This post can be considered a companion piece to my talk at Tw!st'18 in Warsaw, but I hope it'll be interesting also for those who haven't been there. Iām a big fan of TBL (task based learning) format ever since I was introduced to it during CELTA. The main goal of TBL is to get …
Getting feedback is an important part of improving your teaching practices. But when we think about feedback, we usually think about getting it from our peers, supervisors or maybe students. It's important to remember that we can be our own source of feedback as well. One of my goals for this semester is to get …
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Phonemic discrimination is often a struggle for English learners at all stages and of all ages š This is how I like to approach the topic with my 6-10-year-old students. I divide the whiteboard in two and write out minimal pairs including the sound I want to focus on. Then, students have to react in …
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The first week of classes is already behind me. First e-mails to parents sent, first impressions made, first challenges identified. Obviously, these are only the first impressions, but judging by this first week, the main challenges for the next few months and, subsequently, frequent topics on the blog will be: working with mixed ability groups …
While the CELTA course I attended ended almost 3 weeks ago, the excitement of it hasn't worn off yet. The course I went to ran for 4 weeks, 5 days a week, around 10 hours a day. It was exhausting, tiring, and at times very hard. It was also exhilarating, fun, challenging and overall great. …
Smart lesson planning for English teachers 