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Maximising speaking opportunities

With remote teaching maximising speaking opportunities can be particularly difficult where the sessions are more teacher led and teacher talking time is increased.

Taking liberties

Use this lesson plan for learners aged 13-17 and adult students to look at the theme of gender stereotypes and equality.

The proof of the pudding

Speak and the world is full of singing :)

Reading means loving

Teachers are the people who are largely responsible for shaping the young minds, and thus for the future of their students.

Making Vocabulary Learning Permanent

Vocabulary plays an important role in being able to communicate. And after you begin to learn a foreign language, communicating is the essential skill to promote. There are various techniques of vocabulary instruction, but are they effective for teaching and encouraging long-term learning?

Book Reading included in our lessons? Why not?

I have always liked reading... But during the actual lesson? Some teachers consider it a waste of time, mainly because it does not belong to the material needed to work towards an exam!

Milica Vukadin - Environmental Education and Activism with Young Learners vs. Eco-anxiety: 5 Stages

Even though we currently have 17 sustainable development goals that reflect the global issues, we have an additional issue altogether: How can we introduce global issues to our learners without causing them to feel eco-anxiety?

Important checklist for online lesson plan

Teaching and Learning principles remain the same, whether it is online or in-person; however, remote teaching requires extra skills such as: digital literacy, technical requirements, online lesson planning, motivation, empathy and repetitive communication for the effective teaching and learning.

Quick Effective Activities

Warm-ups are important for teachers and students alike!

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