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• Lesson idea: introducing recipes and cooking

  By Pete on November 16, 2018 • ( 6 )

  

  Here’s a simple idea for introducing recipes. Put these QR codes up around the room:

• Pronunciation articles for DipTESOL students

  By Pete on November 14, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  I’m trying to persuade our DipTESOL students to engage with some pronunciation-related research. I’ve hand-picked these five articles for their relevance to our context (well, the last one is more general), and I’ll be sharing them with our candidates this… Read More ›

• Insight into a synthetic syllabus

  By Pete on November 12, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  Views are my own in this post. I teach from a synthetic syllabus at my school and the following attributes are true of it…

• My tree octopus fake news fail

  By Pete on October 17, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  Here’s one of my favourite things to write about – things that didn’t work! This is a request for ideas from Teacher James and others.

• Book review: Stories Without End

  By Pete on October 14, 2018 • ( 8 )

  

  Alphabet Publishing recently sent me a copy of Stories Without End by Taylor Sapp. Here’s a review and a bit about how I used the book…

• Twist on a classic: Harry the Hippo

  By Pete on September 25, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  A nod to TESOLTOOLBOX here… Harry the Hippo is a fun guessing game to use in the class. It can be adapted for practicing various grammar structures. I can’t remember where I first played the game or who taught it… Read More ›

• Webinar notes: What about principles for materials development? (Brian Tomlinson)

  By Pete on September 15, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  Here is Brian Tomlinson’s recent webinar in written form: ‘What about principles for materials development?’ The session was delivered as part of the MaWSIG ‘What about…? Webinar series. It was full of take home points so this post is pretty… Read More ›

• DipTESOL review quizzes on Sporcle

  By Pete on September 10, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Apps like Quizlet are full of good study sets for the DipTESOL course. Check out what’s on offer by clicking here (including a list by Martin Cooke, who I know reads this blog). Rather than add more to this, I… Read More ›

• Dip Tip: Phonology review quiz on PlayBuzz

  By Pete on September 10, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  I’ve had a few emails from people studying the DipTESOL saying that my old review quizzes have disappeared! Turns out that Qzzr is now a ‘paid for’ site. Boooo! I’ve been working on alternatives. Here is a phonology review quiz… Read More ›

• Dip Tips: Phonology and you

  By Pete on September 1, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  I sometimes hear from DipTESOL trainees who are finding it hard to get to grips with phonology. Common problems include:

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