One day teacher A said to teacher B, “Your students gaze you take to the classroom some sheet of paper where you planned that day’s class. They see this day after day. They also see you have a glance to those notes from time to time.  That is an interesting point. Your students notice you plan each class, taking into account what fits a more ...

One day teacher of English B said to teacher of English A, “When we communicate with one another we do it by using the four skills of a language: listening, speaking, reading and writing. So it is sensible you make your students practice those four skills. Your students will be gaining experience by using them. Our students don’t only read and ...

One day teacher of English A said to teacher of English B, “You know what? I’m eager to start the academic year. I’ve got some experience from last year and am pretty eager to begin. This evening I’m trying to get some time to sit in front of the screen of the computer and just think of the things I can do this year; also the necessities and ...

One day teacher of English A said to teacher of English B, “Man and woman are born in a country, with her traditions, culture, history. I think it’s important to go to school taking into account and within the context of those traditions, culture and history. In our case, teachers of English as a foreign language, I also think that at least ...

One day teacher of English A said to teacher of English B, “As it comes to mind to me, the most important thing for a curriculum (or syllabus) of a course, both in summer and in winter, is to sort out what students should learn and practice along the time allotted to that course. In other words, the goals, mainly concerning communication, I ...

One day teacher of English B said to teacher of English A, “In my opinion, definitely it’s a great and essential idea today here in Spain and in other countries (I guess), more and more, subjects different from English should be taught and learned in English. For example it’s becoming more and more frequent today that in Spain students ...

One day teacher of English B said to teacher of English A, “Something helpful you can do with your students is to get the most from their textbooks. The students at a first moment could see the pages of the English coursebook as something full of pictures and mixed activities, one activity similar in format to the next one. Teach them the ...

One day teacher of English B said to teacher of English A, “Using newspapers in the class of English may be very useful, believe me. This activity is for advanced level students, because they have to face with authentic and genuine language. Realia bring them to real, authentic English. You can tell them to buy a specific paper at a newstand. ...

Here is a summary of points that may be considered when teaching a language, in my opinion. I have also taken them from my former blog. Any useful? I mixed some ideas of mine and some by scholars, like for example pedagogue Víctor García Hoz. 1. Learning a language should be a profoundly human process. 2. It serves communication among people. 3. ...

From British Council – BBC teaching-English website. September 7. Help! How to teach a native speaker of French to speak English? Dear all, My private student is a young lady from France. Basically, she knows nothing about English and I have very limited knowledge of French. The textbook we are going to use is ''Interchage'' published by ...