Engaging the Teenage Mind: Interactive Strategies for Language Learning
Teaching a foreign language to teenagers has been one of the most dynamic and rewarding experiences of my career. It’s…
Category: Teaching Speaking
Global Chatmates: Teaching Teens Beyond Borders
In a small rural high school in southern Greece, a bold idea took root—what if teenagers could transcend borders and…
VIEWPOINTS: From quiet to confident
QLS’s Approach to Boosting Teen Conversational Skills Have you ever stepped out your teen classroom for a minute or two…
Creating spaces for conversations
Some thoughts behind the scenes Our teacher events at LanguageCert start with questions and big ideas; we want our teaching…
Assessing Speaking
In practice, we often use the words test and assessment interchangeably. But they do have slightly different meanings. Students need…
The challenges of speaking in B1 classrooms.
Speaking is the active use of the English language to express not only meaning but also personal ideas and feelings.…
Speaking your mind?
“I don’t mind talking to you or my classmates in English; in fact, I quite enjoy it. But it’s…
Teaching Speaking at B2 Level
It has been argued – with good reason one might add – that of all four skills involved in foreign…
Speaking exams: 7 tips for candidates and teachers
The big day has come and your heart palpitates with stress and fear. The only thought that crosses your mind…
The effect of speaking topics on candidate performance
One of the claims of language tests administered in Greece is that topical knowledge is not tested so that all…