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 […]
Category: Lesson Planning
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 […]
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 […]
9 Best Ways to Finish EFL Lessons
It is as important to end an EFL lesson effectively as you start it. Your main aim is that your students leave the classroom with a good feeling about themselves and their learning. They should end their EFL lessons with a sense of achievement and the knowledge that they have made progress in their English. […]
13 EFL Quickie Warmers to Start Your Class
A warmer is a motivating starting activity better called: zealous, suggestive, dynamic and enthusiastic. It is an activity done at the beginning of the lesson to activate students to become animated in the language class. It is considered as a tool designed to attract students’ attention. Advantages of warmers. For teachers, warmers enable them to: […]
Do You Know What ECRIF is?!
ECRIF stands for five phases of students’ learning: Encounter, Clarify, Remember, Internalize, Fluency. ECRIF is a framework for understanding learning, looking at how people learn rather than prescribing what teachers should or should not do. ECRIF framework focuses on the learning process that students go through as they work with the target skill or knowledge rather […]
The 5 Key Components of a Lesson Plan
1- Objectives: Write what you expect your students will do by the end of the lesson e.g. by the end of the lesson, students will be able to ” pronounce, identify, put words in sentences, change into passive, compare, answer, use, match, …. etc ” or any verbs that can be observable and measurable in […]
What Every EFL Teacher Ought to Know About Lesson Planning
What is a lesson plan? A lesson plan is a framework for a lesson. If you imagine a lesson is like a journey, then the lesson plan is the map. It shows you where you start, where you finish and the route to take to get there. Essentially the lesson plan sets out what the […]
A Free Printable EFL Lesson Plan Template
All teachers should understand that a lesson plan is not an end but it is a means and indicator. For supervisors, a good written lesson plan indicates that the teacher has enough information about the lesson and he is well mentally prepared to teach it effectively because a lesson plan is like a road map […]