A Heart to Heart about an Educator’s Role Today
“Doesn’t anyone know the answer to my question?” you gently sigh, as half your class simply ignores your presence. You desperately direct the question to a specific student - a last attempt at rectifying the uncomfortable predicament you find yourself in - receiving an answer which will only add salt to...
Teaching young learners is always demanding, but teenagers, especially, is one of the most challenging age groups to teach. This, of course, does not happen without reason.
As we all know, teens are at a phase of their lives when everything changes, both physically and mentally. They question things around them, they defy rules and regulations, they...
It’s no secret that teaching young learners comes across as an exhausting responsibility which eventually takes its toll on us as years go by. Come every September, we are introduced to our classes which will be bound to us for the foreseeable future. “Good grief! Another junior class? What else have they assigned me? Don’t tell me. Am I to be burdened...
I have always believed that teaching language can mean nothing or something depending on how we use our power as educators not only to teach language, but also to make a difference in our students’ lives.
Art and Cinema have the power to transform our classrooms and make our lessons memorable and meaningful for our students.
Teaching with films and...
For some teachers teaching teens can be a harrowing ordeal. Teens are sometimes perceived as angry adolescents, rebellious and difficult to motivate and manage. For me it is completely the opposite. I find it very fulfilling teaching teens who as an age group are more insightful, authentic, and self-assertive.
For me the first step when teaching...
Learners for Life
The discussion on teaching English to Young Learners (YL) can be fragmentized according to different parameters, with age being the most prevalent in the Greek, English-teaching context.
Below the age of 8 years, preschool children are well-known for their focus on self, concrete ideas, exploratory interactions, and less complex...
Teaching in the 21st century classroom is not an easy task. Teachers juggle with a vast variety of sources, interactive tools, online resources and try to keep a balance between online and physical classrooms.
In teenagers’ classes I have been using project-based lessons in my school with considerable success. Project-based lessons or project-based...
Introduction
Around the world, multilingualism is becoming increasingly prevalent. As a result, today's teenagers will likely live in more multilingual societies than previous generations. Puberty has been shown to be a second window of opportunity for language learning, as teenagers are malleable and responsive to corrective feedback. Project-based...
“All children start their school careers with sparkling imaginations, fertile minds, and a willingness to take risks with what they think.”
Sir Ken Robinson
Elementary school learners generally vary greatly in their learning readiness, their interests, and their learning profiles. Teachers understand the different challenges each learner may need to...
