TEFL Talk for teachers, trainers and managers
TEFL talk for teachers, trainers and managers. Enjoy, and if you want to suggest a topic, send me a message.
How do we know that what we teach is what our students are learning?
In his book, ‘Why Students Don’t Like School’, cognitive psychologist Daniel Willingham makes the point that what we think about is what we remember – so we have to do our best to ensure our learners actually think deeply about what we want them to learn.
Read MoreSix years ago, I was delivering learning styles training sessions to colleagues, until one day I found out that they don’t exist.
I felt like a complete moron.
I still see teachers, managers, schools and content writers promoting learning styles. I hope the info here will help you better understand them, what they are and why they’re not a valid educational theory.
Read MoreFact: students who have a growth mindset outperform students who don’t. Another fact: you can help develop a growth mindset for students (and develop one yourself while you’re at it.
Read MoreHow much time do you spend updating your knowledge? How many of your TEFL teaching beliefs are now outdated? New research is released daily, about language acquisition, linguistics, neuromyths that just won’t die. … how sure are you that what you know is really up to date?
Read MoreDoes it strike you as strange that as language teachers, we teach something that many of us have never done? I’m talking about learning second language to a high level.
For those of us that have learned or are learning a language to a reasonable level, we can empathise with our students and help them to a greater degree.
Read MoreKeeping a reflective teaching diary is a pain in the bum.
We’re all told to do it to make us better teachers. What ‘they’ don’t realise though, is that in the real world, it’s just not possible (at least not to the standards that they hold).
Read MoreOr should we be teaching language learning skills and providing a ton of motivation? What is our job, really?
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