Monday, December 23, 2024

Reviews & Resources

Review: 101 Psychological Tips

Sarah Mercer and Herbert Puchta’s 101 Psychological Tips Cambridge Handbook for Language Teachers Cambridge University Press, 2023 ISBN: 978-1-00-934370-1 This title is number fourteen in the growing series of easy-to-read pocket editions from...

Review: Activities for Mediation

Activities for Mediation: Building bridges in the ELT classroomBy Riccardo Chiappini and Ethan MansurDELTA Publishing, 2021ISBN: 978-3-12-501744-3 I will...

Review: From Teacher to Trainer

From Teacher to TrainerBy Matthew T. Ellman and Peter LucantoniCambridge, 2022ISBN: 978-1-108-82707-2 Since they often make bold claims as...

Reduce (prep-time), Reuse (activities), Recycle (paper)

Is the scrap paper piling up? Teacher Stephen Tarbuck offers his ideas to reuse scrap paper in the...

Navigating online teaching

Teaching online can be difficult to break into if you don’t know where to start. Luckily, experienced teacher...

Pronunciation Workouts

PronPack 1 Mark Hancock Hancock McDonald ELT ISBN: 978-0-9957575-1-6 Pronunciation Workouts is the first in a four-set series of resource books to help practise pronunciation. A ‘workout’ is an...

Blending in

Wayne Trotman reviews a book outlining a sensible approach to blended or ‘flipped’ learning Best Practices for Blended Learning, Pete Sharma and Barney Barrett ISBN: 978-1-911028-84-0 Pavillion Publishing The...

Do-It-Yourself fairy tales

You can buy graded readers, but why not try making your own to suit the specific needs of your class, writes Terry Phillips It is...

Find your way into research

Language teachers are the target for a book which seeks to demystify action research, writes Wayne Trotman A Handbook for Exploratory Action Research By Richard Smith and...

Listen out for success

Rod Smith explains how to ensure students aren't overwhelmed by the unfamiliar in the Ielts listening test It is all too easy for Ielts test-takers...

Hogwarts Teachers: Pedagogical Profiles

  Name: SEVERUS SNAPE Position: Potions Master Appearance: severe, long, black hair, dressed in black Strengths: has a commanding classroom presence Weaknesses: doesn’t believe in the capabilities of his...
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