TAG : Teaching Methodology
Learner autonomy
Encouraging learners to be more responsible for their own progress
In Blogs: Phil Roeland - 14th March 2010
There are various ways to speed up the learning of a language. First of all, students should try to develop the habit of using the language they’ve learnt in the classroom outside the classroom.
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Review until they are blue in the face
Approaches to pre-test or exam review
In Blogs: Geoff Richards - 2nd February 2010
Never forget the golden rule of review work: what may seem incredibly repetitive to you is very stimulating for students because they know what all of the questions and answers mean and they’re communicating in a foreign language.
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The Thai TESOL conference 2010
ELT in the next decade: sharing, caring, daring
In Blogs: Tom Tuohy - 1st February 2010
This weekend, I accepted an invitation to look in on the Thai TESOL Conference in Bangkok. Let me share my observations.
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Death by worksheet
How worksheets can spice up any lesson
In Blogs: Phil Roeland - 31st January 2010
My favourite kinds of worksheets are conversation worksheets, pair and group work, creative writing worksheets, vocabulary worksheets, and ESL board games. The right mix of these makes communication possible, keeps students' attention going and puts some fun into learning.
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How to get them talking
How can teachers get their students to interact in a way that's beneficial?
In Blogs: Geoff Richards - 3rd January 2010
If students don't learn to interact with their teacher and other students in English during P1 to 4 then they'll find themselves struggling to do so by the time that they enroll at a private language centre because they're preparing for university or want a better job.
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Playing to the gallery
Successful class-management and learner success is dependant on having fun
In Blogs: John Wilson - 1st December 2009
We are all familiar with the fact that every class has its own special chemistry. For obscure reasons some classes are friendly, others not; some bright and perky, others lackluster and heavy going.
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The paddling pool of critical thinking in the English classroom
The important thing is that you're not teaching critical thinking itself
In Blogs: Geoff Richards - 1st December 2009
What I’m presenting here are the essential basics of a 6-step process to help your students expand the English that you’re teaching them so that they can use it in more and different ways. All or some of which may help them to retain more of it and actively use it.
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Some solutions to the challenges of teaching in Thailand
Some ideas on how to make life easier for yourself
In Blogs: Geoff Richards - 2nd November 2009
Don’t take complaints or awkward suggestions to your local head. Go to them with easy to understand positive solutions instead. And don’t push your case or demand an immediate response.
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Reaching a TurningPoint
A form of classroom audience response software
In Blogs: Tom Tuohy - 2nd November 2009
I’m sure that every teacher reading this will be able to think of at least one time when they looked over at their charges and felt a sense of unease, maybe even despair, at not being able to get through to them.
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Games for large unruly classes
Should games always have a pedagogical value? No.
In Blogs: Geoff Richards - 2nd October 2009
Some of these appear in different versions and with different names on Dave’s ESL Café, but most of those were designed for smaller classes in countries like South Korea and Japan and don’t work very well with larger groups in Southeast Asia.
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