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Each month, we feature a different guest blogger to share their ideas, experiences and reflections of teaching children and teenagers English in diverse contexts around the world.
Teens and Generative AI
Generative AI, which can generate new and original content such as written texts, images, codes and music, has attracted a lot of people's attention including English language teachers and learners, especially since the release of Chat GPT in late 2022. Nearly 80...
A review of NILE’s Teaching Young Learners course
Introduction Teaching English to young learners is a challenging and rewarding activity that demands specialised skills and knowledge in order to cater for the whole child development in the classroom (Read, 2020). Teaching these types of learners entails more than a...
Navigating the digital waters: internet safety for primary-aged children
What do your students enjoy doing online? Which services and devices do they use? In today's digital age, the internet has become an integral part of our lives. From online learning to entertainment and social interactions, it offers children a vast world of...
Review: Exploring the language of film to teach YLs visual literacy by Romina Muse
IATEFL Annual Conference, Harrogate20th April, 2023 As the out-going editor of IATEFL YLTSIG’s publication TEYLT Worldwide, I was delighted to have a role in the hugely successful YLTSIG Showcase day at the 2023 IATEFL Conference in Harrogate. Among the wide range of...
Sketchnoting the YLTSIG conference
I can’t begin to tell you how honoured I am to have been invited to sketchnote the plenary sessions at the YLTSIG webconference! What an incredible three days of enthusiastic ELT professionals sharing their insights and knowledge; I feel so lucky to be part of such a...
Review: Kindergarten at 60: A Memoir of Teaching in Thailand
“To live ‘elsewhere’ means to continually find yourself involved in a conversation in which different identities are recognised, exchanged, and mixed, but do not vanish.” (Arturo Islas, as cited in Chambers: 18) In Kindergarten at 60, author Dian Seidel takes the...
Dyslexia in pre-school language classrooms
Myths and facts about dyslexia Even though dyslexia has been well-researched, there are still many myths surrounding this specific learning difference. One of them is that symptoms of dyslexia do not appear until primary school years. It is true that in the early...
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