Damian Williams's Blog, page 2
October 14, 2013
5 Tips for Using the Transcript
by Stephen Greene
We often end up ignoring them, but they are there for a reason. Here are some quick and easy ways to exploit the transcripts at the back of the students' book.
September 20, 2013
The Poetry of Buldings
by Stephen Greene
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How can the names of buildings be used to teach English and raise awareness of Linguistic Landscapes?
Great Lesson Ideas: Phonebloks
by Stephen Greene
This post has been inspired by the ELT Blog Carnival for October hosted by EFL Classroom 2.0. Please check out ELT Blog Carnivals for news about upcoming and previous carnivals.
September 3, 2013
Linguistic Landscapes
by Stephen Greene
Stop reading this right now! Go to your window and have a good look outside. Take a few minutes to enjoy the view and think about what you can see.
Happy 15th Birthday to Braz TESOL Curitiba
by Stephen Greene
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Last Saturday, 31st August, saw the celebrations for the 15th anniversary of the local Curitiba Chapter of Braz Tesol.
May 15, 2013
Winners of Special Teaching English Award
We are thrilled to announce that we have been given the IATEFL Blog Award for Best Coverage for the recent IATEFL Online 2013.
May 14, 2013
5 Ways to Give Positive Feedback
by Stephen Greene
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'Very good', 'Excellent', 'Brilliant!' I am never one to be accused of being shy of giving out the platitudes to my students when they have completed an exercise.
April 12, 2013
IATEFL 2013 Round up
by Damian Williams & Stephen Greene
So that's it for another year, and just like when Carnaval in Rio ends, the fun's over and it's back to work.
April 11, 2013
IATEFL 2013 - Failure Fest
by Damian Williams
Having been missing the more social aspect of being at the conference this week, and seeing some familiar faces in the line up, I thought this would be a nice light-hearted session for my last post of the week.
IATEFL 2013 - Supporting Speaking Skills: Controlled practice revisted - Graeme Hodgson
by Stephen Greene
What do learners want? Market reseach conducted for Cultura Inglesa suggests they want drills.
