TEACHING TIPS. Jeremy Harmer's Blog. Welcome Welcome to this website about my work as a writer, presenter, teacher and trainer in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT). (For my ‘other life’ as a singer/songwriter, and as a performer of the spoken word click here) This site includes my blog which is about presenting, conferences, learning, teaching, and (often) music – and anything else related, however tenuously, to the world of training and teaching. [You can read my recent posts at the right-hand side of this page - or scroll down for some mobile devices] [You can use the 'Categories' button to search the archive by topic. You will find, often, incredible discussions (for which I am very grateful) from the people who came and commented on what is posted here.] On this site, you can find out about (and buy) my books.
You can see a list of the articles I have written. Follow Get every new post delivered to your Inbox. Join 648 other followers Powered by WordPress.com. By Jamie Keddie » Search Results » Humanising Language Teaching Magazine for teachers and teacher trainers. Sezgi Yalin, North Cyprus Sezgi Yalin earned her M.A. in TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) as a Fulbright scholar at the University of Illinois in Chicago. She holds a B.A. in Journalism and English Literature. She worked as an English teacher and teacher trainer in the USA and Poland, and gained additional experience in the field in various countries such as UK, Spain, Egypt, China, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam and Turkey. A CELTA and Pilgrims trainer based in North Cyprus, Sezgi’s research interests are teacher training, integrating technology into teaching and creative writing.
E-mail: sezgiriza@yahoo.com Menu BackgroundHow these activities workExtension Background The following activities were created with the idea that learners need some time off the course book to break the monotony in class and to get away from the so-called ‘canned language’ they sometimes encounter in the course books. How these activities work Activity 1 – Time for Group Dynamics and Ice-breaking Extension. Tech ELT Blog. Bruce Springsteen: "When we kiss…" Not just going through the motions! You could probably say I've had four different though overlapping careers — in language teaching, language teacher training, technology and ELT management.
The first of those I retired from (after 35+ years) a few months ago, though the number of contact hours I was doing was limited; teacher training I'm retiring from at the end of this month; management I got fired from (to the relief of all involved!) Many years ago; which leaves only another 10 or so years in technology to do (I'm only (?) 57, so it ain't over yet!). I happened to mentioned this in a session a couple of weeks ago and someone (Mati?)
Yes! My #1 tip for teachers Every class, every day, every week, every term, every year of your teaching career, try something new and never ever just stick with what you have done before! Is there, to misquote Bruce Springsteen, still fire…? Now it really does get random But there's more to it than that. Just one regret. Free technology teacher training videos for teachers. The Adult Educator Blog. Is the Internet/Web 2.0 turning adult learning on its head? The answer is simple, No. The Internet is not ravaging adult learning theory, on the contrary, it is confirming what we already knew. Let's take Marie Wallace's points and see how they stack up against todays Web 2.0 and on-demand learning. Adults are self-directed: What more self -direction than on-demand learning where adults can gather their own materials to meet their learning needs? And not only they are self directed towards their gathering of learning, now they are sharing that learning via wikis and blogs.
Take responsibility for their learning experiences: Again here, the fact that someone takes the initiative to go to the web search for appropriate learning experiences and engage in them proves this point. However, remember that adults are not as homogeneous as some would lead us to believe but here we are only commenting on those that do engage in today's Web 2.0 / on-demand learning.