I was recently at the third annual BELTA Day conference in Brussels, organised by the excellent Belgian English Language Teachers' Association. Whilst there, I saw a really fascinating presentation by a local teacher called Joris Van Den Bosch. Joris has…
Asking more: why some questions are better than others
There's an old saying that claims questions are never dangerous - only answers are. Well, a recent presentation I saw by Jim Scrivener gave me pause to reconsider this received wisdowm and to ask whether some questions might be if…
Two-way translation in the multilingual classroom
I'm just back from Turkey, where I delivered a one-day workshop on teaching grammar through International House in Izmir. One issue that arose, as it often does with nonnatives, is whether or not translation should be allowed. My own belief…
Still cutting up cards! Activities for storing and retrieving chunks
We're delighted to feature our very first guest post. At IATEFL Harrogate last year, one of the sessions we enjoyed was by a young teacher called Andrea Borsato, who was working at International House, London at the time. Andrea was…