I had planned on taking a bit of a break from creating quizzes based on blogs by members of my Personal Learning Network. Then Anne Hodgson (one of the members of said PLN) sent me a message on Twitter, telling me about an upcoming event in Germany—ELTAS Tech Tools Day. Now, I would do just [...]
Posts under ‘Professional Development’
“Special” tricks Part 2 — repetition (by David Deubelbeiss)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know If you missed the first part of this article, start here Previously, I outlined how much I’d been changed as a teacher by the realization that language students would benefit from a lot of the instructional practices of “special” needs teachers. Accommodations and modifications of [...]
An “old dog” and “special tricks” (by David Deubelbeis)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know Over the length of my teaching career, I’ve changed in many ways. I think my journey mimics that of a lot of other ELT teachers. 1. I have slowed down my delivery and instruction considerably. I used to just screech and scream through content. Now, [...]
Tips for Teaching Teens (by Michelle Worgan)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know While trying to have a quick nap on a hot Friday afternoon in Southern Spain, I started thinking of what to write about for this guest post. Two ideas came to me – the first being the use of puppets in the early learner classroom, [...]
Long Ago Lessons in a Japanese High School
Part of the series: Lessons Learned from Students Back with the ink was barely dry on my MATESOL, I had a group of students from whom I learned many, many lessons. This post is about three of those lessons… The setting: A once-a-week English class at a high school in Japan, in the mid 1980s. [...]
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