For those lucky enough to have summers off, summer’s unstructured, spare hours mean there’s loads of time to concentrate on “wants” instead of “musts”—and if you’re here, it means you want to power up your language skills. Brilliant! Summer,
with its abundance of light-filled hours, warmer days and slower pace,
is oh so casual. And that translates—in any language—to lots less
stress. I don’t know about you, but I definitely learn with less trouble
when I’m not stressing about things. Low stress equals high concentration potential for a lot of us! Many language learning programs are only available during the summer, so if you want to grab the goods from one of those, summer is your only option. Typically, summer programs are geared toward intensive learning.
What does that mean to you, the language learner? Well, it’s great news
because it means many summer courses are designed to help students gain skills more quickly! For those lucky enough to have summers off, summer’s unstructured, spare hours mean there’s loads of time to concentrate on “wants” instead of “musts”—and if you’re here, it means you want to power up your language skills. Brilliant! Summer,
with its abundance of light-filled hours, warmer days and slower pace,
is oh so casual. And that translates—in any language—to lots less
stress. I don’t know about you, but I definitely learn with less trouble
when I’m not stressing about things. Low stress equals high concentration potential for a lot of us! Many language learning programs are only available during the summer, so if you want to grab the goods from one of those, summer is your only option.
Typically, summer programs are geared toward intensive learning.
What does that mean to you, the language learner? Well, it’s great news
because it means many summer courses are designed to help students gain skills more quickly!
I have been teaching English to speakers of other languages for over 25 years. I have been coaching both face-to-face and in blended learning arrangements. In 2010 I
became a Premium Online English Teacher, since that time I have been specializing in
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Utilizing new technologies makes my teaching more efficient and pleasurable.
I highly appreciate an interaction as well as cooperation with my students from Amazing Talker.
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Creativity — it’s our future.
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Creativity — it’s our future.
Learn why creativity is so important in driving student success and how you can promote creativity among students in your classroom. You’ll consider various perspectives on the definition of creativity, see first-hand examples from leading experts and learn many potential ways to incorporate creativity into your own teaching. You’ll also explore examples of creative classrooms and design your own vision of a creative environment using Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom.
Essential Question:
What is creativity, and why is it vital for success in school and beyond?
Learning Objectives:
Explore and define creativity in the classroom.
Discover activities and attitudes that cultivate a creative culture in your classroom.
Incorporate research-based practices that encourage creativity in your lessons.
Discover the relationships between higher-order thinking skills, confidence and creativity as well as their effects on student achievement.
Design your personal creativity principles and create your vision of a creative classroom using Photoshop or Lightroom.
Prerequisites:
No prior experience with Photoshop or Lightroom is assumed.
Related Content:
This workshop is part of a six-workshop series entitled “Creativity in Today’s Classroom.”
This is the video recorded by my Dear Friend Diana. I would like everybody to listen to it and make some comments about the problem. Having
been an English teacher for almost my entire adult life , I decided to look for job offers online. This is what I saw; We're sorry, this job offer is only visible to users who are in the USA. Only for Native English Speakers. Only for British and American native speakers.
I am a passionate non- native English teacher from Poland.
Teaching is a big part of my life. With that
understanding, I am a lifelong scholar.
I am in a blended learning/ training and
flipped classroom.
The traditional physical classroom settings for my lessons are not efficient
enough.
In my view, technology gives us many new possibilities.
I prefer blended learning, which means, taking advantage of both, traditional
f2f techniques and opportunities confronted by new technologies.
An occasion to meet and connect with people from the entire
Globe is one of the reasons I appreciate online communication, very much.
I retired in October 2013 and signed for a freelance Senior
Lecturer occupation at the Wroclaw University of Technology.
At present,
I am going to continue taking and giving online English courses. What is more,
I am confidently getting ready to finalize my online project Halina’s English
It just involves creating a story in your mind containing all the elements you want to recall.
The ancient memory recall technique that’s still used by majority of teachers and students is not effective at all.
Memorizing isolated vocabulary doesn't make any sense.
Students should learn the language in the natural contexts, with the expressions, the phrases, and idioms.
Online coverage of the Annual International IATEFL Conference & Exhibition in Glasgow, 2017
I have just become an IATEFL Online Registered Blogger.
Unfortunately, I cannot join the Conference. Personally, I am willing to 'attend virtually' (or sometimes follow an online coverage) and share the knowledge with other instructors from around the globe.
Following my previous year experience, I am willing to write a few blog posts about the video content (streamed or recorded interviews or video sessions) published on the IATEFL Online site during the 2017 IATEFL Conference.
51st Annual International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition
SEC, Glasgow, UK
4th-7th April 2017
Pre-Conference Events and Associates' Day, 3rd April 2017
I have
been teaching English online since 2010. I have taught children as well as
adults. I have a master’s degree in education from the University of Wroclaw,
Poland, Philology, Linguistics Jul 1974.
After
40 years of teaching, I grow into an experienced online professional tutor. I
specialize in Conversational English.I
also prepare, for variety tests, including the Cambridge and Oxford
standardized exams.
I have
learnt a lot from my online friend Dr. Nellie, who has been giving me wonderful
opportunities to join her online courses as well as online conferences.
Thanks
to her as a passionate English teacher, I take advantage of new technologies.
My approach is Teaching English with Technology. I use blended learning,
flipping the classroom, learning by teaching or encouraging change from passive
to fully active learners are significant implements in my teaching/ learning.
Are you nervous about communicating in English with
foreign colleagues?
Do you have a good command of English, but feel
like your flexibility may be lacking?
Would you like to learn how to sound more
natural when making small talk and discussing
problems?
Do you feel the need to improve your
conversational skills?
If you responded "YES" to any of
these queries, then join up right away!
I give English one to one tutoring classes
as well as ONLINE English Courses.
I understand what YOU need to succeed with
English. I know the essential skills you need to develop to become an effective
communicator in English.
My classes are for students who want to
use a most proficient approach to get fluent in English fast by practicing
English Skills. Training is a subconscious process and is faster than conscious
learning.
Being
able to communicate effectively is the most important of all life skills.
Communication
is simply the act of transferring information from one place to another,
whether this is vocal,written, visually
or non-verbally (using body language, gestures and the tone and pitch of the
voice).
How
well this information can be transmitted and received is a measure of how good
our communication skills are.
Training
your English communication skills can facilitate all aspects of your life, from
your professional spirit to social gatherings and everything in between.
Conventional methods of learning English exemplify
passive learning with a limited success rate. I firmly believe in Active Learning of English Skills which
is much more effective than passive learning.
These are the primary disadvantages of passive English
learning
1. The major weakness of passive learning is that it splits the language into
different components – reading, writing, listening, grammar, and pronunciation
– which you try to learn separately.
2. When learners are not actively involved in the class, they continue to
think in their native language. Whatever the instructor explains to them, they
try to interpret it in their mother tongue. It becomes nearly impossible to
process the information intuitively or spontaneously.
3. Because learners aren’t taught to think in English, they are unable to
communicate in English.
Active learning helps students start
speaking English confidently in less than a year.
Active learning is more than just listening: it involves theactiveparticipation
of students. They must use the language all the time and be emotionally
involved in the process.
We need the conversion from
Passive Learning to Active Training English Skills
As a language teacher, I use all kinds of
tricks just because making students speak and building their self-confidence in
keeping the conversation going is the most essential for me.
When I teach Polish, my foreigners and I have to speak only Polish, and also my
English classes are run entirely in English. I teach without a bridge language.
This way they are required to forget about native language and start speaking
as well as thinking in a foreign language. Thinking in a foreign language, this
is simply what I want my learners to achieve.
My students learn the language in different contexts, mostly singing phrases,
expressions, collocations, idioms, phrasal verbs also telling stories.
Moreover, I inspire them to talk to everybody, even to themselves in a foreign
language. Consequently, theycan
communicate as well as discuss a variety
of beautiful narrations.
Many teachers spend most of their time altering each other’s mistakes.
Nevertheless, I correct only fundamentalerrors, as I
don’t want students to stop talking. I also encourage my learners to listen to
songs, watch movies with subtitles in a language they learn, read a lot and so
forth.
1. The most significant is to deliver comprehensible input. We improve the language
when we understand it.
I am very much against the support in the
native language.
2. Learners spend more time dynamically
speaking English when we change them, for working students.
I also create an environment for gaining
all language skills – reading, listening, speaking, writing, and pronunciation
at the same time. Learners experience everyday
situations again entirely in English.
3. The mobile is an obvious
choice for delivering information. It affords pupils access to reading material
both in the course of instruction and after the course of study. It covers support
for sharing sessions with friends or teachers, which is essential for digital
learners.
The lessons added by a teacher allow building an active connection between everyone.
As a result, I as an English teacher
achieve a constant change from passive learning to the active, improving
English skills.
I firmly believe in Active
Learning of English Skills which is much more effective than passive learning.
My classes are for students who want to use a
most proficient approach to get fluent in English fast by practicing English
Skills. Being able to communicate effectively is the most important of all life
skills.
I would be interested in connecting and talking to you.
I specialize in Conversational English Online courses.
Moreover, I have been successfully preparing for English exams since a long time ago.
Why
don't you check my profile here or just Google me?
I understand what YOU need to succeed with English. I know theessential
skills you need to develop to become an effective communicator in English.
I would love to teach you one-to-one!
I am available for private lessons on Skype or in my virtual
classroom. My online classroom is equipped
with a microphone, camera, whiteboard, media player, file sharing, and a
variety of other tools.
I have 25 years of experience teaching private English lessons
to adults and adolescents from beginning level to advanced.
My students have included business executives, professors, medicine
doctors, engineers, university students,
primary and secondary school students, and adults learning English for daily life.
I know I can help you make significant, fast ae well as adequateprogress
in English.
For your program, you can choose any of the topics listed
below or suggest additional topics. I will design the lessons to suit your
specific needs.
General Conversation Skills
Everyday expressions, idioms, slang, conversation topics and
situations, cultural issues, and skill-building in pronunciation, grammar, and
vocabulary.
Business English
Interview and CV preparation, oral and written reports and
presentations, formal and informal business meetings, entrepreneurial culture, office English, and skill-building in
pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary.
Academic English
Interview preparation, university applications, oral
presentations, academic vocabulary, academic writing and research, academic culture, campus English, and
skill-building in pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary.
