Category: ELTWeekly Volume 11 Issue 12

Why Students Should Learn a Second Language [Video] Helping Teachers Grow Through Instructional Coaching 7 Educational Game Show Ideas for ESL Class! Humanizing Your Reading Class: The Magic of Working with an Autistic Learner Metaphors to help new teachers Anything teachers can do – can technology do better? Writing tests for teenagers – where to… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 11, Issue 12 | August 2020

Finding the resources to hire instructional coaches can be tough, but they can play an essential role in spreading great practices throughout a school. Watch the video here.

Melchor Bernardo has shared seven useful educational games to try in ESL classrooms. Academic studies coincide with textbooks but interactive lessons can go a long way in spicing up the atmosphere. Read on as I take a look at the top 7 educational game show ideas that you can incorporate in your next class! 1. The Price… Continue reading 7 Educational Game Show Ideas for ESL Class!

The Humanising Language Teaching team has published a research paper ‘Humanizing Your Reading Class: The Magic of Working with an Autistic Learner’ by Mega Wati from Indonesia. Research paper abstract: This paper intends to share my experience in handling a reading class in an inclusive education setting with an autistic learner in it. Inspired by Friend &… Continue reading Humanizing Your Reading Class: The Magic of Working with an Autistic Learner

Sandy Millin has published an article titled ‘Metaphors to help new teachers’ on her blog. As teachers, we care about our students. We want to do the best for them. This is important and admirable, but it can also create a lot of pressure, especially for new teachers. When we first pick up a tennis… Continue reading Metaphors to help new teachers

A fundamental role for the teacher is to foster social learning. Social learning features interaction, discussion and collaboration between students, and creates a positive, inter-personal learning climate. It involves taking a flexible and interactive approach which encourages engagement across the class, while also retaining a ‘real-time’ sensitivity to individual needs. As this type of learning… Continue reading Anything teachers can do – can technology do better?

Creating items (test questions) for English language assessments is a tricky business, particularly for teens. You need to ensure that the item produces an accurate and valid measurement of the skill you are trying to test while providing the best possible experience for a test taker. In this blog, we’ll look at two important considerations… Continue reading Writing tests for teenagers – where to begin!

Elizabeth Skopec has shared seven useful ways to set up and deliver online lessons in an effective manner. When our classrooms moved online this year, many of us scrambled to find ways to engage students with lessons remotely, only to find that it was no simple task. Many of us, myself included, didn’t know where… Continue reading 7 Guidelines for Setting Up Clear Online Lessons