Of all the ELT buzzwords I’ve heard, thought about and used over the past decade, noticing is by far the most frequent. Fortunately, noticing is nowhere near as broad and ambivalent as communicative, for example, which makes it much easier to pin down conceptually. So, what is noticing, anyway, and how does it impact language …
Subject/Verb agreement can be tricky for students of all levels and age groups. Here are two videos to help you review the most important rules. Play video 1 first. If the video is out of synch, go back to the beginning and click play again. Video 1 Video 2
Does teacher talking time matter? If you’ve been in the profession long enough, chances are that you’ve either been told that your teacher talking time (TTT) was way too high or that you’ve told another teacher (perhaps during peer observation) that his or her teacher talking time was too high.
(Edited from the original 2015 version) What is Demand High Teaching? I discovered Demand High Teaching in March 2012 through Jim Scrivener and Adrian Underhill’s straightforward, no-frills blog containing a brief introduction to the concept. In their words: “Demand High asks: Are our learners capable of more, much more? Have the tasks and techniques we …