When we teach our students reading and writing in English, what we really teach is how to THINK in a foreign language!
12 October, 2019
11 October, 2019
Be strategic to teach reading and writing skills-Nothing else!
3 October, 2019
How can ESL/EFL teachers motivate their students to develop reading and writing skills and keep them engaged
26 September, 2019
Have you ever thought of transforming your students into writers? Have you ever thought of developing a project in order to create a...
25 September, 2019
Storytelling and reading for pleasure are keys to developing reading and writing skills.
16 September, 2019
I’ve previously provided some ideas on how teachers can create the conditions for self-motivated students.
21 August, 2019
Listening, hearing and understanding native speakers of English is quite a challenge!
18 August, 2019
In any language, there are basic linguistic skills that humans need to master in order to communicate effectively, and among those skills...
11 August, 2019
Listening skills are vital for any form of communication and ESL is no exception.
5 August, 2019
Do our students get enough listening when they leave their classroom and how to encourage them to make use of the opportunities they have...
17 May, 2019
Knowledge is power!
25 April, 2019
Writing is difficult for everyone, even for a professional writer or if you are someone who really enjoys writing.
6 April, 2019
Maps and language have always been closely related.
5 April, 2019
Who said that Poetry was too complex and boring? I would like to share some activities that make poetry straightforward and even fun.
5 April, 2019
Who said that Poetry was too complex and boring? I would like to share some activities that make poetry straightforward and even fun.
1 April, 2019
Use some unusual and unexpected visual aids to motivate your students!
31 March, 2019
Creative writing is a skill and not a task. Like any skill it needs conscious effort and constant practice to improve and be polished.
9 March, 2019
Whereas the concept of 'creative writing' seems too vague and far from the real life, 'practical writing' is definitely worth a shot.
3 March, 2019
It is often difficult to get young learners closer to understanding the main purpose and development of an opinion essay.
6 August, 2018
Coursebook limitations and some solutions.
18 October, 2017
So much student writing and so little time to read and provide feedback!
19 June, 2017
Speaking, listening comprehension and understanding are parts of the same process.
29 May, 2017
Over the course of my teaching career, I’ve tried all kinds of approaches to marking writing, including, but not limited to, using...
23 May, 2017
As a language learner myself (Spanish), I am intimately aware of the challenges involved in speaking a new language.
29 March, 2017
Celebrating 5 years of happy blogging with TE by writing :)
14 March, 2017
This blog post focuses on strategies that help teachers to make their writing feedback useful and not highly time-consuming
8 September, 2016
I have a kind of formula for reading lessons that I find works with any type of text and any level. It requires very little preparation...
8 September, 2016
I’ve thought for a long time that texts in coursebooks, both listening and reading, may be the most neglected resources available for our...
15 July, 2015
Our latest blog of the month award goes to Svetlana Kandybovich and her post Going graphic: 4 squares for better speaking. In her post,...
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12 October, 2019
When we teach our students reading and writing in English, what we really teach is how to THINK in a foreign language!
11 October, 2019
Be strategic to teach reading and writing skills-Nothing else!
3 October, 2019
How can ESL/EFL teachers motivate their students to develop reading and writing skills and keep them engaged
26 September, 2019
Have you ever thought of transforming your students into writers? Have you ever thought of developing a project in order to create a...
25 September, 2019
Storytelling and reading for pleasure are keys to developing reading and writing skills.
16 September, 2019
I’ve previously provided some ideas on how teachers can create the conditions for self-motivated students.
21 August, 2019
Listening, hearing and understanding native speakers of English is quite a challenge!
18 August, 2019
In any language, there are basic linguistic skills that humans need to master in order to communicate effectively, and among those skills...
11 August, 2019
Listening skills are vital for any form of communication and ESL is no exception.
5 August, 2019
Do our students get enough listening when they leave their classroom and how to encourage them to make use of the opportunities they have...
17 May, 2019
Knowledge is power!
25 April, 2019
Writing is difficult for everyone, even for a professional writer or if you are someone who really enjoys writing.
6 April, 2019
Maps and language have always been closely related.
5 April, 2019
Who said that Poetry was too complex and boring? I would like to share some activities that make poetry straightforward and even fun.
5 April, 2019
Who said that Poetry was too complex and boring? I would like to share some activities that make poetry straightforward and even fun.
1 April, 2019
Use some unusual and unexpected visual aids to motivate your students!
31 March, 2019
Creative writing is a skill and not a task. Like any skill it needs conscious effort and constant practice to improve and be polished.
9 March, 2019
Whereas the concept of 'creative writing' seems too vague and far from the real life, 'practical writing' is definitely worth a shot.
3 March, 2019
It is often difficult to get young learners closer to understanding the main purpose and development of an opinion essay.
6 August, 2018
Coursebook limitations and some solutions.
18 October, 2017
So much student writing and so little time to read and provide feedback!
19 June, 2017
Speaking, listening comprehension and understanding are parts of the same process.
29 May, 2017
Over the course of my teaching career, I’ve tried all kinds of approaches to marking writing, including, but not limited to, using...
23 May, 2017
As a language learner myself (Spanish), I am intimately aware of the challenges involved in speaking a new language.
29 March, 2017
Celebrating 5 years of happy blogging with TE by writing :)
14 March, 2017
This blog post focuses on strategies that help teachers to make their writing feedback useful and not highly time-consuming
8 September, 2016
I have a kind of formula for reading lessons that I find works with any type of text and any level. It requires very little preparation...
8 September, 2016
I’ve thought for a long time that texts in coursebooks, both listening and reading, may be the most neglected resources available for our...
15 July, 2015
Our latest blog of the month award goes to Svetlana Kandybovich and her post Going graphic: 4 squares for better speaking. In her post,...
Pages
5 April, 2019
Who said that Poetry was too complex and boring? I would like to share some activities that make poetry straightforward and even fun.
30 October, 2009
This is a module I wrote for teachers at upper primary stage in India.
15 December, 2009
I don't know what a railway journey is like in other countries but I know pretty well what it is like in India. I would like to share my...
13 January, 2011
The title of this entry is the first sentence in Chapter 1 of Maryanne Wolf's book Proust and the Squid (2007). This is a very punchy...
6 April, 2019
Maps and language have always been closely related.
13 July, 2008
I've had a lot of trouble finding reading resources for my adult ESOL learners.
17 February, 2011
In last wednesday's ELTChat 'How do you teach writing? And How do you mark it', I vaguely accepted / was cajoled into...
6 August, 2018
Coursebook limitations and some solutions.
9 November, 2008
I write you this message from a very calm Baku. The sky has emptied all the rain it can and now is serene.
25 January, 2014
One activity I turn to very often, with different people and at different teaching stages, and that never fails to deliver, is called...
31 January, 2015
Undoubtedly using the authentic texts in teaching languages has proved its efficiency as a means of conveying information to the language...
25 April, 2019
Writing is difficult for everyone, even for a professional writer or if you are someone who really enjoys writing.
18 June, 2009
As this will be my last blog during my stint as Guest Writer, and as the last couple of discussions have got quite theoretical, I thought I...
16 February, 2009
I only know one thing about the technologies that await us in the future: We will find ways to tell stories with them. (Jason Ohler)
25 November, 2010
Young adult fiction. Where do we draw the line?
16 September, 2019
I’ve previously provided some ideas on how teachers can create the conditions for self-motivated students.
25 May, 2008
I have just received an email from Ana Laura Gonzalez Gonzalez in Mexico asking this question:
15 July, 2015
Our latest blog of the month award goes to Svetlana Kandybovich and her post Going graphic: 4 squares for better speaking. In her post,...
29 March, 2017
Celebrating 5 years of happy blogging with TE by writing :)
3 March, 2019
It is often difficult to get young learners closer to understanding the main purpose and development of an opinion essay.
23 May, 2017
As a language learner myself (Spanish), I am intimately aware of the challenges involved in speaking a new language.
14 March, 2017
This blog post focuses on strategies that help teachers to make their writing feedback useful and not highly time-consuming
28 March, 2015
If we continue to live they way we do now, we will need at least two planets worth of resources by 2050 to survive!
24 December, 2009
For all of those readers who do celebrate Christmas, in whatever way, before you go under the cataract of shopping and the blear of good...
29 May, 2014
I think that practicing reported speech is one of the most fun activities you can do with your students in order to get them writing.
12 June, 2008
How to be a good story writer?
11 November, 2008
One of the great minds in the University of Bologna, Italy, is Umberto Eco, professor of semiotics and author of the novel 'The Name...
22 November, 2008
Today I write to you from Stockholm in the balmy South of Sweden where the temperature is hovering around zero!
27 October, 2010
Every time you use the chart you get it more into circulation in your class, and then there is more you can use it for, and you create a...