At the beginning of each year, teachers must face a big challenge: planning for the whole academic period ahead; that is; we are expected to develop a conceptual framework, determine goals, design a program, and last, but not least important, establish or design assessment procedures. This entire task demands a huge effort. Quite frequently, for better or worse, editorials...
As a new year begins, the time has come for teachers to take a deep breath and think of the challenges that lie ahead and how they will prepare to tackle them successfully. On this occasion, I would like to devote a few lines to reflect on the notion of ‘teamwork’ for a language teacher. Educators are part of an...
It is well known that there is no perfect textbook for language teaching. Nor is there a one-size-fits-all textbook that adapts to the different learning styles of our students. The end of this academic year is a wonderful opportunity to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of our textbook. In fact, we can only analyse a textbook accurately after using...
A review of what happened not only during the pandemic, but also before it, reveals major changes. It could be said that the different industrial revolutions have affected different fields in diverse ways; however, it has not been the case with education, since it has not revolutionized at the same pace. Despite relating the industrial revolution 4.0 to education...
Evaluation has always been a challenging issue for teachers and we have had to be very creative when teaching online; perhaps more resourceful than when teaching face-to-face. The question remains: How can we outline an assessment that is easy to grade and, at the same time, effective? To start with, we must choose between summative or formative evaluation. We know...
We have arrived or are about to do it, to that dreadful part of the year for teachers, the final term, the final stretch of the year. It is when we have more issues to resolve, more papers and exams to grade, more students to spur on, more parents to appease, more projects to put the cap on, more...
