TTELT: Teaching Tips for English Language Teachers

Join us to hear Noureddine Charif, an ESL Instructor, Newton's Grove School, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, as he explains how to incorporate AI into Task Based Language Teaching by using Microsoft’s Copilot to help craft lessons, sample essays, and assessment rubrics. Listen to hear more!

Join us to hear Wyndell Williams, English Language Support Teacher at Tsinghua International School in Beijing, China, as he describes how to develop and use culturally responsive strategies for inclusive language education. He gives some examples of ways that teachers can make every student feel welcome and that they have something to offer. Listen to hear more!

Join us to hear Milsania Lopez, Dean of University of Santiago, Cuba, as she shares techniques for motivating pre-service teachers to become teachers of the English Language.She shares ways to motivate teachers to become teachers of English.

Based in Colombia, Gustavo Valiente shares an effective technique to engage students in communication! Discover their interests and adapt your topic and grammar to fit their interests. This technique provides intrinsic motivation for speaking. 

Join us to hear Juan Carlos Domingez, based in Cuba, as he shares an innovative technique of integrating radio into the English classroom. He shares weekly idiomatic expressions in the context of a conversation. Students are challenged to deduce the meanings of idioms from English-speaking countries around the world. Radio Metropolitana Havana

Join us to hear Dr. Pankaj Mehrotra, an English teacher from Delhi, India, as he discusses conventional and virtual learning spaces and how they affect teacher–student and student–student interactions in the classroom.

Join us to hear Sharifa Djurabaeva, an English teacher originally from Uzbekistan, who is currently teaching beginning newcomer high school students in Massachusetts. Sharifa will discuss the challenges she has faced and how she is meeting them.  Discover new resources and ideas that may help you in a similar teaching situation.

Join us to hear Dilia Topham, a veteran Teacher-Trainer, currently working in Dushanbe,Tajikistan for the American Council, as she describes the Experiential Learning Cycle and gives examples of how it can be used by teachers and teacher-trainees for self-assessment and improvement.

Join us to hear Dr Arum Perwitasari, Academic Relations Lead at ETS Global, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as she describes how to integrate reading or listening activities into speaking activities for English for Academic Purposes. She gives some examples of integrated tasks that teachers can use to teach academic speaking. Listen to hear more!

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Join us to hear Peter Holly, a freelancer based in Hungary, as he describes how to teach environmentalism and sustainability in English Language Teaching. He gives teachers tips and ideas on how to incorporate sustainability and climate change in every ELT lesson, from the intro to regular classroom practices. Listen to hear more!

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Join us to hear Dr Mohamed Benhima, an assistant professor in the English Department of Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, as he describes quantitative research methodology and statistical data analysis in language education. He explains how quantitative data can be collected and how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help with data analysis. Listen to hear more!

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Join us to hear Philip McCarthy, Associate Professor at the American University of Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, as he shares Auto-Peer, an automated feedback system designed to facilitate student writing and student feedback literacy. He explains how Auto-Peer helps student writers and shares feedback from students and colleagues. Listen to hear more!

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Join us to hear Dr Sapna Dileesh, Head of Foundation at the Oman Dental College in Muscat, Oman, as she shares how she uses gamification in the ESL classroom. She discusses some things that a teacher needs to consider while incorporating gamification in the ESL classroom as well as the advantages and disadvantages of gamification. She also mentions some Edtech tools available for teachers who want to implement gamification in their classroom.  Listen to hear more!

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Join us to hear Anastasia Khawaja, an adjunct professor in the Department of English at the University of South Florida,as she shares how she implemented linguistic landscape in her teaching units in Israel. She discusses how to use linguistic landscape to start difficult conversations in a region of conflict and how we can explore language representation and language use to dig beyond what we might see on the surface to better understand different situations–how it's not usually just "two sides" and by extension, how to better understand ourselves. Listen to hear more!

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Join us to hear Eyhab Yaghi, a lecturer in the English department in the College of Education at Majmaah University in Saudi Arabia,as he shares with us the online reading dispositions students use to enable more effective online learning . He discusses several different online reading dispositions used by students and describes how they can be harnessed to motivate students to read and learn online. Listen to hear more!

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Join us to hear Fatia Jellad, a secondary school teacher in Tunisia who recently obtained her PhD in Cultural Studies, as she shares with us how to use blogs to motivate students to write in English. She discusses the steps for implementing blogs in the classroom and what makes them an effective tool for writing instruction. She also mentions some of the challenges teachers might face when implementing blogs as a motivational writing tool.  Listen to hear more!

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Join us to hear Kasia Truszkowsky, founder and owner of My Oxford English Academy in Oxford, England, as she shares with us how to use reconstruction tasks to teach academic writing. She discusses tips for minimizing teacher preparation time and sharing best practices for producing effective writing lessons.  Listen to hear more!

Join us to hear Rasha Halat, Assistant Professor at the Lebanese International University, as she shares with us how to use authentic materials to motivate students. She describes why its a good idea to use authentic materials and how to motivate students by using them.  Listen to hear more!

Join us to hear Shahab Moradkhani, Associate Professor of TESOL at Razi University in Kermanshah, Iran, as he shares with us the topic English as an International Language. He describes the basic principles of English as an International Language and shares suggestions for dealing with the related theoretical and practical controversies.  Listen to hear more!

Join us to hear Hannah Haase, language teacher, author, and pedagogical mentor at Robotel, as she shares with us how to motivate students to actually speak in English in class. She describes different ways teachers can do recording activities, kinesthetic activities, games focused on listening, and games focusing on speaking. Listen to hear more!

Join us to hear Gulnorakhon Niyazova, senior  teacher of English as EFL at Alisher Navai University of Uzbek Language and Literature in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, as she describes why it’s important for teachers to attend international conferences. She talks about how teacher can upgrade their teaching skills and get new ideas for different ways to teach.  Listen to hear more! 

Join us to hear Maria Zaheer, the founder of Educational Webinar Jam and a Senior Fellow in Higher Education, based at Al Yamama University in Saudi Arabia, as she shares best practices for optimizing teacher-to-teacher collaboration both within and across university departments. She describes how teacher-to-teacher collaboration proves to be an effective tool for professional development for educators.  Listen to hear more! 

Join us to hear Rawan Saqfalhett, a secondary school teacher who teaches in Jericho in the West Bank in the Palestinian Territories, as she talks about the challenges she and her students face. Rawan gives some insights into how patience and understanding, and cultural programs can help the students succeed. Listen to hear more!

Join us to hear David Bozetarnik, from the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates, as he shares best practices for promoting virtual reality at your school, college, or university. He talks about how he first got involved with virtual reality and how teachers can promote it to other teachers and get them interested in it. Listen to hear more!

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Join us to hear Majed Buledi, from the International Islamic University in Malaysia, as he shares best practices for pedagogical technological integration with digital natives. He identifies the steps involved in technological integration levels, and how such levels impact learners’ task engagement in a walled classroom through digital platforms. Listen to hear more!

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Join us to hear Kamiya Abdulkhakimovar, Senior Lecturer at the College of Humanities and Education at KIMEP University in Kazakhstan, as she shares best practices for teaching online synchronous classes. She identifies the steps involved in the transition to synchronized online learning and assessed its effectiveness at KIMEP University.  Listen to hear more! 

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Join us to hear Jessica March and Raja Mallek Baloul, English instructors from the Achievement Academy at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates as they share an exciting initiative to introduce students to the UNESCO 2022 Goals for Education for Sustainable Development.  The presenters will describe how they have collaborated across academic disciplines to redesign a higher education language course which promotes the understanding of sustainable development. Listen to hear more!

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Join us to hear Gulnoza Radjabova, an English teacher at Uzbekistan State World Languages University in Tashkent, as she shares different ways we can use corpus linguistics tools available on the internet to drive writing instruction.  She shares how she uses these tools with her own students to improve their writing.” Listen to hear more!

Currently, I am doing research in the field of implementation of corpus technologies in teaching English. This research field is totally new in our country; therefore, it is considered to be highly topical.  I think that this area of research will develop communicative competence of students enhancing academic excellence of learners and developing education system of Uzbekistan.

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Join us to hear Sweta Kumari and Aieshah Arif, Writing Instructors at New York University Abu Dhabi, as they share their thoughts on why there are lingering biases towards “standardized Englishes” from mainly “white” post-British colony countries, especially in academia, rather than accepting varieties of English from “non-white” post-British colony countries. They share some real anecdotes from their teaching context illustrating occurrences of this bias, and talk about how this bias can affect individual learners negatively. Listen to hear more!

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Join us to hear Mark Carver, Director of Postgraduate Research at the International Education Institute, University of St Andrews, Scotland as he shares why more teachers taking doctorates is good for our profession, but has risks of “qualification inflation.” He shares some barriers to bringing scholarly approaches into your classroom, and mitigating strategies for bringing these approaches into our classroom and explains alternative ways to think about impact and “doctorateness.” Listen to hear more! #doctorate #qualificationinflation #self-awareness #self-management #teachingtips #tesol #esl#elt#tesolteaching #education #teachertraining #edtech #digitaltools#CPD#ContinuingProfessionalDevelopment

Join us to hear Hansley Cazeau, a U.S. English Language Fellow from Englewood, New Jersey, as he shares using ChatGPT in the classroom to motivate teachers and students. He explains how ChatGPT works and gives several examples of how teachers can use it in the classroom to teach students and what students can learn from using ChatGPT in the classroom. Listen to hear more! #ChatGPT #AI#artificial intelligence #teachingtips #tesol #esl#elt#tesolteaching #education #teachertraining #edtech #digitaltools#CPD#ContinuingProfessionalDevelopment

Join us to hear Ruba Sadi, manager of Eduthink, a training and consultation center based in Jordan, as she shares her SEL, Social Emotional Learning, in the classroom to motivate teachers, students, and parents. She shares how teachers can shape students’ future personalities using SEL for future job, social, and life requirements.She also describes the five core competencies of SEL and explains how teachers can easily incorporate them into their classes. Listen to hear more! #SEL #SocialEmotionalLearning #Self-Awareness #Self-Management #teachingtips #tesol #esl#elt#tesolteaching #education #teachertraining #edtech #digitaltools#CPD#ContinuingProfessionalDevelopment

Join us to hear Arpine Harutyunyan, a teacher at Luys Zvart Education Center, Armenia, share with us “Combining Language and Content for Tour Guides.” Harutyunyan describes a teaching approach relevant for an efficient combination of language and other skills into one course, discussing tips and tools for producing an effective incorporated course for future tour guides. The mastery of the English language is significantly important for people working in the tourist industry, and especially tour guides, due to their constant contact with foreign tourists. In fact, they need to master not only General English, but also English for Specific Purposes, basic communication, cross-cultural communication as well as leadership skills, and be aware of the tourist resources of their country. Thus, teachers and educators need to meet the challenge of creating a curriculum that will incorporate the instruction of the above-mentioned variety of skills. A viable solution can be the Content-Based Instruction (CBI) approach. Join us to hear more! Top Tips -CLIL -Content and Language Integrated Learning -English for Tourism -Cross-Cultural Communication #teachingtips#tesol#esl#elt#tesolteaching#education#innovation#creativity#communication#CPD

Join us to hear Shakhodat Obidova, A PhD student and TESOL Trainer at Bukhara State Pedagogical Institute in Uzbekistan, share with us “Effective Tips on Critical Reading for Secondary Teachers.” Shewill tell us what critical reading is and why it’s necessary in today’s world, what methods teachers can use to analyze reading texts effectively, and what her experience of training teachers for critical reading classes has been. Join us to hear more! Top Tips -Critical Reading -Reading -ESL Reading -critical analysis

Join us to hear Mohamed Hasan, from Ahlia University in Bahrain, as he shares tips on Teacher Identity Investment Amidst Change in Education. He describes how teacher identity investment plays an important role in educational reform. However, it can easily be neglected if educational reformers focus primarily on achieving outcomes. He gives some tips on how building career capital can empower teachers and increase their value. Listen to hear more!

Top Tips

-teacher identity

-educational reform

-investment

-career capital

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Join us to hear Judy Wren and Jennifer McCoy, English teachers in Oman at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, share with us “AI and ChatGPT: Considering the Future of Writing Instruction.” They will tell us what ChatGPT is and how it works, and what it means for academic integrity that students can actually ask ChatGPT to write essays for them even with typical English mistakes for their type/level of learner. They discuss how they see ChatGPT and AI generative writing impacting the field of English language teaching and offer some suggestions for dealing with the new technology. Join us to hear more! 

Top Tips

-ChatGPT

-artificial intelligence

-plagiarism

-academic integrity

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Join us to hear Mick King, an English teacher in Qatar at Qatar Community College, share with “Mitigating Student Motivations and Teacher Beliefs.” All too often teachers have fixed ideas about why students are learning a language but sometimes those ideas are not correct. Students can have different motivations and expectations than the teacher thinks. Mick asks us to consider making a teaching/learning contract with students at the beginning of the semester to discover why students are taking your class and what they really want to get out of it. Join us to hear more! Top Tips -teacher beliefs -student motivation -motivating learning -afternoon/night students #teachingtips#tesol#esl#elt#tesolteaching#education#innovation#creativity#communication#CPD

Join us to hear Rania Jabr, an English teacher in Egypt at the American University of Cairo, share with “Optimal Learning with Brain Breaks.” Jabr answers the question how brain breaks are essential for you and your students since they enhance teaching and learning, and they are an essential classroom management tool. Such teaching tools and techniques are used as a guide and motivate students to enable them later on to complete assigned work. They help shape student expectations, guide them, and ensure they later on complete their work to the satisfaction of their teacher. Join us to hear more!! Top Tips -brain breaks -motivate learners -maximize retention -afternoon/night students #teachingtips#tesol#esl#elt#tesolteaching#education#innovation#creativity#communication#CPD

Join us to hear from Feruz Akbarov, founder of English Teacher Association of Uzbekistan , as he talks with us about fostering creativity in English teachers. Feruz discusses the 3Es, 3 staples, being an initiator, and active Continuing Professional Development. Join us to hear more!  

Top Tips

-creativity in the classroom

-stimulating learners

-creative lessons

-taking initiative

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Join us to hear from Hannah Haase, Language Teacher, Author, and Pedagogical Mentor at Robotel, as she shares with us how to balance teaching with technology and teaching with traditional paper-based or classroom-based activities such as pair work. Technology is changing the way students learn and we need to find out how we can best use technology to motivate and differentiate. Join us to hear more!  

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-technology in the classroom

-finding the right balance

-curriculum platforms

-collaboration and creativity

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Join us to hear from Anna Ayrapetyan, from Russian- Armenian University and French University in Armenia, as she shares with us how to play intellectual games in the English classroom to stimulate 21st Century skills of Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity. In addition to developing these skills, students also develop concentration and collaboration while the competitive element stimulates interest and motivation. Join us to hear more!  

Top Tips

-intellectual games stimulate creativity

-student motivation increases

-students love competitions

-student learn collaboration

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Join us to hear from Sara Dara, founder of Programmer Zone, Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates explain why we need coding in all school subjects, not just math and science. Coding can be used in other subjects to develop mini quizzes and information apps. Sara sheds light on how subjects can collaterally help students be more creative and also understand deeply. For example, a student who attends python lessons can develop a program for English vocab. Join us to hear more!  

Top Tips

-use coding in our daily lives

-learn 21st Century skills

-problem solving

-start young

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Join us to hear Khaleda Al Mansoori, a professor at the American University in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, as she shares her tips on using COIL projects in the classroom COIL stands for Collaborative Online International Learning. She discusses the students’ perceptions regarding the use of COIL projects and shares methods on how to better design these types of projects. Listen to hear more!

Join us to hear Pooja Sancheti, a teacher at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, as she shares her tips on using an active learning strategy used in a writing course for English for Academic Purposes. She describes how this specific technique allows students to undergo the cycle of analyzing and providing effective feedback using structured guidelines on the content scope of relevance and complexity. Listen to hear more!

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Join us to hear Siham Al-Aamri, a teacher at the University of Nizwa, Oman, as she shares her tips on using Padlet to develop a community of practice and teachers’ professionalism. She describes how she used Padlet created a supportive environment and allowed her to give help where needed when training new teachers. She explains how she used Padlet for self-reflective Eportfolios. Listen to hear more!

Top Tips

-teacher training

-digital tools

-eportfolios

-self-reflection

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Join us to hear Dr Lee McCallum, who recently became an Associate Tutor in Language Education at the University of Edinburgh, as she shares her thoughts on writing assessment literacy for teachers. She describes how important assessment is to students’ futures whether vocational or academic. She then goes on to suggest three ways that teachers can develop their assessment literacy. Listen to hear more!

Top Tips

-assessment literacy

-writing

-writing assessment

-students

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Join us to hear Seetha Saragan, a Personal Development Trainer and Lifestyle Consultant with a background in English and psychology, based in Dubai, as she shares how teachers can avoid favoritism and what the impact of favoritism is on students. She describes ways of doing class activities that build students’ confidence and make them become better members of the community. She also offers some simple ideas that teachers can use to encourage team work and cultural understanding. Listen to hear more!

 Top Tips

-avoiding favoritism

-positive psychology

-self-esteem

-global citizens

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Join us to hear Marwa Mekni Toujani and Oshin Danish, English teachers based in Saudi Arabia, who share with us their study on an Analysis of English Articles in Saudi English. They give tips for developing a data collection tool eliciting article usage and describe how they analyzed the data to find patterns of usage. This is an interesting article for any teachers interested in doing research and learning about global varieties of English.  Join us to hear more!

Top Tips

-emergence of Saudi English variety

-checking article use in this variety

-article misuse

-quantitative research

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Join us to hear Nguyen Thanh Binh, an English teacher in Vietnam, share with us techniques for “Learning English via Social Networking”. Listen to tips for using social media with your students to help them practice their English. Identifying interesting topics such as news, politics, and sports is the first step. Following fan pages and forum pages of sports figures is the second step. Then students can use conscious learning for all 4 skills.  Join us to hear more!

Top Tips

-identify student interests

-increase motivation

-learn consciously

-practice all four skills

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Join us to hear Alena Slanchak, an English teacher in Oman, share with us techniques for ‘Active Listening.’  Listen to tips for giving your students a purpose for listening.  Pair work, note-taking, and paraphrasing are just some of the techniques she describes. She also includes the importance of making clear objectives, to build students’ confidence and engagement in listening. Join us to hear more!   For more interesting Tips, visit our website: https://ttelt.org

Join us to hear Salim Al-Maashini, an English Language Lecturer at Salalah College of Technology, as he shares the value of using Kahoot in his classroom. He describes ways to use Kahoot to build your students vocabulary and work on their comprehension skills. He also describes how Kahoot offers great motivation for your students. Listen to hear more!

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Join us to hear Hind Elyas, a past Chair and TESOL International Convention Ambassador, share “Think Aloud” Techniques! She offers great ideas for how to model these techniques and questions to ask, as a way to engage your students in reading. Listen to how she builds on students’ background knowledge and shares other reading strategies, such as evaluating, predicting, and clarifying. Listen for details! For more interesting Tips, visit our website: https://ttelt.org

Dr. Lana Hiasatt, a Senior lecturer of technology in Dubai, shares her expertise helping engage students in technology. Her ideas include ‘gamification’ such as using Kahoot and Quizlet live! She also shares about AI tools - their benefits and their limitations. While discussing ways to teach students about digital literacy, Lana emphasizes the importance of critical thinking and socratic questioning. Join us to hear more! For more interesting and informative tips, visit our website https://ttelt.org

Join us to hear the past President of TESOL International, Christine Coombe, share the importance of test teaching strategies. Help your students succeed through planning strategies: before, during, and after a test.  Learn ways to educate your students about the exam beforehand and to prepare their expectations. Christine shares ideas for previewing and practicing different types of questions. You’ll hear great ways to support your students’ success in test taking in this episode!

For more interesting tips, visit our website https://ttelt.org

Listen to Philip Cowlishaw — an actor, singer, and English teacher — share his teaching tips about the Meditative Approach. Learn ways to find and balance the energy and connection with your students. Discover ways to make your classroom more interactive, taking simple grammar points and making them into creative stories.  Hear ways to ask questions which stimulate critical thinking.   Discover  authentic ways for your students to communicate. for increased motivation. Join us to hear more!

For more great tips, visit our website at https://ttelt.org

Join us to hear one of our new Board members share tips from her personal experience coming to the U.S. as a child, from Croatia. She shares tips for teachers to help new ELLs quickly and successfully integrate into their classrooms. Creating inclusive environments and a mentorship program are just a few of her ideas. Listen to hear more!

To get more exciting tips, visit https://ttelt.org

In this episode, our guest-Sumithra Ravisunder shares three (3) primary ways to develop a passion for English. From creating “casual conversations” to practicing idioms and idiomatic phrases, she provides great ways to engage in the language naturally and in practical ways. “A-Vocabulary-a -day” is another idea she shares to keep learners building daily words. Listen and learn – for yourself and your students!

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Listen to Sarah Cunningham a former teacher, with a doctorate in psychology, share an overview of how physical and emotional factors, outside of the classroom, impact students. She shares tangible ways to identify signs or symptoms of trauma that students may be facing, which may interfere with their learning. Sarah also provides concrete ideas for addressing trauma, in support of students’ learning and success. Join us!

To learn more interesting Tips in Language Learning, please visit our website: https://ttelt.org

As a fellow podcaster, Anna Ciriani-Dean joins us to share strategies for reflective practice.  She is the co-creator of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast, a podcast about reflective practice for teachers of English around the world. She also serves as the Learning and Development Coordinator at English Language Programs.  Join us to learn about her expertise in the field of reflective practice. This episode covers the “What, why, and how” of reflective practice. Learn practical strategies and positive outcomes of integrating this practice into your daily teaching!

To learn more interesting tips visit our website https://ttelt.org

Erica Reynosa shares how she learned the importance of teaching pronunciation in every lesson at a conference. She explains tangible ways for ‘how’ to teach pronunciation, identifying sounds as they are used. She draws connections for language learners to recognize the sounds they already know, based on their 1st languages. Join us to hear her creative ideas and resources.

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Melanie Gobert, a ‘veteran’ English language teacher who has worked as the past president of TESOL Arabia shares interesting tips for language acquisition - based on faulty myths. Discover the theories behind the myths and tips for acquiring language as adults, without grammar focus, and with your ‘mother tongue’!

To learn more Tips on Language Learning, visit https://ttelt.org

A bilingual adjunct professor in Florida, Erica Reynosa shares great tips for integrating idioms into your daily lessons. She highlights the value of idioms to teach culture, as part of language acquisition. Erica also shares excellent resources for how to easily find idioms to incorporate into your class, connecting with your curriculum.

To learn more tips visit https://ttelt.org

A native Belizean, working in Malaysia, Alberto August shares his experience of successfully creating classroom buddy systems to enhance the learning environment. Listen to how his students empower and engage each other, to succeed at learning English, while working as 'buddies'. Integrating the Buddy System in your class can be very effective with TPR (Total Physical Response); reading, and peer-editing activities. Join us to hear more details!

To learn more about the Buddy System and other episodes with Alberto August, visit: www.Ttelt.org

Are you interested in a new approach to group work? We invite you to listen to this episode of TTELT as Pearlie Lubin shares her top tips for creating groups. Pearlie will share how focusing on personalities and how students process information helps to create more effective and productive groups.

For more tips from Pearlie Lubin, visit TTELT.org

We invite you to listen to this episode of TTELT as Dr. Andre Boyer shares his top tips for cultivating human connection in the classroom. Dr. Boyer will share his insights from his expansive career in business and teaching English around the globe.

For more teaching tips from Dr. Andre Boyer, visit TTELT.org

Realia (real life objects) is a topic most of us have heard of, yet how much do we use it in our classrooms? Alberto August, a professor from Belize, shares the importance of integrating realia into each lesson. He emphasizes using low-resource realia in the context of your environment. Listen to hear his hands-on ideas.

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Classroom community is important to student motivation and engaging learners. To learn a language we need a safe environment where students are encouraged to collaborate and contribute. Join Pearlie Lubin this week as she shares her tips for building classroom community.

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Erica Reynoso’s interest in vocabulary led her to integrate idioms into her daily teaching. She shares great tips for creative ways to incorporate idioms with all ages. She shares the value of teaching culture and language through idioms and idiomatic expressions. Learn from her engaging examples and easily-accessible resources.

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We invite you to listen to this episode of TTELT as Dr. Andre Boyer shares his top tips for facilitating a multi-level classroom. Dr. Boyer will share his insights from his expansive career teaching English around the globe.

More great tips are available to support multi-level classroom instruction at TTELT.org.

Ever had challenges with teaching students pronunciation? Join us to hear a native Spanish speaker share his tips for how he mastered English pronunciation and teaches his students techniques, which apply to all language backgrounds.

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Balancing your personal and professional life can be challenging. Are you seeking tips on how to avoid stress and burnout? In this episode of ttelt, Hansley Cazeau shares his thoughts on the subject by identifying some signs of overwhelming stress and providing straightforward suggestions to avoid it.

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Go back to basics with facilitation skills in this episode. Beth shares her ideas about what you can do to create an environment that strengthens your students’ motivation for learning! She shares four tips about reinforcing the vital elements of warmth and empathy in the classroom.

For more tips on creating motivating classroom environments, visit TTELT.org.

Do you find it challenging to conduct effective assessments, especially online? Listen to Jhon Carvajal’s tips for understanding your students’ needs, customizing assessments accordingly, and creating ‘calls to action,’ focusing on demonstrating knowledge.

Jhon joins us from Colombia, where he works as a manager of the English Language Academy of Platzi.com

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Have you found it challenging to get to know your students? Would you like to tailor your lessons to their needs and expectations for the course? We invite you to listen to this episode of TTELT as Dr. Andre Boyer shares his top tips for establishing and maintaining relationships with students. Dr. Boyer will share his insights from his expansive career teaching English around the globe.

For more great relationship-building tips, visit TTELT.org to create the most motivating language learning classroom for your students. 

Are you looking for ideas to increase student talk time at the beginning of class? We invite you to listen to this episode of TTELT as Courtney Miles shares her top tips for maximizing the first several minutes of every class meeting. You will learn how creatively using this time creates a safe space for students to share and learn.

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Looking for some new ideas for how to engage students in their grammar study? Beth has found success by getting students to notice grammar instead of only presenting it to them. She highlights several examples of getting students to learn from their own curiosity.

Need more great teaching tips that you can use in your classroom today? Visit our podcast website at TTELT.com to learn from and connect with Beth Trudell and other English educators.

Are you seeking tips on how to engage your students and boost participation? We invite you to listen to this episode of TTELT as Hansley Cazeau shares his top 3 tips for boosting classroom engagement. You will learn how getting to know your students directly impacts engagement.

Find more episodes on student engagement and teaching tips from Hansley Cazeau at TTELT.org. 

Do you find online teaching challenging? In this episode of TTELT, Dr. Kirsten Dyck joins us to share her top 3 tips for online teaching. You will learn practical approaches to improve your online teaching practice and increase student engagement.

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Are you in need of some fresh homework ideas? Join us to learn how Courtney Miles has reframed homework as fun-work. She highlights how she has increased student engagement through giving options and providing real-world practice.

For more great tips from Courtney Miles, check out her other episodes at TTELT.org on Leadership and Learning through project-based classroom activities. 

In the early days of our organization, Beth Trudell sat down for a conversation on student motivation with our founder. In this episode, we revisit Beth's original work to focus on quick teaching tips and strategies that you can use in your teaching practice today to motivate your learners.   

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Join Peter Edwards as he scrolls back through previous TTELT podcasts to help him refresh his thoughts on an upcoming project. Peter is working on an article for TESOL Arabia and a forthcoming workshop in TTELT on motivating students to read through visual literacy techniques. With that in mind, he follows a specific process to gather insights from the previous guests, Matthew Jellick, Jesus Villegas, and Makaela Anderson, and shares clips from their episodes.

Visit TTELT.org for more notes on this episode and to do your own professional development walk.

Find your professional development path with Brooke Leach Grable. She shares the importance of making and building connections to learn as much as we can from each other. Learn how to find your professional development purpose and grow your professional practice through local, international, and virtual PD. 

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Attending workshops and plenaries are great, yet networking can shape your career. Professional conferences offer so many opportunities beyond the session options. In this episode, Peter Edwards discusses the importance of networking as part of participating in PD conferences. Learn to find your singularity and make meaningful professional connections.

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Ever feel overwhelmed by all of the choices at professional conferences? Learn tips for making the conference experience, whether online or in-person, more meaningful with Luciana's tips. She shares how to pre-plan your experience for the greatest impact.

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Learn how to take control of your professional development. Join Dr. Aileen Hale, Beth Trudell, and Dr. Peter Edwards for a discussion about creating a personal, professional development practice that is enjoyable and applicable. They provide simple strategies to stay professionally connected and inspired.

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Discover the connections between Service-Learning (SL) and Project-Based Learning with Dr. Aileen Hale. She shares ways to take projects out of the classroom and into the community to meet community needs. She gives lots of examples of SL projects for all age levels.

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Do you ever feel like the language you are learning isn't the language you need? This week Anesh Daya the founder of On the Spot Learning shares his tips for using task-based learning in the community to give purpose to language learning. Anesh explains how daily language tasks can align with specific language goals like learning new vocabulary. Learn how building a community network can support your students in learning a language.

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Learn ways to engage your students in leading their project-based learning. Courtney Miles shares with listeners creative ideas for helping students develop language and leadership skills through student-led projects. She explains ways to discover their expertise, follow their lead, create safe spaces, change roles, and give students a platform. 

Let us know how you are using these teaching tips in the comments.

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Project-based learning is an instructional approach that gives meaning to the languages our students are learning. Project-based learning is adaptable to meet your needs, from large projects like building a gate for a school and creating language materials for local taxi drivers to helping kids learn through their passions. Join Dr. Aileen Hale, Jennifer Gonzales, and Kyra Sage for their tips on integrating projects big and small into your language learning class. This episode features strategies appropriate for all ages and teaching contexts. 

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Want to know a helpful strategy for making assessments fairer? Rubrics are the answer. Rubrics are tools used by both teachers and students to make clear the assessment criteria and expectations. Join Beth Trudell as she explains what rubrics are, how to create them, use them with your students, and resources to support their use. Listen as she gives an excellent example for creating a rubric to assess paragraph writing.

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Need an assessment that integrates language skills and requires students to think critically? Try hexagonal thinking. This strategy has students working together to create connections of words, phrases, and ideas. It easily incorporates reading, writing, speaking, and listening as students have to explain their thinking for the connections they make. 

Formative assessments can be easily integrated into your classroom teaching practice daily. In this discussion with Renuka Karunaratne, you will learn quick formative assessment strategies that become part of your daily teaching routine. Check for understanding with Bellwork, Turn and Talk, and One-Minute Summaries throughout your lessons.

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Have questions about assessment for English Language Learners? This episode features experts in the field discussing what assessment is, the components of quality assessments, how to assess large classes, and how to use assessment data. It is full of great assessment tips and strategies that you can begin to implement in your class today.

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Have you heard of Minecraft? It is a great tool to teach vocabulary, verb tenses and use visuals to showcase sentence structures. It works well with all ages and students love using it because they’re having fun while learning. Listen for creative ways that Ryan integrates Minecraft into his teaching.

Need new game ideas to keep learning interesting? Listen as Christian Kallio shares grammar, vocabulary, and reading review games. He includes online and low-tech game options.

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Join us to learn how Improv Games can engage students while creating a safe space for practicing their language skills. Build student confidence while bringing down their affective filter. Listen to examples of games and learn about websites for more improv games. Adapt games to your particular learners and context.

Learn about review games such as syllabus search, vocabulary wheel,  relay race, and more! These are all great in-class and online review games to quickly implement in your class.

Have you ever heard of Wordwall? Wordwall.net is a low-tech way to create your perfect teaching resource and bring engaging games into your classroom. Join Kyra Sage to hear about ways you can quickly and easily access and build your resources.

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While getting English Language Learners to participate in classroom activities is often easier said than done, some time-tested methods related to technology. This episode contains several tools for integrating YouTube videos and film into your EL classes that could enormously increase student engagement and participation, especially with teenagers. Join Christian Kallio to learn about YouTube videos such as EngVid, Learn English with Papa Teach Me, and Mr. Bean to engage your ELLs, as well as excellent film ideas.

https://www.youtube.com/user/engvidenglish

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwk6ifONlkvqnoMF2uyA05g

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