Meditate Your Way to English
A long time ago I realised that empowering my students is my mission. I use various resources to achieve this: inspirational stories, videos, poems,…
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Why Not Teach English through Comics?
According to Jeff Hughes of the American TESOL Institute, his teachers used to criticize comic books in his youth stating “these books have zero…
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Engaging Students in an Intensive Reading Class
by Sandi Ferdiansyah Reading in English as a second or foreign language can become a daunting task for language learners. In fact, they need…
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Teaching through Musicals
by Bojana Urbanc As a teacher, I often wondered how to inspire my students to love school and to encourage them to develop their…
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With a Little Help from My Friends
Using the Beatles in the ELT classroom Chris Walklett Recent surveys, such as Kaplan (2013) https://www.kaplaninternational.com/blog/how-to-teach-english-kaplan-infographic, have shown that, in the ELT classroom, music is the…
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Book Review: Refugee Tales
David Herd & Anna Pincus (Eds.) Comma Press 2019 ISBN 1912697114 EDL: Teaching English as a Detention Language ‘You, me and those who came…
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The Only Way for Language Acquisition to Take Root
David D. Perrodin The wonderful Dr. Willy A. Renandya from the National Institute of Education, Singapore made a monumental statement during his keynote presentation…
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Learning through Play: How Gamification Keeps Children Interested in Learning
by Mark Pemberton Mark Pemberton, former ELT teacher and co-founder of Studycat, discusses how a blend of game-based learning, both on and offline, is…
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Lesson Ideas for Teaching Poetry
by Ethan Mansur When I say the word “poetry” in class, I am often met with a sonorous groan. As a fan of poetry,…
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Highlighting the Importance of Socratic Discussion
by Jessica Sticklor Students love to talk. It’s usually a classroom occurrence that a teacher wants to curb but there are times when talking…
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