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5 Tips for Teaching Impact Issues Online

May 15, 2020
Online teaching can present challenges for teachers, particularly if we feel we have to create a class quickly, or in an emergency. This posting offers five concrete tips for creating a successful online language learning class:
These tips are referenced to the use of the Impact Issues series, though the advice can be adapted to other content.
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3 Tips for Teaching English Firsthand Online

May 15, 2020
As we move to online teaching, we may feel conflicted. We may believe that we are going to need to simplify our classes to such an extent that the students will quickly become demotivated. While there are challenges to creating motivating classes in all contexts, there are some concrete steps we can follow to make our online classes engaging and communicative. This posting offers 3 broad tips:
These tips are referenced to the use of the English Firsthand series, though the advice can be adapted to other content.
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3 teaching tips that encourage Japanese students to speak up

February 26, 2019

In the EFL classroom, it is essential to provide students with opportunities for authentic communication. What is authentic communication? It’s about asking questions that you really want to ask and saying what you really want to say, rather than memorization or role-plays. How can we, in the classroom context, create situations where students naturally feel like saying something or asking questions and enjoy conversing?
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Making English REAL (and engaging) for non-English majors

September 18, 2018

Most of us have probably been there: a required class of non-English majors. People whose major has no particular need for English. Students who have no particular love of English.
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