Accommodating Dyslexic Learners in the EFL Classroom
by Jonathan Owen “All students are entitled to attend and participate in foreign language classes. Thus today’s foreign language educator … has the task…
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Why We Need Dissenters
by Nick Michelioudakis The thread: A couple of days ago, a colleague, (Marek Kiczkowiak) posted something on the IATEFL Facebook group about why someone…
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Lesson Plan: The Danger of A Single Story
(taken from Chimamanda Adichie’s TED talk) By Suriati Abas, Intended for university students Synopsis of Adichie’s story: In this TED talk, a Nigerian author,…
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Funny Tales from the English Zone
By Todd Squitieri At some time or other, most if not all EFL teachers have encountered some really funny situations. As a teacher in…
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7 Ready-to-Go Spolin Improv Activities for Your Classroom
by Philip Pound Improvisation for the Theatre by Viola Spolin Improvisation for the Theatre by Viola Spolin, came into my possession buried in a…
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Some of My Favourite Sites and Groups for Professional Development
By Tory Thorkelson According to edglossarry.org, “[i]n education, the term professional development may be used in reference to a wide variety of specialized training,…
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A Cat on a Bike: How to Speed Up Vocabulary Learning
By Gabriel Clark Problems with making vocabulary stick It’s always the same, isn’t it? We do a lesson with all these fantastic words and…
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The ‘Proper’ Use(s) of Journals
by Tory Thorkelson Now that I have your attention, I would like to share some thoughts and my experience with using journals in my…
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Media Bias and Critically Evaluating Information
By Tory Thorkelson In 2016, Vanessa Otero created a chart showing how biased various media sources available in the US were (see: http://www.allgeneralizationsarefalse.com/). While…
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Talking Tips: Ten Things You Don’t Want to Say!
BY ARLENE MILLER Many times we talk about grammar in terms of writing. This article is about speaking. We don’t need to worry about…
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