PD Thread Materials and Videos
Fun and Creativity
10 of the best ESL Games with Visuals and 3 Step Tutorial. Freshen up your game arsenal to maximize fun and learning in your classroom again.
Spanish in the Classroom
And here is a short video with tips on Reducing L1 in the L2 Classroom.
Here is a video of Philp Kerr´s plenary at BELTA Day 2013 where he discusses the role of translation and demystifies other uses of L1 in the classroom.
Discipline
Some of our primary classes can be challenging at times, there´s no denying that – this video can help us reset classes where we feel the balance between control and chaos is shifting too much in one direction or another.
Retro Tefl
Short, relevant and useful: 60 practical ideas for an IH series
on classroom techniques. Spot the famous faces!
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“1966 and all that: A critical history of ELT” Scott Thornbury talks about
the evolution of ELT methodologies and ideas in the last 50 years.
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“Who would of thought it?” The English Language 1966-2066. David Crystal
talks about the ever-changing natureof the English language.
Phonology
Here´s Adrian Underhill/Sound Foundations doing a session on
the physicality of pronunciation.
How the mouth moves and flexes.
How sounds float on the air.