Are you teaching in higher education in Germany? If you are, your courses have most likely been moved online for the 3rd semester in this pandemic. You’ve probably been told that you can’t run your language exams on campus this semester. Are you wondering how you’re going to assess your students? Are you looking for […]
Writing good comprehension activities is hard, but Sue is ready to help us take on the challenge in this online workshop. She’ll take us through different stages of writing a skills lesson, including lead-in activities, comprehension and language focus; present some rules and guidelines that can help; and also go into some detail on how […]
In this highly interactive workshop, I would like to share insights into the world of leadership development (the challenges leaders face and the training and coaching solutions I typically provide). We'll explore the opportunities and challenges for ELT professionals to increase further the scope of their activity beyond language. More details here, and to register, […]
In our first session, we look at what a lexical way of looking at language involves - and how it differs from a more traditional grammar + words approach. We’ll explore why a grammar plus words approach can be hard to sustain, and consider some of the problems it presents in terms of classroom content. […]
Global school closures mean that even teachers who have avoided online teaching are being forced to deliver lessons and/or content to their students digitally. In the absence of face-to-face contact, good assessment is more important than ever in providing feedback to students and keeping them engaged and motivated. In this session, we’ll talk about some […]
The excitement generated by the arrival of the Communicative Approach all those years ago included attention to activities in which students had a communicative purpose, focused on content rather than language form, and encouraged students to use all and any language at their disposal. But how useful are such activities in reality? Do they genuinely […]
Why do we call it “hardware”? Because it’s hard to choose and hard to use, or so it seems sometimes. If you want to make a better impression in your virtual live sessions, but haven’t yet found the right equipment, this Tech Talk is for you. We’ll be talking about picture and sound quality, and […]
In 1981, Spotlight magazine was founded with the aim of helping German-speaking learners to improve their English via journalistic content that was more up-to-date and entertaining than course books and also more accessible than regular English-language media. Forty years later, Spotlight Verlag is part of the ZEIT Publishing Group in Hamburg and publishes six magazines […]
Being efficient and effective - this is the goal of many teachers. Technology can help, but good organisation is key. When planning or creating lessons, we should ensure we get the most out of everything we do. Take inspiration from the environmental mantra ‘Reduce, reuse, recycle’ - reduce the amount of time we spend looking […]
The role of grammar in overall language proficiency (central or peripheral?), the best way to teach it (e.g. explicitly or implicitly?), and even its very nature (e.g. patterns, structures or constructions?) are issues that continue to engage teachers, course designers and materials writers. In this interactive webinar I invite you to pose your own questions […]
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