We've selected a range of practical resources to help you in the classroom and ideas to help you with your professional development, which we hope you find useful.
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Instagram during classes
In this post Raquel Ribeiro shares some practical activities and examples to get you started with using Instagram - a photo sharing social network application with a growing number of users that brings a visual engagement and dynamism that appeal to young people and adults. And if you have any questions, doubts or examples of your own, why not log in and comment?
Research mentoring for teacher educators
In this webinar Kenan Dikilitaş and Asli Lidice Gokturk Saglam discussed the recent increased interest in teacher research engagement by English language teachers and the need for teacher research mentoring that can and should be offered to teachers. Although research could be self-initiated process, there is often need for different forms of support, knowledge and skills for doing research. To this end, they focus on the specific qualities research mentors need to have and examine various roles that they may need to take on while providing such support.
It's 12 o'clock! A speaking lesson with no materials
This is a drawing and speaking activity that is fun to use with primary classes to revise the present continuous form. It is easy to set up and requires no preparation or materials, except a board and a board pen. Learners will need a piece of paper and a pencil. This version practises the present continuous form, but other versions can practise other tenses.
First steps in essay writing for primary school students
It is often difficult to get young learners closer to understanding the main purpose and development of an opinion essay. An essay in pictures could become an easy starting point to help them generate ideas and produce consistent lines. The use of this material could benefit students both by connecting them with a different kind of literature and encouraging them to write their own ideas on the topic. Follow this step by step plan by Karina Castro to get your learners writing. Read more.
Readlang to the rescue
'I often set digital reading tasks as homework and I know that my learners sometimes struggle with unfamiliar words. I got them to add the Readlang extension to their browsers and find translations for some of these blocking words. They’ve told me that the tool has been useful in helping them get through texts quicker and making these reading tasks less stressful.' Find out more about the Readlang web reader, and its benefits and drawbacks in promoting learner autonomy by reading this latest blog post.
Dynamics of videoconferencing-mediated co-teaching
This week's featured IATEFL talk presents a case study looking at the teacher interaction, use of technology and CPD generated from the videoconferencing-mediated co-teaching of refugee children in Gaza. Maricarmen Gamero considers the context constructed through the interaction between teachers; technology enacted into the classroom as a new practice; and the continuous professional development evidenced as natural learning experiences in collaborative teaching.
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