In today's episode, I'm going to discuss three tools to introduce to your students, including a note on the process of getting students to take on self-study tools into their study routines.

References & Resources:

https://hinative.com/

https://youglish.com/

https://www.losethevery.com/#

Planning what to teach and teaching it often isn't enough for our students. You might baulk at that statement - us teachers are busy enough!

That's true. But nevertheless, we might not be doing right by our students if we don't also train them in the strategies required for effective and efficient language learning. 

However, even that might not be enough ..

Students need also to be aware of what, how, and why they are doing what they're doing. 

Metacognition refers to the process of thinking about one's thinking, and it is this that we need to help the students to develop in order for them to be better able to self-regulate their actions.

References:

Paul Nation's Four Strands:
https://www.victoria.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/1626123/2012-Yamamoto-Four-strands.pdf

What I did this week to improve my English:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1j5keEDOScv4rMIirN5m6ES096XMvH1Lq?usp=sharing

The problem with the ways that language is taught is that it doesn't build upon what was taught before.

Cumulative learning refers to the cognitive process whereby the knowledge and skills we accumulate go on to become the building blocks for all subsequent cognitive development.

In this episode, I also discriminate between CL and what I term "Cumulative Review".

References:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mVN5TbhJEwjosZlxtXNPNs79s32ucmr-?usp=sharing

In today's episode, I'll be talking about five ways in which you can make pair work and group work more effective in your classrooms. 

These are:

1. "Gossip"
2. "What did you put for number 1?" (Peer-checking)
3. "It was nice speaking to you" (Polite conversation enders)
4. "What percentage did you speak English?" (Awareness building of student talk time)
5. Student administration time

In today's episode, I'll be looking at Inquiry-Based Learning and its benefits for language learning.

References:

https://xqsuperschool.org/rethinktogether/what-is-inquiry-based-learning-ibl/

In this episode we'll be looking at CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning. I'll be talking about what CLIL is, why it's in vogue, the different variations of CLIL, and considerations when making CLIL lessons and syllabi.

References:

What is CLIL?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_and_language_integrated_learning

The 4 C's
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1295190.pdf

Hard & Soft CLIL
https://sciendo.com/pdf/10.1515/atd-2015-0018#:~:text=Hard%20CLIL%20means%20that%20the,put%20on%20learning%20the%20language.

Professor Donna Brinton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_M._Brinton

In today's episode, we'll look at cooperative learning in the classroom, including its benefits and the principles that ought to operate behind it. Special thanks to Professor George Jacobs for the lecture.

References:

Temple University Distinguished Lecture Series:

https://www.tuj.ac.jp/grad-ed/events/2022/1008/cooperative-learning-theory-practice-and-research

Bloom's Taxonomy:

https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/blooms-taxonomy/

I'm back!

In today's episode, I'll be taking a look at two famous quotes about sticking it out and embracing failure and mistakes.

References:

Quote 1:
https://quotefancy.com/quote/790482/Dalai-Lama-XIV-The-only-way-to-fail-is-to-quit

Quote 2:
https://quotefancy.com/quote/1526342/Kat-Lomb-Language-is-the-only-thing-worth-knowing-even-poorly