Foreign Language Teaching (FLT) at the Dawn of the 21st Century
By Giuseppe Carone How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world That has such people in’t! William Shakespeare, ‘The Tempest’ Some time ago, […]
English UK South West Annual Conference
by Sue Fulford A last-minute decision to attend the English UK South West Conference was well worth the early morning defrosting of the car following the first severe frost of […]
Lifting a Fourth-Grade Language Learner
By Fred Gamble According to Pellino (2012, para. 1), “Students with English as a second language (ESL) constitute a significant percentage of the population of our nation’s schools. This population […]
Finding The Comfort Zone
Finding the comfort zone How do you sleep? My position of choice starts with the following steps: 1. Stack two pillows just right. 2. Lie on my right side, […]
Cooperative Learning
Cooperative learning Cooperative learning is a technique which is based on ideas by the educators John Dewey, Kurt Levin and Morton Deutsch in the 1930s and 40s. In 1994 David […]
Using “Talk Partners” in the EFL Classroom
Using “Talk Partners” in the EFL Classroom How much talking do your young learners do in class? We know that children love talking in their mother tongue – in fact […]