In the first post on this topic, we saw the importance of making sure that students get to learn, practise and use any new vocabulary
Category: Teacher Talk
Creating a Powerful Lesson Plan part 1: Remember Chekhov’s Gun
I’ve recently started to like the word powerful a lot. Powerful is different from excellent. Excellent is something people say when they’re judging the idea
The Lies of the Lesson Observation Process
1. “This is to help you become a better teacher” While I don’t deny that a well-handled observation can help a teacher to improve, is
Five ‘dark horse’ topics to get students talking
a dark horse (n) a candidate or competitor about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins or succeeds – Google Not all interesting dinner-table
Why should(n’t) we teach British culture?
I’ve recently been producing a series of lessons on various aspects of life and culture in the UK. While writing these, I’ve also been thinking
