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• Lesson idea: Celebrities, morals and ethics

  By Pete on February 3, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  This is a discussion task to introduce a sequence of lessons on fame and celebrities. One of the set reading texts in the sequence included some comments on celebrity ethics. I thought this was a good springboard, so after a… Read More ›

• Lesson idea: Viral videos

  By Pete on February 2, 2020 • ( 3 )

  

  This was a context builder for a sequence of lessons on viral videos, viral ad campaigns, viral marketing, etc. It’s similar to the idea I shared for introducing recipes. Anyway, used this with B1+ teens, worked well. Task 1 Find… Read More ›

• Materials writing news and views, February 2020

  By Pete on February 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  I’ll hopefully keep this update going this year. Bit busy at the moment so here are a few very quick updates and some useful links. New releases Express Publishing are promoting a new book English for 21st Century Skills (Mavridi… Read More ›

• Book review: The Learning Power Approach

  By Pete on January 31, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  The Learning Power Approach (LPA) proposes that teachers encourage learners to cultivate an array of traits which are seen as beneficial for lifelong learning. These traits, or learning dispositions, include various cognitive, metacognitive and behavioural strategies/processes/habits  – summarised on the… Read More ›

• Wordwall with young learners

  By Pete on January 29, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  I wrote an overview of Wordwall last year. Here’s a more practical example of how I actually use Wordwall, rather than just as a load of games… Well, still as a load of games actually, just in a more purposeful… Read More ›

• Review: Ready to Run video platform (DLA)

  By Pete on January 15, 2020 • ( 4 )

  

  This review was first published in the Winter 2019 edition of the ETAS Journal. Many thanks to ETAS for allowing the review to appear on this blog. Ready to Run, from Digital Learning Associates (DLA), is a platform providing video-based… Read More ›

• The benefits of using an ELT coursebook

  By Pete on January 10, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Late last year I read the Jordan and Gray/Hughes exchange on ELT coursebooks, which appeared in ELT Journal. It’s an interesting discussion if you haven’t read it yet. I generally agreed more with Hughes, but that’s to be expected; I… Read More ›

• Writing lesson: online dating profiles

  By Pete on January 9, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  This is a lesson based around authentic texts from the eHarmony website. It is aimed at adult pre-intermediate level plus, but these texts are full of rich language so it would ideally suit intermediate level students. Aims:  · Share personal… Read More ›

• Research in brief: reading disruption of a textbook

  By Pete on December 9, 2019 • ( 4 )

  

  The research Winter, C. (2018). Disrupting colonial discourses in the geography curriculum during the introduction of British Values policy in schools. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 50(4), 456-475. Open access, click here. Summary The aim of the study was ‘to expose and disrupt… Read More ›

• Lesson idea: the ideal classroom

  By Pete on December 4, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  My secondary class (age 14+, B1) are exploring education in our latest module. We are building up to a ‘design your ideal school’ task. The first step was to consider what makes a good classroom/learning environment. Step 1: General discussion… Read More ›

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