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photo retrieved from : https://yannicknezetseguin.com/en/biography/ "The more you talk, the less opportunity there is for the learners." James Scrivener What is the first thing that you remember learning on your CELTA course? In my case, a lot of emphasis was placed on reducing our TTT (Teacher Talking Time). We were constantly reminded how our TT… Continue reading Quality Teacher Talk
How easy is it to remember new words? Is it enough to just give the definition of a word once? Well, we've all been guilty of that crime at least once, but let's find out why it is a tefl crime! So, we have short-term memory and long-term memory. Both are equally important. The word has… Continue reading Teaching vocabulary effectively
Learners develop their listening skills, as the main task is usually to find missing information by listening to the song. That can be vocabulary or grammar structures. They also practise reading skills. At times they can guess what is missing by working out the context. Speaking can be included as a post activity…. Continue Reading →
Everyone who has completed a course like CELTA, must have learned the value of having all kinds of fun, back-up activities to use at the beginning, end or in the middle of a lesson. They have various names, such as fillers, coolers or warmers, energizers etc. These activities can be relevant to the lesson but… Continue reading Fillers, coolers and energizers
