Stories are effective educational tools because they are believable, memorable and entertaining. Children usually enjoy listening to, reading and telling stories so the use of storytelling creates a good learning environment. The Benefits of Using Stories in Teaching Children According to (Ellis and Brewster, 1991, p.1) in The Storytelling Handbook : Stories are motivating and […]
Category: Lesson Planning
The Five Main Stages of a Model EFL Lesson
1. Setting the Lesson Objectives It’s important to write SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timed) objectives for your lessons. Here are some examples of this kind of objectives. Once you’ve have set your objectives, you need to think of the context or situations where the language is used. It’s the context and the situations that […]
Three Must-Elements & Principles in EFL Lesson Planning
What is a Lesson Plan? * A lesson plan is a framework for a lesson as you should mention the target language included in the lesson; vocab, structure, and function. Additionally, you should mention the main language skill you’re going to emphasize. * If you imagine that a lesson is like a journey, then the […]
Top Tips For Creating A Typical EFL 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. Whatever the level of your experience, it is important that you take time […]
Five Typical Lesson Plans You Need to Have
As a teacher of English to young learners, lesson planning is very important. As a matter of fact, lesson plans for teachers are considered as a road map for reaching the target learning outcomes and achieving the objectives of each lesson as quickly as possible. In the kindergarten and primary stages, teachers focus mainly on […]
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 […]
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 […]