Musings of a teacher always in training. Image courtesy of the U. So what was the problem? One comment so far. In the fable The Vain Jackdaw. Social media is full of jackdaws, strutting around trying desperately to gain the attention of others. While this may seem a bit harsh, in reality it happens far too much for my liking.

Ideas and thoughts on language, learning it and teaching it. English as a Lingua Franca.

Who are they talking to? I realized that I wrote about classroom management on this blog only once. On a training course, and the question from Linda-Marie made me get back to the topic of working with groups.

Winner of the 2015 TES best resource contributor award and founder of www. Ten questions you may want to ask yourself in planning a unit of work. Originally posted on The Language Gym. 13 steps to successful vocabulary teaching.

A blog about getting established as an EFL teacher. More reflections on teaching English. But it is the role of English in keeping social structures intact that troubles me the most. The contrast between middle class, English speaking students and the rest of the population is stark. They, of course, usually get the best education that private wealth can buy, secure the best jobs, make more money and have a better chance of becoming powerful members of society. I can tell myself that my ro.

Reflecting on language teaching and learning. Notes from a mini study break. In June I spent 3 weeks studying German in Berlin.

Travel, learn, make friends. Yesterday after reading a lovely post by Sandy Millin with wonderful pictures of the Crimea. That I love soooo much I decided to post about my favourite place of visiting, but to add some self-development flavor and somehow things connected to language learning. Today my post is not related to ELT, but who told I was going to post only about those things? Have a nice weekend and thanks for reading! An activity for drilling irregular verbs. Today I was having a .

Tips, ideas and lesson plans from a developing teacher. 12 ideas for reviewing vocabulary. Thoughts on teaching Vietnamese learners. 5 ways to use Shakespeare in ELT.

Observations - is the boot on the wrong foot? Follow Blog via Email. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 2,349 other followers.

From publishing to Berlin and back again. New plans for a new year.