Teaching English
A Fun Reading Activity to Help Learners Write
27th November 2015Welcome to Fun with reading! In each column post and accompanying activity sheet I will share fun ideas and practical tips for teaching reading to English learners.
Read More Teaching English / Teaching Reading SkillsEpisode 3 – Sammy Colon
27th November 2015Welcome to Verbo City. Meet Grammarman and his friends, Syntax and Alpha-bot. Together they battle the never ending tide of careless mistakes.
Read More Teaching English / Teaching GrammarThe Oceans
20th October 2015In my first blog, The Night Sky, we considered language in terms of recognition. The examples we used were constellations, and the learning analogy was word maps. In this post I want to use a different space, the oceans, to reflect on the idea of boundaries...
Read More Teaching ResourcesStudents as Virtual Tour Guides
20th October 2015When we take our students on fieldtrips to visit a site, they often are curious about what they observe. We can foster this curiosity by getting students to use their mobile devices to...
Read More Teaching ResourcesEpisode 2 – Uncle Uncountable
20th October 2015Welcome to Verbo City. Meet Grammarman and his friends, Syntax and Alpha-bot. Together they battle the never ending tide of careless mistakes.
Read More Teaching English / Teaching GrammarYour Personal Branding Statement
20th October 2015“We Mean Business” gives busy Business English trainers ready-to-use videos and accompanying exercises inspired by the professional world. These activities help business people learn to...
Read More Teaching Business EnglishFun with reading
20th October 2015Welcome to Fun with reading! In each column post and accompanying activity sheet I will share fun ideas and practical tips for teaching reading to English learners.
Read More Teaching English / Teaching Reading SkillsThe Night Sky
15th September 2015'We had the sky, up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made, or only just happened - Jim he allowed they was made, but I allowed...
Read More Teaching ResourcesCreating a Collaborative and Safe Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
15th September 2015During one of my English classes, I taught my adult German students how to use dictionary and translation apps. The next week, one of my students excitedly shared how she had used one of the apps to help her...
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