5 ways to use projects to teach English

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Do you know what the term PBL means? Are you looking for ways to make your lessons more engaging and to give your students a sense of achievement? Project based lessons (PBL) could help! But how can we use projects inside the classroom, to help students engage and learn both inside and outside the classroom?

In this vlog, Rubens Heredia shares five tips for using projects more effectively in your lessons. Have you used projects in your own classroom? Share your ideas in the comments or on our social media, and let us know how you get on with Rubens’ tips!

 

Useful references

Anderson, James (2021) A framework for project-based learning in TESOL. Modern English Teacher, 30 (2).

Robb, K. (2023) Methods, approaches and techniques: do they really matter? Modern English Teacher, 32 (3).

Taha, F. (2018) From one teacher to another, a practical guide to project-based learning. Modern English Teacher, 27 (4).

Thompson, T. (2018). Podcasts as projects. Modern English Teacher, 24 (4).

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Rubens Heredia
Rubens Heredia
Rubens Heredia has been a vlogger for Pavilion ELT since December 2019. His vlog posts draw upon his experiences as a teacher and teacher trainer, as well as the ones as a student of Catalan and they provide a huge variety of teaching tips and techniques to use in the classroom, in flipped learning and in live online classes. Rubens is currently working as a freelance CELTA trainer, based in Barcelona, and he is the co-founder of whatiselt.com, a website and social media platform dedicated to helping English teachers and teacher trainers with definitions of common ELT concepts as well as examples and tips on how to use them more effectively in lessons. He began his teaching career in Brazil, where he taught one-to-one lessons and groups of children, teens and adults. Rubens has been involved in teacher training and course design for the last eight years. He's also a frequent speaker at international conferences and you can catch more from him on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter: @whatiselt.