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Russell Stannard – Top down and bottom up processing: why it is so important in language teaching.
When we listen or read, there are actually two processes taking place. Understanding these two processes can help us ...
13
Jul
11 Traits of Highly Creative Students
Often we can apply insights as teachers from other fields. Dean Rieck is a highly creative and successful direct mark...
13
Jul
Russell Stannard: The importance of willpower
Do you ever get the feeling sometimes that you just don’t want to make a decision? Have you ever noticed for example...
13
Jul
Russell Stannard: Mindfulness and Meditation in Education
Meditation is very much about clearing the mind and making our thoughts ‘light’. Training normally involves focusin...
13
Jul
Russell Stannard: Mindfulness and Meditation in Education (part 2)
Stressed? Overworked? Demotivated? Introduce mindfulness into your life in 2020
In this last article, I wrote ab...
13
Jul
Russell Stannard: Why are images so important in learning? Dual Coding
If you open any teaching and learning book on languages these days, the likelihood is that it will be full of pictur...
13
Jul
Natassa Manitsa: Quick writing ideas for Online Lessons
Of course they are NOT only for online lessons. You can also use them as time fillers when we finally all go back to ...
13
Jul
Russell Stannard: Platforms are the way to go
Zoom is only half the story: let’s start talking digital platforms
It has been a while since I wrote a blog post and ...
13
Jul
Natassa Manitsa: 3 Communicative Writing Tasks for better Group Collaboration
How often do you avoid doing writing in class because it seems a bit boring and set it for homework instead?
How ofte...
13
Jul
What on Earth are you talking about? Reading for Meaning in a fun way
This is an intensive reading activity at sentence level. You can dictate the sentences one by one, or give out the li...
13
Jul
Russell Stannard – Top down and bottom up processing: why it is so important in language teaching.
When we listen or read, there are actually two processes taking place. Understanding these two processes can help us ...