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Ehsan Gorji

The author believes that these learners know what they want and need a teacher who can help them become better learners and discover the unknown.

Steve Tulk

The article offers suggestions on making classrooms as personalised, safe and welcoming as possible in order to create the best learning environment.

George Murdoch

The author argues that there are certain times in a lesson or a course where teachers can create a great learning environment by being and asking for quiet.

Tisa Rétfalvi-Schär

The article describes the challenges and benefits of team-teaching. Planning, grading and assessing can all be shared tasks of benefit to students and teachers alike.

Adrian Tennant

The article argues that the natural extension of learner-centred classes is for the students to take on aspects of the class management.

James Heal

The article offers a list of tips to help create opportunities for individualisation within a large group class.

Daniel Costa

The article argues that there are more opportunities to use visuals in our classes both online and live not simply for vocabulary but for grammar and critical thinking.

Mark Lawrence

The article describes an EAP context where the course content and activities have had to evolve over time.

Annabella Wolloshin

Annabella Wolloshin looks at taking the sting out of observations.

Gemma Archer

The author describes activities and discussion topics which will help learners become more aware of a variety of accents and how intelligible they are.

Gee Lian Ng

The author describes a process for encouraging learners to shadow where repetition is more important than comprehension. Over a period of time, learners can reflect on their listening.

The author shares her experiences of teaching.

The article covers key aspects of item writing such as location in text, matching of words, paraphrasing and other considerations when writing T/F or M/C questions.

Daniel Xerri

The article argues that organisational politics does not have to have a negative impact on an institution. With transparency and inclusivity it can be a positive aspect of leadership.

John Slade

The article suggests that learners are keen to acquire the new skills which AI can offer them and which, depending on the level, are pedagogically sound and engaging.

Katya Arshavskaya

This article gives books and graphic novels in your classes to add variety, illustrations and conversational English to their reading content.

George M Jacobs and Willy A Renandya

Whilst acknowledging the drawbacks of this activity, stress for the learner and lack of intelligibility for the listeners, the authors explain there are far more benefits.

Richard Gabbrielli

Using a standard pack of playing cards as prompts the teacher sets up the framework for learners to use their imagination to create a story.

Kerstin Sandstrom

The article covers some suggestions for upgrading free discussions into ones with a useful additional outcome. The activities will work alongside most coursebooks.

Mark Heffernan and David Byrne

The authors describe the process used setting up tailor made language courses in a university context. Focusing on the relevant genres of English is a good first step in preparing such a course.

William Littlewood

The author describes two useful concepts for helping find purpose and motivation when people stop working.

Christopher Walker

The author has been using this app for over three years and has drawn some useful conclusions about personalisation, recapping, gamification and explanation.

Gerardo Valazza

The article reports on a survey carried out this year to find out how teachers respond to what sort of development opportunities.

Thomas Ziegelwagner

The article explains the rationale for the idea, tips on how to vary the activity and how to source interesting photos.

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Rasheedat Sadiq

A book review by Rasheedat Sadiq

Teaching stories from around the world

Teaching stories from around the world

The author shares his teaching and learning experiences.

Laura Gurney

A book review by Laura Gurney

Patricia Barzotti

A book review by Patricia Barzotti