The Platinum Jubilee
Have you covered the Platinum Jubilee in your English classes? Does the theme fill you with enthusiasm or would you prefer to ignore it altogether? Love her or loath her… Read More »The Platinum Jubilee
Larry
Stranger Things in the Classroom
Stranger Things has become one of those rare phenomena on television, a universal talking point. The much-anticipated recent series (series 4) has become the most successful streamed series of all… Read More »Stranger Things in the Classroom
The Worried Teacher – A Band Aid For Mental Health
What are the things that teachers worry most about? Perhaps we worry most about our workload, whether we can find enough time in the day to do all the things… Read More »The Worried Teacher – A Band Aid For Mental Health
Lessons Learned The Hard Way – Part Three
Teaching Refugees While this post was always going to feature in my series, Lessons Learned The Hard Way, recent world events have made this theme more prescient. Across the western… Read More »Lessons Learned The Hard Way – Part Three
The Impact Of Ramadan on Students and Teachers of English
At the time of writing, (April 2022) Muslims around the world are observing Ramadan. This post is aimed mainly at non-Muslim teachers of English with limited knowledge of Islam or… Read More »The Impact Of Ramadan on Students and Teachers of English
Lessons Learned The Hard Way – Part Two
Vocabulary; It’s all Greek to me! This is the second in an occasional series of articles I am writing based on the theme of lessons I have learned the hard… Read More »Lessons Learned The Hard Way – Part Two
Instruction Checking
As English teachers, we give instructions of all kinds to our students every day. “Stand up. Sit down. Walk, don’t run! Open your books. Work with a partner. Make groups… Read More »Instruction Checking
Lessons Learnt The Hard Way – Part One
Two important lessons from early in my teaching career were that we are learning all the time and that often we learn most from the mistakes we have made or… Read More »Lessons Learnt The Hard Way – Part One
Concept Checking
Do you understand what is meant by ‘concept checking’? Yes? No? If you said yes, how do I know that you really understand what I want you to understand? The… Read More »Concept Checking
English Presentations For Lower Level Learners
The aim of this post is to examine some of the common problems students have when making oral presentations in English and to suggest ways to overcome them. In particular,… Read More »English Presentations For Lower Level Learners