Lower Secondary

1 May, 2020 Olha Madylus All posts Lower Secondary Upper Secondary

Doing Projects with Secondary English Classes, Olha Madylus

Worlds apart It’s amazing how different an upper primary English class can be to a lower secondary class. Not only is there a lot more movement, songs and play in the primary class, there also...

10 April, 2020 Sandy Millin Lower Secondary Upper Secondary

Online activities that really work with teenagers, Sandy Millin

At my school, as with many schools around the world, we have had to move all of our teaching online very quickly. As I write this, it’s not even one month since we all became...

6 March, 2020 Ila Coimbra and James Taylor CPD Lower Secondary Upper Secondary

Bringing diversity into the secondary English classroom, Ilá Coimbra and James Taylor

A learning environment inclusive of diverse teenage student identities, benefits everyone in the secondary English classroom. Research has shown that a lack of representation and social categorization is linked to bullying amongst teenagers, since students...

8 February, 2020 Troika CPD Lower Secondary Primary Upper Secondary

Primary and secondary English teacher education in Brazil – Gabriel Ribeiro, Guilherme Pacheco, Leticia Moraes, Renata Borges

In Brazil, there are 2.5 million teachers who teach 50 million students in 200,000 schools. This demonstrates the magnitude of the educational system. Therefore, we are not claiming that everything in this blog post reflects...

12 June, 2019 Susan Holden All posts CPD Early Years Lower Secondary Primary Upper Secondary

IATEFL Liverpool YLTSIG PCE: Building bridges and finding common ground in TEYLs, Susan Holden

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...

1 April, 2019 Dirk Lagerwaard All posts CPD Lower Secondary Upper Secondary

Through others we become ourselves: guiding mediation in secondary ELT

Dirk Lagerwaard 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...

1 March, 2019 Nick Bilbrough All posts Lower Secondary Primary Comments 2

Making a drama out of a crisis

Nick Bilbrough 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...

1 December, 2018 David Valente All posts CPD Early Years Lower Secondary Primary Upper Secondary

IATEFL YLTSIG at the 7th ELT Malta Conference

David Valente The 7th ELT Malta Conference was held between 11 and 13 October 2018, organised by the ELT Council, a regulatory body within Malta’s Ministry for Education and Employment. According to Daniel Xerri, Chair...

7 October, 2018 Vinnie Nobre Jhony Balisa All posts CPD Early Years Lower Secondary Primary Upper Secondary

A Framework for the Development of Young Learner Teachers

Vinicius Nobre and Jhony Balisa Drivers for CPD in YL ELT In the Brazilian context, we often hear academic managers say that inexperienced teachers should work with young learners because it is an easier job...

6 June, 2018 Fiona Mauchline All posts Lower Secondary Upper Secondary Comments 2

Fun, creativity, imagination… What do secondary language learners really need?

Fiona Mauchline In the last few years, there has been increasing pushback against the idea that secondary English classes should be fun, and that we need to foster creativity. Although ‘be more demanding’, ‘focus on...