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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“You’re fascinating to me”: Language Learning through Human Connection
Language is social. My colleague Joshua Yardley (look for all his great blog posts) recently recommended a brief lecture to me on Ted Talks, called
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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: 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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What Every EFL Teacher Should Know: Teaching English for Exams, Part 2
As mentioned in our December newsletter, we are finishing up our two part series on teaching test preparation. We decided to consult Kimberly Stone, a
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Part II – Reading Techniques for Learner-Centered Teaching: “That’s just like my cousin…”
Part I of this article “Reading Techniques for Learning-Centered Teaching” established how designing student-centered activities after reading motivates English language learners to speak and write. Part
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Reading Techniques for Learner-Centered Teaching Part I: “That’s just like my cousin…”
A recent article in TESOL Journal discussed how to create a more student-centered ESL classroom by providing follow-up projects on reading, in which students personalized the
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Do You CCQ? Using Concept Checking Questions in the ESL Classroom
“Right?” “Does that make sense?” “Do you have it?” “OK?”
It does not matter how a teacher phrases: “Do you understand?” All of these questions are
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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.
