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Chiara Bruzzano

Chiara Bruzzano (BA, MA, DELTA M1, PhD) is an experienced EFL teacher, teacher trainer and instructional designer. She started blogging for English Teaching professional back in December 2019, and is now blogging for the new look Modern English Teacher following its launch in January 2022 where she continues to write about teaching and teaching training issues, impacts of research on teaching/teacher training and a lot more besides. Chiara teaches at the University of Milan, the University of Leeds and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. She also designs and delivers teacher education programmes and is the founder of LanguagEd, a professional development company. Chiara holds a doctorate in language education and her interests include listening pedagogy, teacher and learner cognition and migration. She is currently conducting research funded by the British Council on the consequential validity of IELTS.

Can I do this? Self-efficacy and language learning

What are self-efficacy beliefs? Why do we have them, and how can they help or hinder language learning? Chiara Bruzzano discusses how our beliefs in our abilities to complete a task, or self-efficacy beliefs, impact our own motivation then addresses how to best foster positive beliefs in our learners.

Harnessing online videos for process listening: 5 activities

How can you harness online videos for developing the processes needed for effective listening? Chiara discusses why a focus on the process of listening is important and suggests five simple, no-prep activities that you can use with online videos.

The impact of language assessment: consequential validity

What are the real-life consequences of language tests? With an ever-growing focus on standardised language testing, should we move on from simply considering validity to adopting a critical perspective on language assessment? Read on to find out how.

Should I simplify the text? Types of input in language learning

Is it useful to simplify texts? Should we opt for genuine texts instead? In this blog, Chiara Bruzzano discusses the relevant evidence, and examines a proposal from researcher Mike Long on two additional types of texts: elaborated input and modified elaborated input.

Teaching vocabulary: is it worth it?

Is it worth using classroom time to teach vocabulary? What does the research show? Chiara reviews the evidence and discusses why explicit teaching may be ineffective, why independent study may be more effective and what activities can be prioritised based on the research.
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