Tag: Enseñanza de Idiomas
Are CLIL courses that good for boosting foreign language acquisition?
In many private schools in Lima there is an increase in the number of courses taught in English. Courses like Social Sciences, Mathematics and Literature have boosted parents’ demand for such...
Listening: a Skill Difficult to Teach!
You may have overheard your students say: “I love my English classes but when it comes to listening I feel terrified and frustrated!” In fact, this is what many language learners...
Is Innovation Really Welcomed in Education?
With the advent of the Communicative Approach in the English class the then interminable practice of drills and choral repetition of the Audio Lingual method were stashed away by language teachers...
Is Doing Homework a Must?
When this topic arises, we may harbor mixed feelings: as teachers we do know that doing homework is beneficial: as parents, we may not want to add another item to our...
Unmasking the “Robot” Inside You
Becoming a victim of “robotizing” is truly menacing for our profession. Turning into a sort of teaching android is something that should be avoided at all costs. But before taking distance...
