activities… Student-centred model writing texts 14 Mar 202114 Mar 2021 Experimenting with before and after writing models At TESOL Spain Online 2021 I explored ways of teaching B1 students to become better writers. The session was based on some work…
blended learning… Homework: Is it useful, and can we make it any better? 16 Jan 202116 Jan 2021 ‘…language lessons in and of themselves are not sufficient to bring language learning about and to lead to eventual proficiency. If the lessons – whether they are once a week,…
activities… In a word… What word will you choose for your 2021? 5 Jan 20215 Jan 2021 Twenty-twenty-one is here! Hooray, hoorah! Actually, the news so far seems just as glum as last year, and it seems to me that we need more than ever to take…
courses… Language Teaching for the Planet 30 Oct 20206 Jan 2021 Catherine is a school teacher in Mboni Secondary School in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Each month, many of the girls in her classes missed school because they…
long reads… Mental health in the staffroom 16 Oct 20207 Nov 2020 When the dust started to settle after the end of the 2019-20 academic year, it became clear that 'lockdown' had put enormous strains on teachers across the globe. As the…