Why Feedback Should Come in the Middle, Not at the End

Traditionally, we give and receive feedback at the end of projects, assignments, and units. But is this the best way to ensure progress? Researchers are saying it’s not, especially when it comes to encouraging creativity. For optimal academic achievement, teachers and students should consider placing feedback somewhere in the middle.

http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/why-feedback-should-come-in-the-middle-not-at-the-end/?hash=eba954dc-c96e-4779-9699-5cca5bf0bb1b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

Как сделать квест на уроке?

Kак самостоятельно создать квест, который можно использовать на уроке, чтобы превратить освоение учебного материала в миссию, а обычную тему — в увлекательную историю.
https://newtonew.com/discussions/live-quest-lesson

English teachers, are you talking too much in class?

'The first step to reducing teacher talking time is simply to be aware of it.' Photo © 

Mateus Lunardi Dutra, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.

In what ways do English teachers talk too much in the classroom and how can they 'unlearn' this tendency? Declan Cooley, teacher trainer on the CELTA course at the British Council in Poland, explains.

 https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/english-teachers-are-you-talking-too-much-class?utm_content=buffer26d88&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Fun ways to teach English collocations

By Tim Robbio Warre

Do your students have difficulty deciding which words go together in English? Tim Warre, who won our most recent Teaching English blog awardOpens in a new tab or window. for his Mr Bean video lesson planOpens in a new tab or window., lists his most effective tips for making learning collocations fun.

Students frequently have problems with collocations for a number of reasons; the most common being direct translations from their native tongue. An example I come across regularly while teaching in Spain is problems with do/make collocations due to the fact that, in Spanish, the verb ‘hacer’ is used for both. However, if you were to ask anyone teaching English as a foreign language, the most common mistake they hear while teaching Spanish speakers, I’d bet my house it’d be this one: ‘I have sixteen years old.’ Even though use of the verb ‘to be’ when referring to age is standard English stuff, you’ll find students up to proficiency level still have the odd lapse with this particular collocation. But never fear, there is a smorgasbord of fun and memorable ways to learn and revise these types of collocation both in the classroom and at home.

https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/fun-ways-teach-english-collocations?utm_source=BC_TE_Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=voices

Don’t Ditch Dictation! 4 Fabulous Ways You Can Use Dictations to Help ESL Students

4 Ways You Can Use Dictations to Help ESL Students

http://busyteacher.org/23906-dont-ditch-dictation-4-fabulous-ways-esl.html