Most international schools have finished or are about to finish their school years. These last weeks of school are usually busy with assessments, report writing, and admin work, but there… Read more »
Recently in a yoga class, I caught myself checking my posture in the mirror over and over again and comparing what I looked like (not too graceful, I’m afraid) to… Read more »
Lately, I received numerous questions and inquiries about how I use L1 in my classroom. Some of the queries have come from fellow ESL/EAL practitioners but interestingly, more and more… Read more »
Over the past 3 years, we have experimented with a variety of forms of support for EAL pupils. In this post, I am considering the benefits and drawbacks of each… Read more »
We started the academic year online. As you can imagine, virtual learning doesn’t easily lend itself to providing effective in-class support to EAL students. Nevertheless, we need to find a… Read more »
When I was working in ELT I never called it Think-Pair-Share. It was just called pair work or group work. Now that I work in an international school I’ve learned… Read more »
I often hear my students say how anxious they are about Assessment Week, which is usually the last but one week of the term in my school. I find that… Read more »
One of the biggest issues I have with online teaching is time management. In school, I have 45-minute lessons, which feel short, but nowhere near as short as they feel… Read more »
First-week reflections The first week is over. It was tough, tougher than I anticipated. I thought I was relatively well prepared for what’s coming, but nothing could have prepared me… Read more »
In a previous post, I wrote about how I use the Question Formulation Technique with my EAL learners. Now I would like to show you some sample materials and a… Read more »