Mar 16, 2015 Classroom Activities, Opinions 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 has long been that it should not only be allowed, but actively encouraged – and […]
Jan 28, 2015 Classroom Activities, Opinions 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 partly focusing on a subject close to our hearts – the revising and recycling of […]