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An interview with Marjorie Rosenberg- Plenary speaker of the TESOL Greece 38th Annual International Convention
by Joanna Malefaki
Joanna Malefaki interviews Marjorie Rosenberg
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Marjorie Rosenberg taught for many years at Graz University and now teaches in companies, trains teachers and writes materials. She has written...
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An interview with Bessie Mitsikopoulou- Plenary speaker of the TESOL Greece 38th Annual International Convention
by Efi Pelekouda
Efi Pelekouda interviews Bessie Mitiskopoulou
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Bessie Mitsikopoulou is Associate Professor at the Faculty of English Language and Literature, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and Directo...
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A dyslexic pupil in your classroom
David A. Hill M.Phil (Exon) & Katarzyna Maria Bogdanowicz, PhD
Most state primary school teachers of English will work with pupils at risk of dyslexia, or with diagnosed developmental dyslexia, at some point in their career. It is important to remember that the intelligence of such...
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Pupils with ADHD in your classroom: Suggestions for teachers working with them
David A. Hill M.Phil (Exon) & Katarzyna Maria Bogdanowicz, PhD
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or hyperkinetic disorder, is a set of symptoms, the most important of which is the inability to focus attention. Additional, frequent symptoms include hyperactivity and impu...
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Identifying Dyslexia in the first classes of the Greek Primary School (July 2015)
Panayiotis Constantinides, Master in Inclusive Education, University of Glasgow
The following article constitutes part of my dissertation for the University of Glasgow Postgraduate Diploma in Inclusive Education, Research, Policy and Practice. The full article can be found at the author’s account at...
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Can B1 Learners really handle a TED Talk?
Can B1 Learners really handle a TED Talk?
Watch Keynote authors Paul Dummett and Lewis Lansford show how TED Talks can be used just as successfully with B1 learners as they can with higher level students.
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Adapting your coursebook for learners with SpLDs: part 2
Dr Anne Margaret Smith
Earlier this year a report of the workshop ‘Adapting your coursebook for learners with SpLDs’ was published here, outlining the main ideas that came out of it: 1) the layout of the pages; 2) the amount of material to be...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF EXTENSIVE READING IN LANGUAGE LEARNING
David A. Hill
Some background
I’d like to start by asking you to consider four quotations:
“ We learn to read by reading.” (Smith: 1985)
“Reading…must be developed and can only be developed, by means of extensive and continual practi...
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Task and Project-Based Learning in the ELT classroom
Victoria Boobyer
Whilst teachers and students often feel comfortable with the familiar PPP (Presentation, Practice, Production) approach, both may find the more realistic, flexible, and, often, more memorable approaches of Task or Projec...