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• 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 ›

• 23 Ways to Use a Text in Your ESL Classes

  By Pete on August 24, 2020 • ( 9 )

  

  Reading. One of the big four, along with elephants, lions and rhinos. Or is it listening, speaking and writing? Who knows. Either way, my question for you is: when was the last time your students were actively learning a new… Read More ›

• Review: Rosenshine’s Principles in Action

  By Pete on August 22, 2020 • ( 13 )

  

  Barak Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction (POI) is a list of research-based strategies which teachers can apply in their practice. The list of 10 principles (whittled-down over time) could be considered ‘core skills’ for teachers. They’ll no doubt be familiar to… Read More ›

• Materials writing news and views, August 2020

  By Pete on August 20, 2020 • ( 3 )

  

  *Opens hands expressively* Hello everyone, and welcome to this month’s update. *Does cup holding/triangle hand thingy in front near belly* My name’s Pete, and today … Ahhh you’ll get what I’m going on about in a minute. New releases Sarah… Read More ›

• Review: How Global Capital is Remaking International Education

  By Pete on August 19, 2020 • ( 7 )

  

  The full title is … How Global Capital is Remaking International Education: The Emergence of Transnational Education Corporations. In this Springer Brief publication from 2019, Hyejin Kim considers the impact of corporate interests in the international education sector. Kim focuses… Read More ›

• 15 ELT educators to follow on LinkedIn

  By Pete on August 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  If you’re fairly new to LinkedIn as a teacher/writer then here are a few suggestions for who to follow. Some of these people are on Twitter too, but I come across them more on LinkedIn as my feed isn’t as… Read More ›

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