Developing thinking
In the literature of critical thinking, writers often say that teachers spend too much time preparing students to pass exams...
In the literature of critical thinking, writers often say that teachers spend too much time preparing students to pass exams...
IntroductionThe first TESOL (2018) principle for exemplary language teaching postulates, ‘Know your learners’. It is further explained, as follows: ‘Teachers...
Richards once claimed that ‘instructional materials generally serve as the basis of much of the language input that learners receive...
Due to the outbreak of Covid-19, many teachers like me experienced a very sudden shift from classroom-based teaching to online...
How do you feel about teaching beginners or low levels (pre-A1 to A2)? This level seems to generate a truly...
Here’s an ingenious little poem by Billy Collins.Looking for a friend in a crowd of arriving passengers: a Sonnet. Not...
Imagine the following situations in an English language class:The teacher is introducing a new language point. She stands in front...
One of the buzzwords of the last couple of years in ELT, critical thinking is far from being understood, let...
I learned various teaching skills and techniques from my CELTA and TESOL training a few years ago. When I started...
An often overlooked issue in whole class teaching is how we choose which learners answer the questions we ask. Get...