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A place for teachers to discuss adult second language research and share ideas about how to apply it in the classroom. We want your research! Teacher research is a great way to develop your own...
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A Teacher’s Guide to Classroom Research David Hopkins How do we conduct classroom research? Why is classroom research valuable to teachers and schools? How does classroom research contribute to...
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The linguistic genius of babies: what does it mean for grown-ups?
“In investigating the child’s brain, we may be able to help keep our own minds open to learning for our entire lives” Chinese tones are baffling to non-native speakers. While westerners marvel at how...
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Time for research?
“What is the place of research-based theory in the knowledge base underlying ELT?” A recent Guardian article addresses an oft-overlooked concern of the ELT profession: the lack of interaction between...
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Angry words
“What if instead of tabbing over to the web browser in search of some nugget of gossip or news, or opening up a mindless game such as Angry Birds, we could instead scratch the itch by engaging in a...
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ELTons 2013
I’m delighted to announce that teflresearch.com has been shortlisted for the Macmillan Education Award for Innovative Writing in the British Council ELTons 2013. The proposed book considers adult...
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ELTons award ceremony
ELT professionals from around the globe gathered together in London last Thursday to celebrate the 11th annual ELTon awards, organised by the British Council to recognise and encourage innovation in...
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Seeing is believing
If you’ve ever done pronunciation drilling with your hand cupped behind your ear like a demented kids TV presenter (all together now!) you’re probably of the opinion that exaggerating audio cues helps...
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Never Mind the Bo**ocks – here’s The TEFL Skeptic!
Originally posted on The Steve Brown Blog: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Festival It’s often struck me that the IATEFL conference is a bit like a big music festival. You’ve got the global...
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Teaching grammar: for better or for worse?
Holding Hands. Melvin E. The question of how grammar should be taught (or indeed whether it should be taught at all) is possibly the prickliest in the TEFL world. Belief (or scepticism) about the value...
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Can’t get to a language class? 5 ideas for practicing your pronunciation at home
Originally posted on Lirean: When studying a language at home, it’s easy forget about pronunciation. There are plenty of resources out there to help you create structured plans for grammar and...
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Struggling to get motivated? How to reach your language learning goals
Join me! Learning languages is my favourite thing in the world. As an ESL teacher and researcher, It’s my passion, my hobby and my livelihood. My current project is Chinese: for those of you familiar...
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3 research-backed ways to speed up your language learning
This week I’ve made a few small changes that have completely overhauled my language learning. At work, I spend most of my time thinking about to how to bring research in linguistics, psychology and...
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Let’s just laugh.
Originally posted on soundtrek: Everyone makes embarassing mistakes when they learn another language. I spent my whole year abroad in Italy telling people that I had 23 asses (ho 23 ani), instead of...
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Some exciting news for 2016…
Photo by Jennifer Donley Merry Christmas everyone! Or should that be Buon Natale, Feliz Navidad, Joyeux Noël, 圣诞快乐… A big thanks to everyone for reading, following and contributing to the blog this...
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Time for research?
“What is the place of research-based theory in the knowledge base underlying ELT?” A recent Guardian article addresses an oft-overlooked concern of the ELT profession: the lack of interaction between...
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