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Month: April 2013
Introducing… Nina Lauder
In the lead up to the ISTEK Schools 3rd International ELT Conference, we’ll be introducing some of the presenters on the blog. First up is Nina Lauder.
Could you tell us a bit about yourself?
I am active, energetic…and very messy at home! I love doing sports, travelling, going to the cinema and reading. I have a camper van and try to spend time in the summer by the sea or in the countryside.
What is your teaching background?
I started working with children and teenagers when I was a teenager myself. When I was young, I worked as a volunteer with special needs children, children from other countries who needed language training, children from abusive homes and for a year with teenagers who had suffered permanent spine or neck injuries in hospital. Over 20 years ago I started teaching ELT in Greece and have been teaching and working with…
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What’s Happening to Cooperative Learning? – Education News
This is a very clear and extensive explanation of what cooperative learning is, and what advantages it brings to the classroom, while the comments reveal some of the preoccupations teachers have about this methodology.
Cooperative learning (Photo credit: Institut Escola Les Vinyes)
http://www.educationnews.org/higher-education/whats-happening-to-cooperative-learning/
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David’s ESOL Blog has reached 3000 hits! Many thanks to everyone who has paid a visit.
Gregoris Kalai: How Storytelling Can Transform Education
Computers Language Writing – Newsletter
Here’s another link to an online newsletter with lots of useful information:
ESL TESL English News
Her’s a link to an online ESL newsletter with plenty of interesting articles for the EFL / ESL teacher:
Why Learning Innovation Can’t Come From Teachers Alone
An interesting article about sharing responsibility for learning innovation.
education (Photo credit: Sean MacEntee)
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/why-learning-innovation-cant-come-from-teachers-alone/
Clothing idioms
Here’s a useful list of idiomatic expressions in English using items of clothing.
Clothes (Photo credit: codey)
Breaking News English ESL Lesson Plan on Margaret Thatcher
Another great set of lesson ideas based on news stories from Sean Banville.
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1304/130410-margaret_thatcher.html
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