Michelle Ocriciano

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Michelle Ocriciano was a blogger for English teaching professional for 2.5 years, writing her final post for us in December 2021. During her time as a blogger for ETp, she wrote 25 posts which reflect her experiences being in ELT for over 20 years, and the different hats she's worn as a teacher, teacher trainer, academic manager, learning and teaching consultant, and researcher. Her posts encourage reflection, discussion of controversial and topical teaching issues and evaluation of evidence/learning from other fields of education to better inform our teaching. Michelle holds a BA in Linguistics, a BEd Secondary, a BA in Pedagogy and an MA in Applied Linguistics. She is currently a PhD candidate and EAP teacher at the University of Queensland in sunny Brisbane, Australia. She is also a registered counsellor focused on student support and anxiety reduction.

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How to tackle anxiety in tough times

2015-04-08

In these tough and unprecedented times, many teachers are also faced with adapting to new online teaching challenges - and some of us are feeling anxious and overwhelmed. Here, Michelle Ocriciano shares some simple techniques for dealing with anxiety.

Social justice in ELT

2014-05-10

Recent events in the US involving George Floyd may have brought up topics such as racism and discrimination to our ELT classes. Some of us embraced them, whereas others questioned what ELT has to do with this type of topics. So, let's talk about social justice.

Practice makes perfect? The case of interleaving

2013-10-19

In our ‘new normal’, many teachers are having to cover the full curriculum regardless so are glossing over content just to ‘cover everything’. Changing this situation is often beyond our control. So, let me offer a type of practice that may ease this burden on students and teachers.

A hidden aspect of continuous teacher development

2013-08-29

In this blogpost, Michelle Ocriciano discusses how now teachers have now adapted to their new way of delivering classes in the pandemic with the help of professional development (PD), it’s time to explore a lesser discussed yet important aspect of PD.

2021: a year full of strength

2013-08-21

In the first post of 2021, Michelle Ocriciano discusses the challenges of the coming year before suggesting we look for hope in our own strengths by using the VIA character survey, which can be applied to many aspects of our lives not just teaching.

What was 2020 to you? A teacher’s reflection

2013-06-27

In Michelle Oriciano’s last blogpost for the year, she reflects on 2020 by acknowledging the difficulties faced by ELT professionals and recaps on how important it is to look after one’s wellbeing, before rounding up with a proposal for our industry in 2021 and beyond.

The more you do, the better you’ll be: how Retrieval Practice can improve your learners’ performance

2013-05-31

In September, Michelle Ocriciano described types of memory and memory overload; then last month she discussed interleaving and how it can be used to set homework. In this blog, she rounds up her memory-in-teaching-practice mini-series by introducing retrieval practice.

What is Culturally Responsive Teaching?

2012-07-31

Do you ever make connections between your learners' cultures, first language(s), or life experiences with your teaching? If you don’t, should you? Read on to find out more about Culturally Responsive Teaching, and what changes can be made to give culturally responsive classes.

Multimodality and ICTs

2012-07-27

Everyday life is surrounded by online reading and writing, you can’t get away from it! The understanding of such language begins with the notion of text as a central theme in language study. But how can we use it in teaching? Read on to learn about the relationship between multimodality and ICT.

Memory overload from teaching and learning in our new normal

2012-06-27

In the last few months, I’ve attended too many webinars to count and racked up countless hours on Zoom… and now have trouble remembering all types of things. And I’m not alone. Somehow the combination of physical distancing and long hours in front of a computer have affected our memory, but why?

Translanguaging: L1 in L2? Yes, we can!