News
2021 ELT Excellence Awards winners announced
The evaluation process for the 2021 ELT Excellence Awards has been concluded by this year's judging committee. It was a long and difficult process as the number of entries surpassed not only last ye...
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Edutainment-ing your course book!
I am pretty sure you are all using a high quality and well-designed course book which offers both teachers and students a wide variety of activities to make your lessons fun and engaging. However, ...
Read MoreSo you think you can teach?
I got a message from a friend asking me whether it is OK that her 5-year-old daughter was asked by her kindergarten teacher to sit on the ‘punishment chair’ (or the ‘naughty chair’ or the ‘time-out ...
Do we only learn from coursebooks?
For most educators the textbook represents the main source of ideas for teaching. Therefore little attention is paid to other resources such as videos, interviews, popular TV series adapted for teac...
iRead - Interactive and personalised ebooks for learning to read
We all learnt to read in English in more or less the same way. Typically we have used paper books containing activities and exercises given as practice material.
One characteristic of this approach...
Myths & Truths about B2 level in EFL
In 1939, Cambridge University introduced the “Lower Certificate in English”. This certificate has become the inspiration for what is known as B2 level in language learning (CEFR, 2001), reflecting t...
Lower is dead. Long live the Lower!
Once upon a time in the past, when yours truly was a teenager attending English as a Foreign language at an established Foreign Languages private institution, he first heard the magic word "LOWER". ...
I play, you play... the power of playing in the EFL classroom.
Have you ever thought about why we were so happy as kids? Have you also considered the differences between being an adult and being a child? Well, the main difference is that we (at least most of us...
Process approaches to the teaching of writing
Teaching writing is, for both teachers and students, challenging as writing is a complex cognitive activity in its own right that incorporates linguistic, mental, cognitive and social features. T...
Preparing for Teaching Exam Classes
One factor that greatly differentiates exam classes from general English classes centres on learner purpose. Since learners in exam classes generally have the same aim (that of passing the exam, the...
Education
B2 First for Schools: what it means for teens
Over the last decade B2 First for Schools has become a household name in Greece amongst ambitious secondary-school students and parents alike. It’s the most popular Cambridge English Qualificatio...
Read MoreEmpower your students to own their learning: Teaching in the new era
One of the significant challenges educators face in their writing classes today is motivating students to write compositions for high stakes exams when the reason they write is unclear or is lack...
Read MoreB2: what can you do?
“Weighing the pig won’t make it fatter. Feeding it will. ”
In Greece we’ve been experiencing this dystopic, unprecedented situation, where teenage (or even younger) students collect “degrees” in f...
Read MoreGeorge Athanasopoulos, Academic Coordinator, is talking about OUP’s new start in Greece
George Athanasopoulos has been active in the ELT scene for twenty five years teaching English to all age groups. During the last ten years he’s been teaching Business English and ESP. He has also de...
Read MoreThe Inescapable Interplay between Language Learning and Self-Confidence
Can high-quality lesson content reinforce L2 learners’ self-confidence? Can demanding subject matter contribute to learners’ long-term establishing of self-esteem? Solid language foundation is a lon...
Read MoreStudents and Procrastination. How can I Motivate them?
By Katherine Reilly - Teacher Trainer and Author
Procrastination is a trait most people are familiar with. How many times have you been faced with a challenge you would inadvertently or purposel...
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