Tag: Centro de Idiomas de la Universidad del Pacífico
Teaching adults? Practical insights to be considered
If you are teaching adults you may probably find yourself in the situation in which despite all the effort you put into preparing a lesson, your methodology does not seem to...
Tempted to Use Translation When Teaching a Foreign Language? Two Reasons Why it Can...
When we think of a traditional foreign language lesson, we immediately picture a class with well-behaved students aligned in neat rows, dusty books, a green board, white chalk and a method...
Word Lists: do They Help Learners be Fluent in a Language?
We will probably remember our early English lessons. Especially at the beginning, one part of the lesson was when the teacher would pick up flashcards or write words on the board,...
Misbeliefs in Education: Could we Ever Defeat Them?
Some pedagogical practices considered traditional or mistaken tend to keep alive in spite of advances and new knowledge. Many factors could be identified to explain this situation. Among them, we could...
Reading in English and Spanish: two sides of the same coin?
One of the advantages of living the Fourth Industrial Revolution (1) is that our access to knowledge is unlimited. Any person with access to the internet can obtain information about anything...
Beyond Nodding When Developing Listening Skills
Receptive skills, in contrast to productive ones, are mostly taken for granted since they are assumed to be easier to develop. Just by nodding, learners may show they can follow someone’s...
