Teaching Tips & Tricks

I’ve recently shared quite a number of digital *homemade materials for learners, including some games, mini-courses, graphic organizers, and more.  But ...
four squares for better speaking
One of the first posts on this blog was GOING GRAPHIC: 4 SQUARES FOR BETTER SPEAKING. It described how to ...
Last summer I took the plunge and dived in the world of AI, Python and Java-based app developers to see ...
Asking your students the question 'Is everything clear?' after you have given instructions on what to do is as good ...
This post is a follow-up to the Teacher's Toolkit Lite.  * * * My initial plan to use the Teacher ...
Every teacher needs a magical carry-all, sort of Mary Poppins' capacious bag that would contain all 'necessary', 'absolutely necessary' and ...
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want."— CalvinSo long, summer, we'll miss you.I hope you've all ...
This post is a write-up of my workshop Teaching Fun*damentals: 10 Ways to Add Fun to Learning which I gave ...
I often get messages from learners asking various questions related to English. I think their number has tripled since the ...
'Split into small teams and discuss ...'  Why won't they discuss? There might be a whole lot of reasons for ...
spoons in the classroom
#LiveningUpTheProcessChallenge Some time ago I was asked on Twitter to share a set of realia or objects I like to ...
- Can you teach me English fast?  - What do you mean by fast? - 3 classes. - Do you ...
wait time, think time
How much time do you give to your students to think about your question before asking for an answer? A ...
Take this fun personality quiz to find out which sea creature you are as a teacher! This quiz is based ...
Remembering and using new words in speech is often a challenge for language learners. Quite often, this causes them to ...

 

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