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This is the third in a series of four articles which will explore how to integrate a task-based approach into a typical textbook to maximise learning opportunities for your learners and to save teacher...
View ArticleMaking time for tasks and still covering the syllabus
This is the last in a series of four articles which will explore how to integrate a task-based approach into a typical textbook to maximise learning opportunities for your learners and to save teacher...
View ArticleAutonomous Online Learning: Can it work?
I've just embarked on an experiment to find out if students are willing and able to develop their English working autonomously online. I'm trying to provide a range of web based activities (a new one...
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In my last blog post here, I wrote about a new project I had started using a blog and publishing online activities that students can work on autonomously. After just over a month, I thought it was time...
View ArticleAre gap-fills actually practice?
I often hear people describing 'gap-fills' as practice tasks. They seem to be common suggestions for Controlled Practice. I see a lot of value in the use of different variations of gap-fill exercises...
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View Article5 tasks to teach yourself to teach with technology
With the holiday season coming for many of us, we can actually find some time to concentrate on developing our own skills, so that's what I have been doing. I decided to write this series of tasks to...
View ArticleTeach Yourself to Teach with Tech: The first 10
Please find here the first ten tasks in a series of Teach Yourself to Teach with Tech tasks that I'm writing.The tasks are designed as small scale projects. You follow the instructions with each one...
View ArticleHomework! how can I make students love you?
Do students prefer written homework or online homework? My students are required to learn literature according to the Education Ministry, therefore I decided to create a forum in which I post...
View ArticleNever Ask Your Students to ...
Never ask your students to do something you cannot do yourself."Now", many of you might say, "what is it that we cannot do and ask them to do? I have observed such a situation many times. Teachers ask...
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