Teaching Resources

Oh boy, the beauties of teaching in Italy!

by Chris Bartlett 16th May 2018

Before moving to southern Italy, I’d only ever taught Italians at summer schools in England, with the last occasion being at a medical university in South London. The classrooms were […]

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Fake English and Immoral Ways to Survive

by Bartolo Ansaldi 8th March 2018

Our state of mind plays an important role in our performances. As a foreigner in the UK, I know for a fact that when I have to talk in public […]

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The Power of English and the Chinese New Year

by Connor Mew 13th February 2018

Chinese New Year is a truly magnificent period in the world calendar, bringing people together from all walks of life to unite in ceremonial festivity. In this festive vein, Gallery […]

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Improve Language Education With These 7 Tech Tools

by Jennifer Scott 6th December 2017

Learning has taken a real jump forward, thanks to the tools created online for students and teachers alike. Aspects of learning are much easier, now that students have the help […]

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Mind Mapping to Engage Learners with the Textbook

by Shelly Sanchez Terrell 27th November 2015

Web tools and apps help teachers animate the content in textbooks and present the material in ways that every student can learn.

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Cities

by Luke Meddings 27th November 2015

Not everything that happens in class has to feed the unit or fit the level. As teachers, we need to allow our learners to encounter spontaneity and chance in class.

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The Oceans

by Luke Meddings 20th October 2015

In 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...

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Students as Virtual Tour Guides

by Shelly Sanchez Terrell 20th October 2015

When 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...

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The Night Sky

by Luke Meddings 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...

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