TAG : Teaching Theory
Responsibility: Teaching the fourth R in education
It's time to make our students look good - and not just academically
In Blogs: Steve Schertzer - 11th July 2010
In our zeal to teach the three ‘R's, reading, ‘righting, and ‘rithmetic, we are neglecting to teach another very important ‘R': Responsibility; responsibility for oneself and responsibility for others
Tags: teaching in thailand thai students teaching methodology classroom management classroom activities teaching principles teaching experience teaching target language classroom objectives teaching theory
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.
Tags: teaching methodology teaching principles teaching experience teaching target language teaching theory critical thinking
Phonics for teenagers and adults
Why should students feel intimidated?
In Blogs: Geoff Richards - 6th August 2009
Phonics for absolute and false beginners? Yup, and even up to intermediate level too. And beyond if your students benefit from it.
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Edutainment is back
Love it or loathe it - we're in the entertainment business
In Blogs: Geoff Richards - 25th June 2009
Games are a great way to get student’s brains working in English. And, in the rarity of having any ringleaders who say that they don’t want to play games, have them copy the copyright crap from the inside front cover of their textbooks while the rest of the class enjoy themselves.
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The 360 degree approach
A new way to teach TOEFL and IELTS
In Blogs: Geoff Richards - 1st June 2009
I only tutor TOEFL and IELTS privately and no longer teach the subjects at private language centres. I will not adhere to rules and regulations that mean students have to repeatedly sit tests. It’s a rip-off.
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The 3-4-3 principle and the importance of repetition
Putting students through their paces
In Blogs: Steve Schertzer - 1st May 2009
Each lesson has four sides. I lift one side. If by the end of the lesson the students know what is under the remaining three sides, I do not repeat the lesson
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Teaching discursive or creative writing
Why isn’t creative writing taught in Thailand in general?
In Blogs: Tom Tuohy - 1st May 2009
By creative writing, I don’t just mean the very narrow definition of ‘storytelling’ with characters, plots, and dialogue, though in my humble opinion, these are equally valid mediums for a language-learning classroom. What I mean is a much broader definition e.g. journalism, poetry, personal narratives, short stories, family histories, indeed the whole gamut discursive writing has to offer.
Tags: teaching methodology teaching theory teaching academic writing teaching discursive writing
A basic model for teaching kids
Try something that really works
In Blogs: Geoff Richards - 25th March 2009
This a very logical and easy-to-use starting point for teachers that are new to working with kids or want to improve their skills in this area.
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Why teacher can’t write
In Ajarn Street: Postbox - 19th March 2009
We are too busy to do anything else but teach. Yet, there’s something bogus about teaching language or literature 20 periods a week and never connecting with your subject matter out of the classroom.
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The value of learning groups
How to help students learn better
In Blogs: Geoff Richards - 11th February 2009
Think back to when you were a kid or a teen and what your least favourite school subject was. It wasn’t that it was boring because if it had of been then other students wouldn’t have liked it or excelled at it. It was because it wasn’t particularly accessible to you as a learner.
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