Pair & Groupwork vs Teacher-Student Interaction
According to Mckay & Tom (Teaching Adult Second Language Learners, CUP, 1999, p. 26), working in groups helps students feel they are part of a community. They come to know…
Collaborative Learning
Course Design
Digital Storytelling
E-Learning Design & Management
Groupwork
Instructional Design
language learning e-tivities
Learning Language Teaching
Observations
Teacher Skills
Using Blogs in EFL
Using Wikis in EFL
Online Language Lessons – Idea Bank
It looks like more and more language teaching is being done on the web. Let me summarize what online language teachers have on offer, what they do or could do…
Collaborative Learning
Groupwork
language learning e-tivities
Learning Language Teaching
Teacher Skills
The 4 Types of Multilevel Class Activities
Heather McKay & Abigail Tom (1999, CUP, Teaching Adult Second Language Learners, pp. 21-22) suggest teachers differentiate among four types of mixed-ability activity. Unless the text is in quotation marks,…
Collaborative Learning
E-Learning Design & Management
Groupwork
Learning Language Teaching
Observations
Is Studying 1-to-1 Pairwork?
Does studying 1-to-1 qualify as pairwork? And is it necessarily teacher-centered and bad? Anyone?
Collaborative Learning
Course Design
E-Learning Design & Management
Educational Technology
Groupwork
Instructional Design
Interactive CD-ROMs
Learner Skills
Learning Language Teaching
Teacher Skills
Interactivity & The 5 Ts that Make it Fail
Ian Forsyth (Teaching & Learning Materials & The Internet, 3rd edition, p. 135) defines interactivity as emulating the traditional classroom He lists the 5 Ts that cause interactivity to fail…
Instructional Design
language learning e-tivities
Learning Language Teaching
Observations
Statistics
Teacher Skills
How Long Should One Online Language Lesson Last?
To begin with, I am not aware of any reliable statistics. I can only draw on my personal experience and summarize a number of related Google search results. It is…
Storytelling for Dummies
Fun lovers are sure to appreciate this exemplary story
Techniques to Increase Memory & Stimulate Deep Cognitive Processes
According to MacLachlan (1986) сited by E. L. Criswell (1989, pp 36-39) the following instructional techniques can help the teacher teach and the student learn: Explaining the benefits of the…
Educational Technology
EFL/ESL CD-ROMs
Instructional Design
Interactive CD-ROMs
language learning e-tivities
Learning Language Teaching
Learning Styles
Structure of Human Development: Implications for Instructional Design
Piaget (1964) cited by E. L. Criswell (1989, pp. 35-36) developed the theory that children grow intellectually in stages: From years 0 to 2, children explore their tiny environments, and…
Collaborative Learning
Digital Storytelling
Educational Technology
Groupwork
Instructional Design
language learning e-tivities
Learning Language Teaching
Web 2.0 Buzz Words
Web 2.0 Tools
Digital Storytelling
A digital story is a personal experience represented in narrative format. The script is amplified by including video, music, still-frame imagery, and the author’s voice. A digital story typically lasts…