18 June 2021

Narrative Writing in Lower Primary

Lower Primary (G1 - 4, 1º ciclo) students are story-tellers, and will even make a tale out of what they had for breakfast. Take advantage of this impulse to develop and inculcate composition basics, and the organisation of thoughts within the context of language acquisition and development. This session includes tips for assigning topics and assessment strategies.

Descriptive Writing in Lower Primary

Lower Primary (G1 - 4, 1º ciclo) students are focussed on themselves and their world. They are particularly interested in and knowledgeable about their homes, their family and friends, and their hobbies and interests. Take advantage of this to develop and inculcate composition basics, and the organisation of thoughts within the context of language acquisition and development. This session includes tips for assigning topics and assessment strategies.

16 June 2021

Evaluating Writing

Writing is the least natural of all language skills, requiring guidance and practice, and it is that combination which places demands on teachers. The only way to develop as a writer is through producing written texts and receiving feedback, and providing that feedback takes time.

July 2021

 

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14 June 2021

CAE Preparation and Practice

Check out our CAE Preparation courses. (Actually, its official name is Cambridge C1 Advanced; we use "CAE" only because it is so well-known.)

12 June 2021

Advanced Vocabulary : light, light, lightning, lightening

What is a light, alight, light and light, a lighter, a lighter and lighter? Lightning and lightening and lightening? What about lit and lighted? Or lightered?

What looks like a simple word has many uses and many meanings. This advanced vocabulary one-hour single-topic session focusses on accuracy, appropriacy and on developing the speaker's range, while considering the many different forms, meanings and usages, both literal and metaphorical.

03 June 2021

Developing and Implementing a PK - 12 Speaking Programme

Speaking comes naturally to humans; the first thing babies do is to tell us they have arrived! However, there is speaking and then there is speaking, and schools and teachers have a role and a responsibility in helping students speak better.

Effective Groupwork

 

Groupwork is one of the most effective teaching strategies and should be one of the primary approaches of all teachers, not just English Language and Lang&Lit. This introductory seminar for G7 - 12 levels (G5 - 6 teachers will also find it useful) reviews the hows and whys, teacher friendly approaches, effective and valid assessment and how to avoid some of the more common reasons groupwork activities are not a huge success.

Effective Approaches to Teaching Reading Comprehension

Reading Comprehension means accessing the explicit meaning of a text, and is achieved through acquiring and developing specific strategies, and through practice. This methodology session reviews some quick-and-easy teacher-friendly approaches which can be successfully used with all levels in EFL, as well as E2L and E1L, programmes. 

29 May 2021

Advanced Vocabulary : woke

The recent popularity of the political and increasingly derogatory "woke" prompts discussion on the term's formation, and its relationship to other similar and related words, for example wake, woke, awake, awakened, a wake, to wake and the awakening.