Coursebooks:the most important tools in language learning
Throughout my professional career, I have realized that coursebooks have always been an important, if not the most important tool…
Category: Coursebooks
Do your lessons have to taste bland?
What does PARSNIP stand for? It’s an acronym for the following topics: (no) Politics, Alcohol, Religion, Sex, Narcotics, –Isms, Pork. Imagine real life without being able to enjoy…
Teaching Unplugged (?)
Let me share with you a brilliant lesson plan. It begins with the preliminary thinking which seems to be its…
Thinking out of the CourseBOOX Holistic Approach to Preschool education: Difficult task?
Holistic development includes 5 aspects: physical, intellectual, social, emotional, and spiritual. It derives from the Greek word «όλος» which…
Don’t get stuck in a rut, flip that coursebook now
It is generally accepted that most of our students are never at the same readiness level. As is the fact…
What is there to choose when you choose a coursebook?
Most teachers use a coursebook as the backbone of the course. More often than not, the coursebook provides the syllabus…
Coursebooks: Can we live with or without them?
As a child I was so happy when my parents had to buy me a new textbook when…
Improvise, adapt and overcome: transforming coursebook material to meet the contemporary needs (and beyond)
It is said that there is an unofficial mantra of the U.S. Marine Corps which urges soldiers to improvise, adapt…
Choosing the Right Coursebook: The Eternal Dilemma of Every ELT Educator
Have you ever found yourself in a state of displeasure as regards the choice of the ELT material you are…
Do we only learn from coursebooks?
For most educators the textbook represents the main source of ideas for teaching. Therefore little attention is paid to other…