Break the ice!
Any time I happen to start an off-line course, the very first session inevitably opens with this or that type of an ice-breaker. Honestly, I am ok...
At Home Among Strangers
Some teachers manage to teach the language they cannot call their mother tongue in the countries they can not call their motherland. Non-natives teaching abroad: I’ve got...
We need more mistakes
This post is written as the reflection of the article about different types of mistakes but, this time, based on language teaching. There is no better teacher...
How good is good enough?
Recently I’ve been working hard to really understand the topic of assessment. I was going through the types of validity, wondered about the impact, tried to make connections...
Unplugged (literally)
Recently I caught myself on a total attachment to my laptop: I was taking it with me to all the classes, no matter what age, topic or...
A crash test on classroom management
I used to think that I am a good teacher, that I can keep my students engaged and motivated, that I can always come up with the...
Descriptive writing and our senses.
Descriptions may be hard to deal with but they are enriching the writing so much that ignoring them is a crime against the reader’s perception and style....
Teacher’s approach to learning
The worst thing that can happen to a teacher is to stop learning. It may be the moment of weaknesses or even the point of no return,...
Об учителях. (длинно и в формате потока сознания)
У меня довольно давно не было учителя. То есть сама я учу, коллеги есть, которые работают по совершенно различным методам и верят в самые разные подходы. Но...
Learning theory mindmap (priceless)
Doing my research for DELTA I came across an amazing mind map which puts together lots of theory, names and explanations. The best part is that you’ll...
How to assess writing (if all other systems seem to fail)
FToday I have finished reading a great book “Genre, Text, Grammar: Technologies for Teaching and Assessing Writing” written by Megan Watkins and Peter Knapp (2005). It suggests a very...
Like Stars on Earth (Тaare zameen par)
Каждый ребенок особенный. В каждом заложен потрясающий потенциал, нужно только помочь его раскрыть. Или, по крайней мере, не мешать. Пришло время для Тaare zameen par (“Звёздочки на...