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• App review: ELSA Speak

  By Pete on September 4, 2017 • ( 5 )

  

  Let it gooooo, let it gooooo! Now that’s out of my system, here’s a review of ELSA Speak. It’s an app that teaches you to ‘pronounce English like an American through real-world conversations’. It’s a great use of AI in… Read More ›

• Students that make my job easy

  By Pete on August 30, 2017 • ( 5 )

  

  Full marks to my awesome teen class last week. The work they produced was fantastic and I’m so proud of them. We did a short project based on describing graphs. It started off with scanning tasks and a few activities… Read More ›

• Book review: Successful Group Work

  By Pete on August 12, 2017 • ( 4 )

  

  Alphabet Publishing must have been feeling generous! Not only did they send me Classroom Community Builders (Burns), but I also received a copy of Successful Group Work by Patrice Palmer. This book hasn’t been out long, so it’s the perfect… Read More ›

• Book review: Classroom Community Builders

  By Pete on August 11, 2017 • ( 6 )

  

  I’ve just received a copy of the latest book from Alphabet Publishing. Walton Burns is following up last year’s ’50 Activities for the First Day of School’ with a new cookbook of ideas for building a classroom community. Burns states… Read More ›

• Review: British Council apps for learning English

  By Pete on July 5, 2017 • ( 14 )

  

  Students often ask me if I know any good websites and apps for learning English. There are a fair few websites I recommend, and this list is always growing (note: the latest edition is TubeQuizard). Apps though? Er… Feeling ignorant,… Read More ›

• More creative displays and success criteria

  By Pete on June 28, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  We’ve been doing a module on travel. Last week, students wrote about their most memorable trip. Here’s the latest (sunny) display. I need to mount this on some nice coloured card and frame it a bit better, but I was… Read More ›

• Writing pronunciation activities – 5 things to consider

  By Pete on June 21, 2017 • ( 4 )

  

  I’ve written quite a few pronunciation activities this year for a regional product (Asia). Here are a few random thoughts on the process… Pronunciation for… what? As Laura Patsko mentions in this interesting Pedagogy Pop-up, pronunciation is important for all… Read More ›

• Coursebook activities and SLA theory – do they match?

  By Pete on June 7, 2017 • ( 5 )

  

  According to Tomlinson (2013:12-15), ‘it is generally accepted that [Second Language Acquisition] is facilitated by: a rich and meaningful exposure to language in use affective and cognitive engagement making use of mental resources typically used in L1 communication noticing how… Read More ›

• Funny ELT illustrations

  By Pete on June 5, 2017 • ( 6 )

  

  I picked up some interesting throw-outs from the British Council library here in Thailand. I’ve been flicking through Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language by Christine Nuttall (1996) this week. It’s clear, well-organised and has lots of practical activities… Read More ›

• Flappy Drills – ‘Class, say after me…’

  By Pete on June 2, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  In this latest guest post, CELTA Trainer Nicky Salmon offers some tips for drilling pronunciation. I watch a lot of teachers doing drills to focus on pronunciation. Picture yourself drilling the following- Teacher: OK class, listen….vegetable, vegetable Students: Vegetable Teacher:… Read More ›

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