Teacher B said to teacher A, “When learning English, or any other modern language, communication is so important in classes.  Try to speak in English at the normal and regular conducting of classes.  Unless your students understand what you’re saying, repeat it, more slowly, with gestures as an aid, with other words, with examples, with a ...

  One day teacher of English A said to teacher of English B, “Yesterday I had my class with the kids of 10 years. You know, all I said was in English, while their aural level is so low. Well, they understood the games I implemented: with examples, gestures and body language, and you know what: they understood a nice percentage and even could ...

One day teacher of English A said to teacher of English B, “The teacher must know his students, but also he must know himself: how am I doing? Are my students really learning? How am I working lately? 20th century philosopher and writer Jean Guitton (1901-1999), one of the best minds in that century, used to say that intellectual work, and ...

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 ...

Here are a post by three researchers and a reply by me. They’re about the so important Speaking skill. You might find something useful for your classes of English. They were published in http://teachingenglish.org.uk/ , the website of British Council –BBC. Help please! Submitted by Maria Victoria. on 3 October, 2011 - 22:54 Hi everyone! I ...

One day teacher of English B said to teacher of English A, “If you’re a non-native teacher of English you should carry on learning this language; it’s a lifelong learning. It makes your teaching efficient, more likely; also because then you’re a learner yourself, and know what learning a language brings about. For example you can read a ...

One day teacher of English B said to teacher of English A, “On post #259 I gave you a lot of activities and games that may help our students play with English, and construct sentences or texts in English. With passing months and years I’ve invented more games/activities and as well learned from the reactions and ways of doing things by the ...

One day teacher of English B said to teacher of English A, “With passing time since, I’ve realized of some teaching strategies one of the teachers of English applied in the classes at that center I told you about. It was a school for adult learners. I was one of the students. All we said in the class was considered as important for the others. ...

One day teacher of English A said to teacher of English B, “You told me that you must follow and fulfill the general lines of the department of English to plan your academic-year syllabus. I’d say, when planning it consider that it has to be realistic, with your real students in mind, but also with high expectations and achievements, practical, ...

One day teacher of English B said to teacher of English A, “I’d tell you a written test should be practical. Both for the teacher and for the student. Let’s see. The student should not get confused, bewildered because he or she finds a type of activity you all, in the classes, haven’t worked on. There shouldn’t be anything new, different; ...