by Iris Thiri Su | Jul 24, 2019 | All posts, Upper Secondary
Using animated TED-Ed videos in upper-secondary English language classrooms is engaging, interactive and enjoyable. As an English teacher in Myanmar, I have been using TED-Ed videos for almost five years. Upper secondary teenagers in Myanmar are rarely taught 21st...
by Susan Holden | Jun 12, 2019 | All posts, CPD, Early Years, Lower Secondary, Primary, Upper Secondary
PCE memories – what remains? In many ways, a Pre-Conference Event (PCE) acts as a bridge between its participants’ ‘outside’ lives and what they are about to experience in the coming conference. In the days after that conference, it can often be forgotten, overlaid by...
by David Dodgson | May 2, 2019 | All posts, CPD
What does membership of IATEFL and YLTSIG mean to you? You get the newsletter and the TEYLT Worldwide magazine, you attend the webinars and the annual web conference, you follow our social media channels and monthly blog posts, you stay updated on our global special...
by Dirk Lagerwaard | Apr 1, 2019 | All posts, CPD, Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary
Picture this scene: thirty teenagers, no coursebook and equipped only with a board marker… “Just make sure they all end up speaking in English” said the head teacher of the school where I was working in Spain. I was tasked with teaching communicative language lessons...
by Nick Bilbrough | Mar 1, 2019 | All posts, Lower Secondary, Primary
There can be very few informed people around the world who would deny that as a planet we are in crisis right now, and that there are many places in our world which must be considered as crisis hot spots. One such area is a place that I have come to know rather well...
by Maria-Jesus Inostroza | Feb 6, 2019 | All posts, Primary
For Chilean primary children, English is a language from lands far, far away. In this blog post, I will explore the benefits of storytelling to enable children to interact in English through meaningful learning experiences. I will also share some practical examples of...