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There is a persistent image that crops up again and again when it comes to teachers: a sad and lonely figure standing at a photocopier printing off a huge pile of material for their class. But is that sad figure breaking the law? Could the teacher who supplies their class […]
Cooperative Learning is a teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different abilities, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject. Although cooperative learning takes place within teams of students it is not to be confused with mere group work. The main […]
Conversation classes are those based almost entirely around getting the students to speak. This contrasts with classes where the other skills are employed. Often native English teachers will be used in conversation classes in foreign schools; sometimes this will be alongside a local assistant to help out. See Speaking for […]
Context is the positioning of a word or phrase. This can be used by the teacher to help students gain an understanding of its meaning. For example, look at this sentence. I saw a bright red fligret in the sky. This contains the unknown (and non-existent) word, fligret. However, we […]
CLIL stands for Content and Language Integrated Learning and it is based on the idea that subjects like geography, physics, history, etc. can be taught and learned in a language which is not the student’s mother tongue. (CLIL is also known as CBI or Content Based Instruction.) The emphasis in […]