Is everything OK? Individual resilience as response to admitting it is not
As the pandemic drags on its impact can be felt across the globe with language school closures, reduction of teaching...
Month: October 2020
The bright side of moving assessment online
Based on recent data from school and university educators (Del Bono, 2020), assessment is in fact one of the areas...
Not only, but also: theories from the business world
Many students have little understanding of how language learning happens. Taking the lead from teachers they’ve had in the past,...
What we should know about hybrid teaching and learning
1. What is hybrid teaching? In online teaching and learning, the term hybrid has often been used interchangeably with blended...
Professional development in a crisis situation
The following is a comment from an EFL student in Brazil: ‘An excellent teacher loves what they do and this...
Targeting Gen Z: reaching a new generation of learners
Also known as the Post-millennials, the Homeland Generation and the iGeneration, Generation Z (Gen Z) have arrived and settled in...
The socially distanced classroom: converting loss to gain
It hasn’t been an easy six months, but one thing we’ve learnt about our profession is just how adaptive and...
Competitive storytelling: a competition to combat Covid
Teaching English in Nunukan, a regency on the borders of Indonesia, is very challenging. Nunukan’s geographical situation is unique. Its...
Scrapbook: Serendipity
There is a wonderful word: serendipity. It refers to the accidental consequences of meetings or actions. Most often, these consequences...
REVIEWS (4)
The Thinking Train seriesby Herbert Puchta and Gavin BiggsHelbling Languages 2020Miners of the Fifth Moon: 978-3-99089-240-4Unreal School: 978-3-99089-241-1The Ice-racers of...