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• Research in brief: Communicative and task-based language teaching in East Asian classrooms

  By Pete on April 30, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Author and year William Littlewood (2007) Link to the review here or Google Scholar it. Overview A review of reports into the implementation of Communicative and TBLT approaches in East Asia (Primary and Secondary levels). No primary research, a review… Read More ›

• Materials writing news and views, April 2022

  By Pete on April 7, 2022 • ( 6 )

  

  Materials writing update ‘for the real world’. Sorry, this is in a scatty order but it’s all there! National Geographic Learning webinars I was looking for a link to the National Geographic talk on ‘intercultural skills for the real world’…. Read More ›

• How can the British Council turn it around?

  By Pete on April 5, 2022 • ( 7 )

  

  Note: I’m very fond of the British Council and I owe them a lot. This is not intended as a critique – I really want to see them rebuild their operations here in Thailand. This is just my idea. It… Read More ›

• Lesson idea: Population Pyramid

  By Pete on February 22, 2022 • ( 3 )

  

  Our Geography teacher used Population Pyramid in class the other day. The site includes population stats for countries/regions/etc dating back to 1950. It also includes future projections, along with tons of other infographics related to mortality rates, literacy rates, migration,… Read More ›

• Materials writing news and views, January 2022

  By Pete on January 15, 2022 • ( 2 )

  

  Not much to report at the start of the year, but a few bits and bobs. New releases I haven’t really been on the lookout for these recently tbh, but I did see Michelle Worgan’s book Move! For A1 Movers… Read More ›

• PGCEi Module 2 assignment

  By Pete on January 5, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  I’ve had a few requests for advice on the Module 2 assignment for the PGCEi (Nottingham). You can find an overview of the module here. The assessment is a 4000-word essay in which you critique a pedagogical approach used in… Read More ›

• Year in review

  By Pete on December 19, 2021 • ( 4 )

  

  It’s been a busy one! I still have writing projects to wrap up before the Xmas break, but I’m taking a moment off for some reflection. So, how’s everything been this year? Teaching I’ve learnt quite a bit from my… Read More ›

• Drama activity: The Movie Star

  By Pete on December 5, 2021 • ( 3 )

  

  Another drama activity with my Friday Year 10 class that worked really well. Again, from our little role plays for TEFL book. Slides give the general idea but I added a few things… Little warmer. Learners work in pairs. One… Read More ›

• Drama activity: Frozen in Time

  By Pete on December 1, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  We’ve been doing lots of drama tasks recently. Here’s one that worked really well. (See these slides on Genially) Excuse any spelling errors etc, I took the link from a draft of mine and Rich McCully’s TEFL role play book…. Read More ›

• PGCEi Module 1 assignment guidance

  By Pete on November 30, 2021 • ( 3 )

  

  My previous post included some tips on how to approach the PGCEi Module 1 (Nottingham) process work. This post moves on to the assignment itself. A reminder that the process work was… A 1000-word piece of process work outlining your own educational beliefs… Read More ›