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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.
Professionalising global TEYL practices – Focus on diversity and inclusion
I have always believed that by learning another language, children and teenagers can discover new ways of understanding the world and of expressing themselves. They can explore their own and others’ cultural identities and reflect on and question certain values and...
Visual art in primary English language teaching
Why visual art? Claire remembers teaching art in a secondary school in Australia, and one day a 10-year-old girl had her head in her hands and was staring at a blank page. She was looking…disgruntled. When asked why she wasn’t working, she said, “Why do we...
Sharing early English reading experiences at primary school
The co-facilitators of the IATEFL YLTSIG September 2021 mini course share their personal and professional experiences of early English literacy development. Wendy’s experiences While carrying out a long-term action research project on graded readers at a primary...
The 2021 IATEFL YLTSIG Virtual Pre-Conference Event
While there have been talks at IATEFL conferences that have focused on the use of students’ own language(s) in the English language classroom, this PCE represents the first time that an IATEFL SIG has dedicated a full day to plurilingualism. This virtual event was...
English and geography in lower secondary: Collaborating through legends
In this blog post, I share how I introduced legends to lower secondary learners. This was during a cross-curricular project which took place through Google Classroom and Zoom in 2020. My learners were 13 -14 years old from Buenos Aires, Argentina and we worked...
Teaching IELTS exam preparation with upper-secondary English language learners
As the age of students taking the IELTS exam has been lowering in various contexts for some time, this blog post tackles the timely challenge of preparing older teen learners for exam success. I am going to share my top 15 practical tips based on my IELTS exam...
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