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• Monetizing your teaching blog

  By Pete on October 11, 2020 • ( 8 )

  

  WordAds… ah, go on then. I didn’t want to make money from my blog. I had my reasons for that, which were basically… I’ve always felt bad, kinda guilty about the idea. My content is random and rambling – I… Read More ›

• Varjak Paw Kahoot! (EAL)

  By Pete on October 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Here are a couple of game-based resources you could use for EAL learners reading Varjak Paw. Our Year 4 students have really enjoyed the book (I did too, although I didn’t like the ending!). Anyhow, here’s a Kahoot! to play… Read More ›

• Keywords: World War Two events

  By Pete on October 10, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Just a quick review resource for EAL learners. Our Year 9s were studying key events in WW2, including: Dunkirk Evacuations The Blitz Rationing Here are a couple of Wordwalls to help with reviewing the events / keywords related to them…. Read More ›

• New teacher induction

  By Pete on October 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  I had to induct a new teacher at school once. They were fairly new to teaching and unfamiliar with our in-house product at the time (called myClass). I thought that listening to me ramble on for half an hour about… Read More ›

• Research in brief: Alderfer ESL Program Assessment Tool

  By Pete on October 8, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  What might be optimal ESL provision in international schools? Alderfer and Alderfer (2011) state that there is no unifying set of criteria to assess ESL programs in international school contexts. Their research sets out to provide one. The authors outline… Read More ›

• PGCEi Module 2: Understanding Learning and Teaching in International Contexts

  By Pete on October 3, 2020 • ( 3 )

  

  Module 2 of the PGCEi (though Nottingham) is in two parts. Part A starts with framing unit. It introduces various theories of learning such as behaviourism, cognitive constructivism, and social constructivism. Unit 2 then delves deeper into learning theories/approaches with… Read More ›

• Free access to Twinkl

  By Pete on September 30, 2020 • ( 5 )

  

  Just a quick one! Twinkl ESL are currently offering free access to users in South America in response to school closures. Miranda’s doing a great job at Twinkl and offering loads of awesome resources, many of which can be adapted… Read More ›

• Teacher development and coursebooks

  By Pete on September 26, 2020 • ( 3 )

  

  Prompted by a tweet from @michaelegriffin, here are some thoughts on how coursebooks/published materials/in-house resources can aid teacher development. Michael asked this: I shared some examples of how I provide development tips in published resources, such as these two from… Read More ›

• Review: The Routledge Handbook of Teaching English to Young Learners

  By Pete on September 21, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  This review of The Routledge Handbook of Teaching English to Young Learners by S Garton & F Copland (Eds) first appeared in IATEFL Voices Issue 276. This handbook provides an overview of teaching English to young learners across a wide… Read More ›

• PGCEi Module 1: Educational Aims and Values

  By Pete on September 20, 2020 • ( 8 )

  

  I’ve written a bit about why you should do a PGCEi but not much about the course content. So, here it goes… The first module of the PGCEi (Nottingham) was on the aims and values of education in international contexts…. Read More ›

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