Most students who have learned English as a foreign language often use only three tenses: present, past and future. They rarely use the present perfect tense as it is one the tenses that is soon forgotten or replaced easily with simple past tense. Students don’t realize the importance of...
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07/03/2018 Mohamed Ramadan
Teach Grammar
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Many experiments demonstrated that vocabulary forgetting starts as soon as learning happens. So what can be done? Research shows that there are some effective strategies teachers can use to help make vocabulary learning stick. The following are the main five of them: 1. Use peer explanation: Ask students...
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03/03/2018 Mohamed Ramadan
Teach Vocabulary
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As a teacher of English, you need to test your students’ English periodically to know to what extent they learned the language. Learning English should include mainly learning vocabulary and grammar. In addition, you should test their reading comprehension and writing skill. If you want your test to...
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01/03/2018 Mohamed Ramadan
Testing and Assessment
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There are some important characteristics and skills which are a must for any teacher of English to do his job effectively. Without these things, it’s preferable for the person to try another job or for the teacher of English to teach any subject other than English language. These...
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28/02/2018 Mohamed Ramadan
Professional Development, Uncategorized
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What does “Classroom Management” actually mean? Classroom management is the most important factor affecting student learning. It is the effective discipline in the classroom that provides a safe, comfortable learning environment, motivates your students, build their self-esteem and encourage them to be imaginative and creative in daily lessons....
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05/12/2017 Mohamed Ramadan
Classroom Management
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Do you allow students to chew gum or use mobiles in class? Why?! Simply because we have rules in our schools. As we have rules, we have to follow them. The first one who must follow these rules is YOU. If you don’t, you will lose respect for...
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30/09/2017 Mohamed Ramadan
Classroom Management
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If you want to increase your effectiveness at teaching, the first thing you should do is to encourage your students to think, and then develop their thinking skills. Here, I would like to share with you some actions to do in the classroom to encourage students’ thinking and...
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17/09/2017 Mohamed Ramadan
Uncategorized
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Ask and answer the following questions before printing any test. Improve the test, then go ahead to print it. 1. What is the main purpose of the test? Does it test achievement or proficiency? Is it at the end of the month or the term? What is the...
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08/09/2017 Mohamed Ramadan
Testing and Assessment
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For teachers who return to teaching in the schools, I know that the most difficult thing to do is to master classroom management. But, you know, classroom management is not meant to control it strictly but to organize it. If you want to have a classroom run smoothly,...
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07/09/2017 Mohamed Ramadan
Classroom Management
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There are so many MOOCs for EFL teachers. I selected the following courses as I think they’re the best ones for EFL teachers to get the basic professional development. If EFL teachers take these courses, they will acquire the theoretical background of language teaching approaches and they will...
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22/01/2017 Mohamed Ramadan
Professional Development
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