Last summer I took the plunge and dived in the world of AI, Python and Java-based app developers to see what potential AI and coding might have for teaching and learning foreign languages and, well, learn something new. This resulted…
This post is a follow-up to the Teacher’s Toolkit Lite. * * * My initial plan to use the Teacher Toolkit to equip small groups of students with dice and various cards (as part of my Save Trees, Save the…
Every teacher needs a magical carry-all, sort of Mary Poppins’ capacious bag that would contain all ‘necessary’, ‘absolutely necessary’ and ‘could be handy’ teacher stuff and supplies, including ‘an apron, a packet of hairpins, a bottle of scent, a small…
I often get messages from learners asking various questions related to English. I think their number has tripled since the British Council published my tips for remembering new words in the Voices Magazine (see Ten Ways to Learn New Words as…