Activity 1: TPR and Vocab (Listen and Do). Steps to do the activity: Divide the students into teams. Give each team member a vocabulary item – e.g. a color. Each member of each team has one color. Tell each member their color or give them a card with that color. Then, say: “If you have […]
Integrating the Main Language Skills in EFL Classes: Why and How?!
Integrating the main four language skills means combining reading, writing listening and speaking in foreign language teaching in the classroom. In some cases, teachers separate language skills and highlight just one skill at a time. That was often for instructional purposes but even if it were possible to develop one or two skills effectively in […]
Motivation in the Classroom: What?, Why? And How?
What is Motivation? Motivation is a kind of enthusiasm within an individual that arouses and maintains behavior towards a goal. That is to say: motivation is goal-directed behavior. Motivation is a kind of energy within an individual that determines to what extent he/she will involve in a task and how long he/she will keep concentrated. […]
What Every Teacher Ought to Know About Learning Styles
What is Meant by Learning Styles? Learning styles are simply different approaches or ways of learning. Once you figure out the way you learn, you will know what strategies to use to fit your learning. Learning style refers to the ways you prefer to approach new information. Each of us learns and processes information in […]
Top 50 Tips for Teachers to Improve Performance in the Classroom
As a teacher, you need to reflect on your teaching practices frequently and take responsibility to improve your performance. Many aspects related to teaching e.g. lesson planning, classroom management techniques, language practice, … need to be improved from time to another so that you can boost your classroom performance and get the students to achieve […]
+111 Sure-Fire Active Learning Activities That Work in EFL Classes
Many teachers think that students learn while listening to their explanations in the classroom. Students may store the new information for a short time, but this information will not be stored in the long-term memory until they do something with it. Within this context, active learning is encouraged. Active learning occurs when the teacher uses […]
These Steps to Help Slow Learners Worked For Me. They Can Work For You, Too!
Teaching English to young learners is a challenge you may have faced, like me, during a certain period of time along with your ELT career or perhaps you are still facing it and keep complaining of some kind of students you describe as low achievers or slow learners. The same happened to me for some […]
Basic Ideas and Techniques for Teaching the Four Language Skills
The four skills of language learning are Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. They are four capabilities that allow an individual to comprehend, produce and use the language in effective interpersonal communication. They are most often acquired in the order of listening first, then speaking, then possibly reading and writing. Listening and reading are called receptive skills because learners do not […]
“Proven to Work” Tips to Manage Crowded Classes
Classroom management is one of the main preoccupations of most of the teachers. The First Five Things to do to Manage a Classroom. If the teacher cannot control his class, it is impossible to teach his students anything. Six General Tips to Manage a Class. One of the difficulties we face is the “crowded classes” […]
My Shortcut For Effective TEFL Lesson Planning
What is Lesson Planning? What is a lesson plan? Why is it important to plan every lesson? What are the principles of lesson planning? You can find the answers to these questions in this post: What Every EFL Teacher Ought to Know About Lesson Planning. What Should Be Included in a Lesson Plan? But whether […]