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Reactive teaching

Roger Hunt sees the need for ‘off the cuff’ teaching and learning.

The mid-week syllabus challenge

Debbie Metters shows how the syllabus can be used as a flexible resource for bothyou and your class.

Using technology to support cooperative learning

Nicky Hockly answers five questions about how technology can be used to support the principles and practice of cooperative learning.

A CELTA of two halves

Jacqueline Douglas and Alastair Douglas describe a 50-50 split on a recent CELTA course.

‘Boreout’ – What it is and how to avoid it

Clare Fielder shows how boreout can occur, how we can recognise it in ourselves,and some small tips for how to avoid it.

Secrets and lies

Jason Anderson shows that lying is a very important social and communicative skillwhich our students will (within reason) get a lot of fun and practice out of.

Demystifying phonics: all your questions answered

Eve Conway offers an overview of phonics and how it fits into an English language learning context.

Become an Online English Teacher by Nestor Kiourtzidis

Thinking about going into online teaching? Chiara Bruzzano reviews “Become an Online English Teacher” by Nestor Kiourtzidis.

Find the colleague who…

Richard Janosy exposes his students to vocabulary seven times in seven steps.

Preparing to teach: question tags

John Potts can’t ignore this way of formulating questions, can he?

Interactive reflection: learning in your own classes

Jason Anderson believes that teachers could benefit from reflecting on their teaching whilst they are actually teaching, and discusses the results of a study on reflection-in-action.

Thinking skills 1 – looking at yes, no, not given questions

Louis Rogers and Nick Thorner share a worksheet and article focusing on how to answer questions in the IELTS Reading paper where candidates read statements based on a text and have to choose between YES, NO and NOT GIVEN.

YLs, teens and mobiles

Mary Shay suggests a blend of the old and the new.

The perfect blend

This article discusses how to combine both print and digital materials in lessons.

Is It My Turn Yet?

This article looks at the importance of turn-taking for developing spoken fluency.