Archive for 2016
50 Activities For The First Day Of School, published by Alphabet Publishing, is, as the title suggests, a highly practical resource book for teachers looking for ways to add some variety to their first day activities. The author, Walton Burns, has created this ebook as a handy guide containing a variety of tasks mainly for … Continue reading Book review – 50 Activities For The First Day Of School
50 Activities For The First Day Of School, published by Alphabet Publishing, is, as the title suggests, a highly practical resource book for teachers looking for ways to add some variety to their first day activities. The author, Walton Burns, has created this ebook as a handy guide containing a variety of tasks mainly for … Continue reading Book review – 50 Activities For The First Day Of School
It's time for the third part of my extremely occasional series of lesson ideas based on songs, especially the kind of songs that don't usually appear in coursebooks. Here's a song by one of my favourite bands of all time... Artist: LCD Soundsystem Song: New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down Written by: James Murphy
It's time for the third part of my extremely occasional series of lesson ideas based on songs, especially the kind of songs that don't usually appear in coursebooks. Here's a song by one of my favourite bands of all time... Artist: LCD Soundsystem Song: New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down Written by: James Murphy
Readers of this blog will remember a previous post in which I argue that punctuation errors by students shouldn’t be ignored… There is a temptation to ignore (punctuation errors) which must be resisted, I think. It’s very easy to think that the priority must be the vocabulary and grammar, and while I would agree with … Continue reading Book review: Punctuation…? by User Design
Readers of this blog will remember a previous post in which I argue that punctuation errors by students shouldn’t be ignored… There is a temptation to ignore (punctuation errors) which must be resisted, I think. It’s very easy to think that the priority must be the vocabulary and grammar, and while I would agree with … Continue reading Book review: Punctuation…? by User Design
In this follow up to my earlier post on mindsets, Carol Goodey reviews Mindset: How You Can Fulfil Your Potential by Carol Dweck. In my original piece, I reflected on an infographic which described an open vs a closed mindset, and laid out some ideas for how a teacher could encourage their students to adopt … Continue reading Think! – It’s All In The Mindset
In this follow up to my earlier post on mindsets, Carol Goodey reviews Mindset: How You Can Fulfil Your Potential by Carol Dweck. In my original piece, I reflected on an infographic which described an open vs a closed mindset, and laid out some ideas for how a teacher could encourage their students to adopt … Continue reading Think! – It’s All In The Mindset
This post was previously published on a now defunct blog called Think! Language And Culture I used to write. I've dusted it off and republished it here for your reading pleasure. This post was previously published on a now defunct blog called Think! Language And Culture I used to write. I've dusted it off and republished it here for your reading pleasure. If there’s an attitude that I want this series of Think! blog posts to encompass, it’s right here in this infographic:
This post was previously published on a now defunct blog called Think! Language And Culture I used to write. I've dusted it off and republished it here for your reading pleasure. This post was previously published on a now defunct blog called Think! Language And Culture I used to write. I've dusted it off and republished it here for your reading pleasure. If there’s an attitude that I want this series of Think! blog posts to encompass, it’s right here in this infographic:
Occasionally I’ve had a student who doesn’t seem to realise that punctuation, capitalisation and spacing are actually things that really matter when writing. Spaces are deposited at random places. Commas are used in between what should definitely be two different sentences. Sometimes punctuation is omitted completely, and you’re left with a piece of writing that resembles a […]
Occasionally I’ve had a student who doesn’t seem to realise that punctuation, capitalisation and spacing are actually things that really matter when writing. Spaces are deposited at random places. Commas are used in between what should definitely be two different sentences. Sometimes punctuation is omitted completely, and you’re left with a piece of writing that resembles a […]
If you’ve been reading this blog for a long time, or follow me on social media, you should be aware of my involvement in BELTA. BELTA is the Belgian language teachers association, which I co-founded in 2012 with Mieke Kenis and Guido Europeaantje, and have been president of since its inception. I won’t tell you the […]
If you’ve been reading this blog for a long time, or follow me on social media, you should be aware of my involvement in BELTA. BELTA is the Belgian language teachers association, which I co-founded in 2012 with Mieke Kenis and Guido Europeaantje, and have been president of since its inception. I won’t tell you the […]
A couple of weeks ago, I posted this on Facebook: I got some great advice from my friends, so I thought I’d share some of my favourites with you here. Thom Jones Keep them on their toes, don’t worry if they think you’re a bit of a nutter. Graeme Hodgson Expect to deviate from your lesson plan […]
A couple of weeks ago, I posted this on Facebook: I got some great advice from my friends, so I thought I’d share some of my favourites with you here. Thom Jones Keep them on their toes, don’t worry if they think you’re a bit of a nutter. Graeme Hodgson Expect to deviate from your lesson plan […]
If you’re responsible for teacher development in your school, you might sometimes find that it’s a burden to continually try and find ways to come up with new materials and approaches. Given the choice, I’m sure you’d love to invite Jeremy Harmer, Scott Thornbury or Penny Ur to come in and give a talk or do a workshop. However, thanks to the massive availability of talks and webinars online, it is possible for your teachers to be trained by the leaders in our field without the speakers even knowing about it.
If you’re responsible for teacher development in your school, you might sometimes find that it’s a burden to continually try and find ways to come up with new materials and approaches. Given the choice, I’m sure you’d love to invite Jeremy Harmer, Scott Thornbury or Penny Ur to come in and give a talk or do a workshop. However, thanks to the massive availability of talks and webinars online, it is possible for your teachers to be trained by the leaders in our field without the speakers even knowing about it.
