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• A rant about comprehension questions

  By Pete on November 9, 2016 • ( 8 )

  

  On my module in materials development we’ve just looked at reading and listening tasks. We spoke about what makes good/bad comprehension questions. ‘Plain sense’ questions are seen as pretty ineffective, as they just test familiarity with sentence structure rather than… Read More ›

• Experimenting with ‘the Inner Workbench’

  By Pete on November 8, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Originally posted on Jamie Clayton's ELT blog:
  In Meaningful Action, Underhill explains his concept of the Inner Workbench: the place in our mind where we hear and manipulate inner speech. Putting learners in touch with this place as they…

• The role of research in TEFL

  By Pete on October 25, 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  I’ve been thinking about the role of research in TEFL recently. This was prompted by Dr Paula Rebolledo’s closing plenary on Day 2 of the Teaching for Success online conference, titled ‘How could research inform EFL practice?’ You can watch… Read More ›

• Breaktime games

  By Pete on October 17, 2016 • ( 8 )

  

  Does anyone have any good suggestions for break time games? I have an interactive whiteboard and I’ve started to leave a game on the board (if I can trust the class with the equipment!). I prefer using things like Quizlet… Read More ›

• DipTESOL Phonology Interview

  By Pete on October 14, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  There are some useful resources online the DipTESOL phonology interview. You can find two great overviews about it from Gemma Lunn and Dave Dodgson. Both mention the example videos by Oxford TEFL, which I think are done by the tutors… Read More ›

• Evaluating course books – checklists

  By Pete on October 11, 2016 • ( 3 )

  

  I’m currently studying a module in Materials Development through NILE online. It’s a really worthwhile course so far! Unit two talked about evaluating materials, specifically course books. We were introduced to a range of checklists that could be used for… Read More ›

• Recent whiteboard work

  By Pete on September 24, 2016 • ( 6 )

  I mentioned a few whiteboard tips this time last year. I should probably follow my own advice, because my recent whiteboard work has been a bit shoddy. I’ve been taking some pictures of my recent boards. I won’t post them… Read More ›

• Classroom games – Dobble!

  By Pete on September 23, 2016 • ( 3 )

  Dobble is a great card game for quick thinking and bit of new vocabulary. I trialled it during a ‘fun and games’ social club last week and it went down well. Actually, the students enjoyed it so much that they… Read More ›

• Planning tasks for young learners

  By Pete on September 22, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  To an experienced YL teacher this post is just stating the obvious. To me it’s not, because I’m new to teaching primary aged learners. I’ve got in the habit of tweaking almost every activity to try and make it fun…. Read More ›

• A fun way to drill

  By Pete on September 19, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  A bit of repetition never hurt anyone! It might not be the most riveting stuff, but sometimes I come across these ‘listen and repeat’ drills in our materials or in books. They’re ok. I used to like substitution drills myself…. Read More ›

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