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Do you assess your students or do you just test them?
Assessment, evaluation, measurement, grades, tests, marks and so on. Different words to talk about the same issue. But, should they be used as synonyms? There are some terms that we often use...
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Listening Skills
Listening, hearing and understanding native speakers of English is quite a challenge! Listening and understanding spoken speech may be quite a challenge for any student. They may read, write,...
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Critical Thinking – a crucial 21st century skill
'The purpose of critical thinking is rethinking: that is, reviewing, evaluating, and revising thought.' Jon StrattonAs English language teachers our primary focus is on the 4 language skills - Reading,...
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How to Implement 21st Century Skills in Class
21st century skills are a real buzz-word. Let's see how we can make those easily form part of our lessons. Coming from a background where all spheres of education are teacher-centered, many things I've...
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Ch-Ch-Changes: Challenging professional moves
In early 2018 I came across a job opportunity that looked really interesting! However, it also meant moving out of my comfort zone… Written by Vicky Saumell I decided to go in for the interview. The...
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Habit formation: 5-minute tips for improving your English
I love learning languages. In fact, you might say I'm something of a language-learning addict, having tried to learn bits of around 14 or 15 languages. By Sandy Millin In the process I've tried all...
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Eight Ways To Help English Language Learners Feel Motivated To Read & Write
I’ve previously provided some ideas on how teachers can create the conditions for self-motivated students.By Larry Ferlazzo This post will share a few ideas on how to specifically create those kinds of...
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Just a piece of advice on how to develop reading and writing skills...from my...
Storytelling and reading for pleasure are keys to developing reading and writing skills. I have been a teacher of English as a foreign language for over 20 years and when I look back on my teaching...
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What about writing stories to each other? A writing and reading project in...
Have you ever thought of transforming your students into writers? Have you ever thought of developing a project in order to create a reading culture in your classroom? This article suggests that you...
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Motivated teachers, motivated learners
How can ESL/EFL teachers motivate their students to develop reading and writing skills and keep them engaged In order to answer this question, I think it is important to reflect on two things: what...
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Contextual Grammar Teaching - Activities for Making Grammar Meaningful to...
How do we develop a learning environment where the grammar is learned through exploration without burnout? Keep reading for example activities of thematic contextual grammar activities that develop the...
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Teaching Reading and Writing Skills
Be strategic to teach reading and writing skills-Nothing else!Developing reading skillsReading extensively inside and outside classrooms helps to improve the learners' reading skills.When preparing a...
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Reading and Writing in English
When we teach our students reading and writing in English, what we really teach is how to THINK in a foreign language!Teaching students how to read and write in English is essentially about teaching...
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Active Microlearning for our grammar lessons
In this short article I introduce the concept of Active Microlearning as a way of improving the grammar comprehension of our students.Microlearning is the idea of dividing learning into small pieces....
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One good way to practise grammar in speaking
It is always a good idea to go beyond a grammar practice book and appeal to a learner’s individual experienceDespite the fact that now there are grammar books for any types of learners – younger...
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Grammar is the Framework for ELT
Grammar is not a separate topic but rather an integral part of ELT.Thanks to my amazing genius EL teacher as a child, I have always seen Grammar as a sort of framework, a skeleton on which all the...
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Online Professional Development - Experiences, Quality and Current Opportunities
The idea of online professional development has been lingering in the world of education for quite some time, and yet a lot of teachers seem to avoid it in my country. What is the reason behind that?...
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Teacher Trainer Challenges
Professional development never stops! To achieve success, one should just continue learning :)As a teacher trainer/lecturer, freelance author, consultant, parent, I see new challenges every academic...
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Steps to unlock the challenges of reading and writing in second language
You learn to write better by reading. You learn to read better by writing. Reading and Writing work together to improve your ability to think!Written by S.AkilandeswariReading will definitely improve...
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A Classroom full of Teachers
Is teaching teachers much the same as teaching students?Written by Zahra ZuhairI would answer the question, ‘Yes indeed!’ This does not mean that one is to assume teachers know as little about pedagogy...
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