Rubens Heredia

32 POSTS

Rubens Heredia has been a vlogger for Pavilion ELT since December 2019. His vlog posts draw upon his experiences as a teacher and teacher trainer, as well as the ones as a student of Catalan and they provide a huge variety of teaching tips and techniques to use in the classroom, in flipped learning and in live online classes. Rubens is currently working as a freelance CELTA trainer, based in Barcelona, and he is the co-founder of whatiselt.com, a website and social media platform dedicated to helping English teachers and teacher trainers with definitions of common ELT concepts as well as examples and tips on how to use them more effectively in lessons. He began his teaching career in Brazil, where he taught one-to-one lessons and groups of children, teens and adults. Rubens has been involved in teacher training and course design for the last eight years. He's also a frequent speaker at international conferences and you can catch more from him on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter: @whatiselt.

Access to the full listing of this author’s articles is available only to members or logged-in users. At this time, only the top 15 articles are displayed.

4 often overlooked grammar points you should teach

2025-06-17

If you look at the table of contents of any course book, you will notice that the grammar section is often dominated by verb tenses and verb forms. Are there other grammar points that we should be focusing on, though? In this vlog, Rubens Heredia shares four grammar points that have a great impact on communication and should not be overlooked. Have these tips worked for you? Is there anything you would add to the list? Share your ideas in the comments or on our social media, and let us know how you get on with Rubens’ tips! Useful References Done, M....

4 key pronunciation features everyone should teach

2025-02-20

Do you want to teach pronunciation but are not sure what to focus on first? In this vlog, Rubens Heredia shares four pronunciation features that he thinks have a huge impact on your students’ communication. Have these tips worked for you? Is there anything you would add to the list? Share your ideas in the comments or on our social media, and let us know how you get on with Rubens’ tips! References Arroub, M. (2015) Connected speech. English Teaching Professional, (97). Gordyshevskaya, P. (2021). Connected speech: helping learners cope with authentic speech. English Teaching Professional, (133). Hancock, M. (2023). Fun with phrasal homophones....

5 tips to teach pronunciation more effectively

2024-09-12

Improving their pronunciation is one of the most common objectives of students. However, teachers are often unsure about how to teach and correct pronunciation. Here, Rubens Heredia shares 5 tips to help your students pronounce sounds and words more clearly.

5 tips to create materials for your English lessons

2024-05-16

Finding, selecting, and adapting materials to supplement coursebooks and design more engaging lessons can be a really time-consuming task, and the results may not be as good as we expect. Here, Rubens Heredia shares 5 tips to create more effective materials for your English lessons.

5 ways to engage teenagers in your English lessons

2024-03-08

Teenagers can sometimes be a tough crowd and may not respond as well as we want to the activities we propose. However, they go all the way when they really engage with lessons. Here, Rubens Heredia shares five suggestions on how to grab and maintain teens’ attention in English lessons.

5 things you should stop doing in your English lessons

2024-01-12

Have you made New Year resolutions for 2024? In this vlog, Rubens Heredia shares 5 teaching habits and common practices that he thinks we could resolve to ditch in the new year in order to make lessons more effective and fun.

5 ways to use films and TV series to teach English

2023-11-08

Films and TV series are some of the most engaging pieces of authentic materials and have been used in English lessons for a long time. Watch to discover five ways to use films and TV series to make lessons more engaging and promote learning even outside the classroom.

5 ways to use phonemic transcription to teach English

2023-09-11

Phonemic transcription and phonemic symbols are very helpful tools to the English teacher. However, using them in lessons can be daunting to both teachers and students. Watch to learn about Ruben’s five tips to use phonemic transcription in lessons more effectively and confidently.

5 ways to use projects to teach English

2023-07-07

Projects can be a great way to make lessons more fun and relevant to students, helping them go beyond the English language and develop life skills. In this video, Rubens Heredia shares 5 tips to use projects more effectively in your English lessons.

5 ways to use songs to teach English

2023-05-19

In this video, Rubens Heredia shares 5 ways you can use songs in your lessons.

5 ways to use games in English lessons

2023-03-10

Games are a staple of English teaching and can help motivate and engage students. But how can we ensure variety and effectiveness? From old-school games to AI-mediated, watch to discover five ways to incorporate games into lessons.

5 ways to use artificial intelligence in your lessons

2023-01-12

Artificial intelligence tools are becoming more and more common. Using AI in lessons might seem like a thing of science fiction, but it’s easier than it sounds. In this video, Rubens Heredia shares five simple ways to integrate artificial intelligence into lessons.

5 tips to refresh and revise learning

2022-11-03

Teachers usually encourage learners to review and revise what they studied in lessons. We claim that revisiting the new words and grammar is an essential part of learning. But how can we encourage students to do it? Watch to discover ways to help students revise and review language.

5 tips to get students to do homework

2022-09-08

Homework can be very helpful to students and make the learning process more effective. So why do many students resist or fail to do it? Are we really giving learners the best and most appealing homework activities we can? Watch to discover five tips to get students to do (more) homework.

5 tips to teach grammar more effectively

2022-07-07

Learning grammar is one of the most challenging tasks for many students. But does learning grammar actually have to be hard? How can teachers make grammar interesting and fun? Rubens shares five tips to make sure that learning new structures is meaningful and fun.