YES! Let’s keep on talking about writing
It was two years ago today that I wrote a post for this same blog entitled Why don’t we talk about writing? The 15th BRAZ-TESOL International Conference had just ended and I discussed why there were so...
View ArticleWhat does ‘good English’ even mean?
“Your English is so beautiful.” – I sometimes hear, and I promise you I have a point in writing this, which is not that I’m a Leo (although I am). In fact, I’ve always been a bit reticent about those...
View ArticleGreenhouses, Gardens and Jungles – 1
What is your passion when it comes to teaching EFL? Is it one of the four skills [listening, speaking, reading or writing]? One of the four systems [pronunciation, lexis, grammar or discourse]?...
View ArticleOn practicing what you preach
“You should write as often as possible” – that’s what I keep telling my students. Currently, 99% of my students are intrepid English teachers either preparing for the Cambridge English: Advanced or the...
View ArticleGreenhouses, Gardens and Jungles – 2
Taking the DELTA has changed me as a teacher in many ways, but I believe that it has most influenced the way I perceive and teach listening. I first came across the term ‘decoding’ when my dear tutor...
View ArticleReader, Come Home
Today, I would like to share with you a bit of the book “Reader, Come Home”, by Maryanne Wolf. This book has triggered a lot of reflection, being a techie myself on how I have been taking the habit of...
View ArticleSTUDENT AGENCY: Raising Student Engagement Online
BY DONNA FIELDS We’re looking forward to sharing with you the most innovative practices – methods you can use immediately in your online or your face-to-face lessons. Unfortunately, most Ministers of...
View ArticleStorytelling in ESL: As simple as it gets
How frequently do you interrupt your students’ stories in L1 because you believe this might disrupt the class flow and prevent them from attempting to communicate in English? You’re not alone and rest...
View ArticleNo regrets, just lessons learned!
2022! Phew, what a ride! If I start looking back at how everything went down, from January to this very moment, I had several reasons to cry, from bursts of anxiety to significant losses around me....
View ArticleChat GPT: The death of writing lessons as we know them?
The fact that Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) has the potential to revolutionise education is neither theoretical nor futuristic at this point. Every year a new software is launched with the promise to...
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