Joshua Yardley has taught English in Germany, Mexico and the United States. He has worked with Adults, teenagers, and children from almost every part background imaginable. For the last several years he has also been involved with teacher training and curriculum development.
Joshua's posts
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Understanding Fluency: Speaking Activities Part II
Here’s an activity that doesn’t involve as much repetition as those described in my previous blog about speaking activities in the TEFL classroom, but utilizes
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Understanding Fluency: TEFL Speaking Activities Part I
Who doesn’t love a good TEFL speaking activity?Here are a few more I hope you love.
Time Trials: This is an activity which has apparently been
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Technology in TESOL: News You Can Use
I’m sure plenty of you in the TEFL field have spent hours combing the Internet looking for exercises, only to find yourself amazed at how
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Technology in TESOL: Smart Phones
I am not ashamed to admit that I enjoy Star Trek. If you are like me, you may have noticed that our world today is
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Technology in TESOL: The Wiki
It’s widely accepted that student collaboration is an effective tool in the TESOL classroom. Outside of the class, more and more collaboration is done online
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Testing in TESOL Part 5: Positive Washback
Have you ever gone into a test feeling like you knew nothing, only to leave feeling like you knew it all? It’s common for learners
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Testing in TESOL Part 3: Authentic Assessment
The first two parts of this series covered a variety of testing types, but I wanted to give this one its own post: authentic assessment.
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Testing in TESOL Part 4: Assessing your Assessment
TESOL test design and administration is no easy task. Ask anyone who has tried. Tests take practice writing and require constant revision. This part of
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Testing in TESOL Part 2: A Taxonomy of Tests Continued
The second part of the Testing in TESOL Series aims to highlight a few approaches to designing TESOL tests that teachers should consider for their
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Testing in TESOL Part 1: A Taxonomy of Tests
Testing in TESOL Part 1:
This post is the first part of a five part series on testing in the field of TESOL. There is too
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