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Edutopia contributor Sarah Gonser has published a useful article on imparting writing skills. She says, “Writing instruction often gets short shrift in the classroom, where busy schedules and the urgency of meeting academic benchmarks tend to elbow out the time-intensive process of teaching kids the skills of good writing. But that’s got to change, write Steve… Continue reading Developing Better Writers

Edutopia contributor Jessica Cabeen has published a useful article on professional development. She says, “This year has required a delicate balance of direct and indirect support, with many school leaders asking themselves, “How much professional development is too much?” and “How do I know what people need and deliver it meaningfully?” Amid shifting learning models,… Continue reading Professional Development That’s Relevant Now

Secrets To Effective Assessment: FREE Word Lists! Five exam preparation tips to help build student confidence Developing empathy through role reversal: a personal case study How to develop oracy skills in your secondary class [Video] Using puppets to get children talking in English [Video] How To Energize Your Bored Students With This Great Game 3… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 12, Issue 5 | February 2021

Edutopia’s Thomas Arnett has published an article titled ‘3 Ideas to Help Teachers Thrive This Year’. As a former middle school math teacher and now father of three young children, I know this has probably been the most challenging school year in history. The world is still far from getting back to normal. In the… Continue reading 3 Ideas to Help Teachers Thrive This Year

Busy Teacher’s Graham Dixon has published an article on involving students in your classroom activities. It’s extremely adaptable and can be used for almost limitless purposes: Review of the day’s material, or before a test Check understanding of key concepts and terms Diagnostic tests, to help draw up a syllabus or decide the students’ level Quizzing… Continue reading How To Energize Your Bored Students With This Great Game

Karen Frazier, co-author of the Let’s Go series, shares some ideas for using puppets to get children speaking in English in the classroom.

Watch Ed, Sean and Charlotte as they discuss oracy skills and their importance for secondary students.

After a decade of working in translator training in Israel and another of teaching English majors, two years ago I accepted a position teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at a teacher-training college in Jerusalem. I walked into the EAP classroom confident that teaching EAP to future teachers would have a great deal in common… Continue reading Developing empathy through role reversal: a personal case study

The Cambridge English team has published a useful article on helping your students to prepare for the exams. English language exams are stepping stones to bigger and better things. Exams give students something to aim for and help them develop the skills they need in their lives, education and the workplace. Teachers everywhere want to… Continue reading Five exam preparation tips to help build student confidence

Learn at Home help for Teachers: Teaching Vocabulary Online [Video] Articles by Nick Shepherd Getting English Language Learners to Put Down the Books and Have Some Fun A Model for Teaching World Languages in a Hybrid Classroom Using Technology to Support Young English Language Learners in a Hybrid Classroom 12 tips for teaching an unforgettable… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 12, Issue 2 | January 2021