Tag: English Teaching
What Teamwork Means for Teachers
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...
New skills loading: technology and its implications in ELT
Teachers feeling like a “walking dictionary” in class might be a thing of the past thanks to technology. Now, every time students have any questions about how to use language, they don’t...
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,...
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...
How to make the most of tedious paperwork
A new school year is about to start and, before pupils arrive in their classrooms, teachers need to have completed quite a lot of work; for example, subjects need to be...
Experience, Degrees or Language Proficiency? Does One Overshadow the Others?
As a new year starts, many English teachers begin to make decisions regarding their careers. This is the best time to analyse their strengths and weaknesses. They evaluate the labour market...
