Anna Pereszlenyi

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Anna Pereszlényi is a university language teacher and lecturer based in Budapest. She has a PhD in Language Pedagogy. Her research interests include reading skills and strategies, using literature in the EFL classroom, social and emotional learning, and wellbeing. She teaches language courses and methodology to teacher trainees at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.

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How are you today?

Wellbeing has become an increasingly important concept since the pandemic. There is a growing body of educational materials, resources and research related to teachers’ and students’ wellbeing. However, when was the last time you asked your students about their day? When was the last time you gave them space to share good news or feelings or let them complain in the classroom? Probably not so often as you would like. Two major obstacles prevent teachers from dedicating more time to wellbeing: limited time and lack of resources. Therefore, in this article, I would like to propose some simple activities...

Reading between the lines

One of the primary aims of secondary EFL teachers is to ensure that our students have the knowledge and are equipped with the necessary skills and strategies to pass (language) exams. In the case of reading, these include skills and strategies such as skimming (reading for gist) and scanning. However, one of the difficulties that university students often face is reading – even in the field of humanities. The main problem appears to stem from the fact that students treat texts uniformly, regardless of their type: they apply the same reading skills and strategies when they read a literary...