Chris Roland

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Chris Roland is a trainer based at ELI, a language academy in Seville, Spain, where he teaches young learners, teens and adult groups. He tutors on the Trinity Diploma course for OxfordTEFL and his most recent methodology book Structuring Fun for Young Learners in the ELT Classroom is published by Pavilion ELT. Email - [email protected]

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“It’s time to level up!”

A spotlight on improving our teaching of teens Pre-recorded webinar for “It’s time to level up!” can be viewed by subscribers only with the link below. The questions we shall focus on in this pre-recorded webinar are: How can we get better after that initial period of two, five or even ten years of teaching teens? What is advanced methodology for teens teaching, if even there such a thing? At first, teaching teenagers can feel a little overwhelming. After an initial period, most teachers settle down and either adapt to an ‘I can survive this’ sort of state, discover they can get...

Question time! Can’t we just talk to them?

How good are your students at asking questions? Do you take time to deal with them? Read about useful it can be to give learners time and space for their own ideas.

Generating events 2

Young learners enjoy events which make them communicate with their own ideas. Class elections, posting homework, making demonstration videos are all activities which will be useful in your classes.

Keep on moving 2

Chris Roland offers more kinaesthetic tasks for children.

Sharing spaces and sharing roles

Chris Roland experiments with shifting locations and roles to increase cooperation and engagement.

Managing online fun

Chris Roland sees the advantages of teaching online – with a structured and supportive approach.