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Multicultural Education in the Classroom

It is my firm conviction that all or most of the ideals and goals of multicultural education should be met if we are to reap to fruits of education on a global scale. However, that every student must have an equal opportunity to achieve her or his potential, ...

Student Motivation and Coursebook Irrelevance

Nobody would controvert the fact that students work harder and learn better when the topic is interesting and relevant to their needs. Indeed, relevance can help create conditions and motivation necessary for students to invest more of

Using Videos and Sound Effects to Teach English

Creating specific lessons for different language skills is challenging and time consuming for English teachers, but it is definitely worth the effort. In my experience, teaching language skills through mechanical exercises and traditional fill-in-the-

Strategies to Motivate Students

Some students seem naturally enthusiastic about learning, but many need-or expect-their instructors to inspire, challenge, and stimulate them: "Effective learning in the classroom depends on the teacher's ability to maintain the interest that brought students

Competency-based Approach

Prior to any attempt to put competency-based appraoch into practice, a particular procedure should be followed. First of all, the term "competence" should be clearly defined according to the related literature. Next, competencies should be identified

Tips to help you learn English

1. Take a deep breath and SPEAK! The more you think about speaking the more nervous you will get. Just try speaking more. Next time you go to English class or speak English, count how many times you speak in five or ten minutes. After that, try to speak more....

Students in the Teaching Process

In my quest for answers to questions to submit in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the International Certificate of Teaching Mastery that I got in February, I asked Robert Vincent* these specific questions about student-related issues in his daily

Bringing New Ideas Into The Classroom

If a teacher is able to use the seven components of Dr.CROSS (Discovery, Risk, Collaboration, Real Tasks/ Consequences, Originality, Skills, Service), then she is a great one. As an EFL teacher in Morocco, I can safely say that some of those

12 Aspects of good teaching

There’s no gainsaying the fact that good teaching is all about practice and good teachers are those who use less TTT to give their students the chance to discover, negotiate and reflect on their own learning. As a matter of fact, the twelve aspects of teaching

Hindrances to a Successful Use of CBA

This is an abridged excerpt from “Second Thoughts about Competency-based Approach”, an action research I conducted in 2007. The paper emphasized the controversies the competency-based approach raised and the challenges it posed

Multicultural Education in the Classroom

It is my firm conviction that all or most of the...

Student Motivation and Coursebook Irrelevance

Nobody would controvert the fact that students w...

Using Videos and Sound Effects to Teach English

Creating specific lessons for different language...

Strategies to Motivate Students

Some students seem naturally enthusiastic about ...

Competency-based Approach

Prior to any attempt to put competency-based app...

Tips to help you learn English

1. Take a deep breath and SPEAK! The more you th...

Students in the Teaching Process

In my quest for answers to questions to submit i...

Bringing New Ideas Into The Classroom

If a teacher is able to use the seven components...

12 Aspects of good teaching

There’s no gainsaying the fact that good teachin...

Hindrances to a Successful Use of CBA

This is an abridged excerpt from “Second Thoug...

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12 Aspects of good teaching

Written by Administrator Saturday, 01 September 2012 02:40

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Why apply for the IAETFL Scholarship?

Written by Administrator Sunday, 26 August 2012 12:16

My decision to apply for the IATEFL scholarship to attend its annual conference stems from my belief and conviction that even the most prepared and genuinely qualified teachers still have a great deal to learn and that their professional development

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Hindrances to a Successful Use of CBA

Written by Administrator Wednesday, 01 August 2012 09:13

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Assessment in A-REEF

Written by Administrator Thursday, 26 July 2012 10:17

Teaching should be creative, but not sloppy. If we know how to cast our net, how to work through the process, and how to build on it for the future, we can begin planning with the end result in mind. Then, we can use tools to assess our progress in order to

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Cooperative Learning

Written by Administrator Wednesday, 25 July 2012 20:37

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Learning is not a an easy process of pouring information into students’heads, but it requires involvment and thinking. It has been attested that even the most colourful, interesting or funniest tasks become boring and banal to students when they are

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Sensitive Eye and Compassionate Listening

Written by Administrator Wednesday, 25 July 2012 17:42

In talking about sensitive eye, I find myself compelled to delve deep into this concept and what it entails. If we are to determine and define the function of the eye, we would all agree on the function of seeing. But what does "to see" mean? Simply, it means to

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