Someone recently messaged me to encourage me to publish a book of low-resource ideas for initial language teacher training. I think I would like to write such a book (when I get the time, that is!), but I would hate to do it if the world doesn’t seem to want something like that with the […]
Tag: low materials
What makes a lesson GREAT? Pt. 2
This is the second instalment of a series of five posts that I have started in order to expand on a short answer I gave to Mike Harrison over on the IATEFL Facebook group page in response to the question what makes a lesson GREAT? It was the capitalisation that gave me the idea to […]
Christmas ELT Appeal: Worst Case Scenario Survival Toolkit
I got an email a few days ago from a teacher in Australia called Rufus. She works with teachers in parts of the world where resources that many of us take for granted can be scarce, and where others that we may occasionally get our hands on are pure pipe dream. She asked me to […]
ELT BITES Materials-Light Lesson Challenge!
Richard Gresswell over at ELT BITES posted a low-materials challenge for teachers recently – you can find the challenge and instructions here. I thought I would try, so… Lesson Idea: “What’s up? There’s been a powercut” True story – I arrived at work one morning many years ago to find the school in darkness and dismay – there was […]
Why ELT needs to cut like a knife
A few weeks back I was working with a group of CEF B2 learners. I had recently returned from a holiday in France and had brought a souvenir back with me: a pocket knife made by hand in the traditional heart of French blade-making, Thiers. The knife itself (as you can see in the picture) is […]
KEEP CHRISTCHURCH TEACHING
STOP PRESS 2:10pm 1 March: DELTA PUBLISHING HAVE AGREED TO DONATE COPIES OF TEACHING UNPLUGGED TO THE SCHOOL IN NEED I WRITE ABOUT IN THIS POST – GREAT TO SEE SOCIAL NETWORKING WORKING FOR SOCIAL GOOD! THANK YOU ALL AT DELTA PUBLISHING!!! You have probably heard about the recent earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand and […]