Thomas Ziegelwagner

Thomas studied English and history at the University of Vienna, Austria, and later, political education at the Donau-Universität Krems, Austria. He has a Master’s degree in English and History and holds an MSc in Political Education. He has been teaching for more than 20 years, mostly in BHAK St Poelten, Austria (an upper secondary business college for students aged between 14 and 19); and since 2022 at the Centre for Business Languages and Intercultural Communication at the Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. He is interested in teacher training, teaching English as a working language and in CLIL. He has recently got involved in e-learning and in facilitating the online learning process.

Me, myself and I

2023-01-16

This article describes the brown bag presentation where students plan a short presentation based on photos on and items in an everyday shopping bag.

The proof of the writing is in the proofreading

2022-03-18

Do your students use the editing facilities offered by Microsoft? If not, why not? Do they continue to make the same mistakes on a regular basis? Would they benefit from a Favourite Mistakes list? Read the article and download the online resource.

From chaos to order

2022-01-26

How much do you help your learners with the planning and outlining of a writing task. This article explores a way of helping students improve their output of ideas and good writing at the same time, helping them to see the link between plan and final version and the need for self-editing.

Un-will-ing students: teaching awareness of the will future

2019-01-03

Thomas Ziegelwagner uses a famous line from the film The Terminator to activate his students’ awareness of the use of will for spontaneous decisions and promises.

Thomas Ziegelwagner

Me, myself and I

The proof of the writing is in the proofreading

From chaos to order

Un-will-ing students: teaching awareness of the will future

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