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Spark: Break Normal
Learning that sticks. I really enjoyed this article: Nuts and Bolts: Surprise! Can you see or notice some applications to teaching English? How often do our classes resemble those brainless commutes to work where we switch off, and arrive on autopilot. No thinking required. You and your students pass along through course book activities, page ...
Spark: Why Make Fun Part of Your Class
You should be planning for fun to happen in your classes. In most cases, your adult students don’t have to be in your classroom each time you show up. They go there because they need what you have to offer in order to be effective in their workplace. Have you ever wondered: do my students ...
Spark: Should Teachers Learn from Book Titles?
What would happen if I started trying to package my classes around a pinc title? Just thinking about a great post: Four Strategies for Creating Titles that Jump Off the Shelf. Here’s the definition of pinc: Great titles are PINC (pronounced “pink”). They do at least one of the following: make apromise, create intrigue, identify a need, or ...
Beyond your class: Connection Matters
I think effective teachers take the time to really get to know their students. The deeper you know your students, the greater your impact on their lives will be. Will you be able to get that close with all of your students all of the time? No. Not likely. But I think we should make ...
ESL As A Training Program: On Being Practical
Just listened to the first part of a podcast from Oustandingorganization.com in which John G. Miller goes into a very interesting discussion about what successful training programs are all about. 1) Practical: Excellent content is practical content—and content is only practical when it helps people know what to do (Concepts and Principles), how to do it (Techniques ...
Lesson Design: Balance
You’ve probably heard the phrase “Too much of a good thing is a bad thing.” I just read a post that got me thinking a lot about my preferred teaching style which is strongly grounded in what the article would refer to as “Art.” My lessons tend to be creative and imaginative but, as the post ...
Will Power: Lure
Stuff our Brain loves to pay attention to: have you ever thought about what your brain wants? Try an experiment today: as you go about your business, try to become aware of what you like to pay attention to. As you walk down the street, or through the mall, or as you surf the internet ...
Teachers: Harness your Student’s Will Power to Learn
Tip 1 – Stop People from Giving Up: It takes a long time to learn English. In fact, for most people, it takes years of hard work and extended practice. Years. Hard work. Extended practice. Not very sexy, right? And that’s one of the big reasons why so many give up. It’s just too long ...
Teachers: Harness your Student's Will Power to Learn
Tip 1 – Stop People from Giving Up: It takes a long time to learn English. In fact, for most people, it takes years of hard work and extended practice. Years. Hard work. Extended practice. Not very sexy, right? And that’s one of the big reasons why so many give up. It’s just too long ...
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