Steps to Success (by Charlotte Mooney)
I use Steps to Success to motivate and track student achievement in a variety of areas.If you can measure it, you can track it using Steps to Success! Here, I’ll use the example of...
Tagged: Teaching
Boisterous Boys and Bored Girls
I had a recent reminder of the power behind this blog’s simple motto: We’re better when we work together. To get some guidance in preparing for an upcoming webinar about working with large, small,...
Globaldreamers – Peace Project (by Marsha Goren)
I developed the Dream a dream project of Ein Ganim School Israel in 2001 and first met the Internet in 2002. The idea started as a vehicle to encourage children and educators to share...
Upon reflecting on how I became an EFL teacher in Venezuela (by Miguel Mendoza)
“Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that connects like a meteorite striking the earth. Lives have swiveled and changed direction on...
Large Teenage Classes: some strategies to enjoy the lesson! (by Valentina Morgana)
Note from Barb: A few days ago, I wrote a short post for the iTDi blog about teaching large classes. I was fascinated by the Englishometer that Valentina mentioned in her comment, and asked...
“Excuse me. Could you tell me the way to the post office?” (by Kate Cory-Wright)
Last night, as I browsed through the latest “status updates” from my Facebook friends, I was struck by the fact that over 60% of my friends are non-native speakers of English (NNS). Their mother...
Why I Love Teachers
There are teachers, and there are Teachers. I respect anyone who steps into a classroom, but I adore educators for whom teaching is as much a vocation as a job. Why?
Learning Lessons in Thailand (by Rob Newberry)
I teach in an International School in Bangkok. The “internationality” of the school is an interesting term, as there really are two languages spoken here — English and Thai — and not necessarily in...
Raising a Digital Native in Argentina (by Jennifer Verschoor)
Deciding where to send your child to school is arguably one of the hardest decisions a parent has to make. My 4 year old daughter attends a regular school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The...
Teaching English at a Japanese Academic High School (by Tomo Wakui)
My teaching History Hello. My name is Tomoe Wakui. Please call me Tomo. I am a high school English teacher in Niigata, Japan. I am very happy to have this opportunity to introduce myself...
