your English Test
In my previous article, I discussed a few of the many English tests available online and offline. However, before you register and pay for the examination of your choice, it […]
How to Teach IELTS Writing Online
How to Teach IELTS Writing Online Five years ago, I was teaching IELTS Writing for the British Council in Vietnam. I started to put my lessons online so that students […]
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 […]
In Growing Language and Literacy: Strategies for English Learners
Book Review Dominica R. Felici-Skal LDT-C Andrea Honigsfeld has created a user-friendly resource book that provides excellent support for English learners in K-8 (kindergarten/pre-K to 8th grade) classrooms. This book is […]
From Teacher to Programmer
By Mélanie L. Sisley Ever watch someone completely absorbed by a computer game? Ever wonder what it would take for you to get your students’ attention with that amount of […]