Do ‘easy’ teaching materials have a place in the classroom?
Teaching materials come in many different forms these days, e.g., coursebooks, teacher-made videos, YouTube learning channels, podcasts, and web-based materials.…
Category: Teaching Material
The Importance of Authentic Materials in Language Learning
Language learners often struggle with finding real-world opportunities to use the language they are learning. While textbooks and exercises can…
CHECKMATE IN THE CLASSROOM…AND BEYOND!
Chess is a combination of sport, art, science, game and overall a way of life. It has always played a…
When teacher plan, fate guffaws!
Planning lessons Lesson planning is an essential part of a teacher’s professional life. In some cases, it consists of merely…
Supplementary materials: the what and why
There are two types of classrooms; the one that I came across as a student and the one that we…
The Doors of Perception
What is it about labeling something, or someone that makes it less than it can be? We all know…
The First Lesson: What to Do and What Not to Do
It’s that time of year again, when teachers meet new students, students meet new teachers and students meet new students.…
Forget the Screen! Become a King or a Queen!
With crowns I will welcome my students in September! I will explain to them that ”every cloud has a silver…
Using L2 Errors as a Guide to Progress
An inescapable, inasmuch as an eye-opening part of teaching and learning is error-making. Understanding errors upgrades teaching, timely input and…
Flipped Learning
When we look at all the assumptions that have been overturned in education because of the pandemic and all the…