Rubens Heredia

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.

5 tips to teach listening and reading skills

2022-03-08

Every course book includes reading and listening activities, but are you making the most out of them? Do you feel confident enough to design your own tasks? In this vlog, Rubens Heredia shares 5 tips to make sure that you are not just testing, but actually teaching reading and listening.

5 fun ways to start English Lessons

2022-01-17

How do you usually start your lessons? Would you say you hook your students in? Watch to learn five ways to be truly engaging in those early and important minutes of your lessons, allow positive student interaction and perhaps become more effective in your teaching.

5 tips based on my experience as a student

2022-01-13

It is often suggested that studying another language can help teachers gain insight into their learners’ needs. In this video, Rubens Heredia shares five tips to design and deliver effective English lessons based on the insights he’s gained studying Catalan for the last two years.

5 tips to teach using flipped lessons

2021-10-13

Do you want to optimise the time in the classroom and make homework more motivating to students? Have you ever tried giving homework ahead of class? This vlog post takes you through five tips to flip your English lessons to help you get the most out of your classes.

5 ways to use social media to teach English

2021-08-19

What kind of feedback do you give your learners? Does it improve their grades or overall ability? Watch this vlog to get tips on correcting mistakes more effectively and how that can help learners understand their performance and then really improve.

Rubens Heredia

5 tips to teach listening and reading skills

5 fun ways to start English Lessons

5 tips based on my experience as a student

5 tips to teach using flipped lessons

5 ways to use social media to teach English

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