TTELT: Teaching Tips for English Language Teachers

Join us to hear Marwa Mekni Toujani and Oshin Danish, English teachers based in Saudi Arabia, who share with us their study on an Analysis of English Articles in Saudi English. They give tips for developing a data collection tool eliciting article usage and describe how they analyzed the data to find patterns of usage. This is an interesting article for any teachers interested in doing research an...

Join us to hear Nguyen Thanh Binh, an English teacher in Vietnam, share with us techniques for “Learning English via Social Networking”. Listen to tips for using social media with your students to help them practice their English. Identifying interesting topics such as news, politics, and sports is the first step. Following fan pages and forum pages of sports figures is the second step. Then stude...

Join us to hear Alena Slanchak, an English teacher in Oman, share with us techniques for ‘Active Listening.’  Listen to tips for giving your students a purpose for listening.  Pair work, note-taking, and paraphrasing are just some of the techniques she describes. She also includes the importance of making clear objectives, to build students’ confidence and engagement in listening. Join us to hear...

Join us to hear Salim Al-Maashini, an English Language Lecturer at Salalah College of Technology, as he shares the value of using Kahoot in his classroom. He describes ways to use Kahoot to build your students vocabulary and work on their comprehension skills. He also describes how Kahoot offers great motivation for your students. Listen to hear more! For more amazing tips, visit our website: http...

Join us to hear Hind Elyas, a past Chair and TESOL International Convention Ambassador, share “Think Aloud” Techniques! She offers great ideas for how to model these techniques and questions to ask, as a way to engage your students in reading. Listen to how she builds on students’ background knowledge and shares other reading strategies, such as evaluating, predicting, and clarifying. Listen for d...

Dr. Lana Hiasatt, a Senior lecturer of technology in Dubai, shares her expertise helping engage students in technology. Her ideas include ‘gamification’ such as using Kahoot and Quizlet live! She also shares about AI tools - their benefits and their limitations. While discussing ways to teach students about digital literacy, Lana emphasizes the importance of critical thinking and socratic question...

Join us to hear the past President of TESOL International, Christine Coombe, share the importance of test teaching strategies. Help your students succeed through planning strategies: before, during, and after a test.  Learn ways to educate your students about the exam beforehand and to prepare their expectations. Christine shares ideas for previewing and practicing different types of question...

Listen to Philip Cowlishaw — an actor, singer, and English teacher — share his teaching tips about the Meditative Approach. Learn ways to find and balance the energy and connection with your students. Discover ways to make your classroom more interactive, taking simple grammar points and making them into creative stories.  Hear ways to ask questions which stimulate critical thinking.  &n...

Join us to hear one of our new Board members share tips from her personal experience coming to the U.S. as a child, from Croatia. She shares tips for teachers to help new ELLs quickly and successfully integrate into their classrooms. Creating inclusive environments and a mentorship program are just a few of her ideas. Listen to hear more! To get more exciting tips, visit https://ttelt.org

In this episode, our guest-Sumithra Ravisunder shares three (3) primary ways to develop a passion for English. From creating “casual conversations” to practicing idioms and idiomatic phrases, she provides great ways to engage in the language naturally and in practical ways. “A-Vocabulary-a -day” is another idea she shares to keep learners building daily words . Listen and learn – for you...

Listen to Sarah Cunningham a former teacher, with a doctorate in psychology, share an overview of how physical and emotional factors, outside of the classroom, impact students. She shares tangible ways to identify signs or symptoms of trauma that students may be facing, which may interfere with their learning. Sarah also provides concrete ideas for addressing trauma, in support of students’ l...

As a fellow podcaster, Anna Ciriani-Dean joins us to share strategies for reflective practice.  She is the co-creator of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast, a podcast about reflective practice for teachers of English around the world. She also serves as the Learning and Development Coordinator at English Language Programs.  Join us to learn about her expertise in the field of reflective pra...

Erica Reynosa shares how she learned the importance of teaching pronunciation in every lesson at a conference. She explains tangible ways for ‘how’ to teach pronunciation, identifying sounds as they are used. She draws connections for language learners to recognize the sounds they already know, based on their 1st languages. Join us to hear her creative ideas and resources. To learn more teaching t...

Melanie Gobert, a ‘veteran’ English language teacher who has worked as the past president of TESOL Arabia shares interesting tips for language acquisition - based on faulty myths. Discover the theories behind the myths and tips for acquiring language as adults, without grammar focus, and with your ‘mother tongue’! To learn more Tips on Language Learning, visit https://ttelt.org

A bilingual adjunct professor in Florida, Erica Reynosa shares great tips for integrating idioms into your daily lessons. She highlights the value of idioms to teach culture, as part of language acquisition. Erica also shares excellent resources for how to easily find idioms to incorporate into your class, connecting with your curriculum. To learn more tips visit https://ttelt.org

A native Belizean, working in Malaysia, Alberto August shares his experience of successfully creating classroom buddy systems to enhance the learning environment. Listen to how his students empower and engage each other, to succeed at learning English, while working as 'buddies'. Integrating the Buddy System in your class can be very effective with TPR (Total Physical Response); reading, and peer-...

Are you interested in a new approach to group work? We invite you to listen to this episode of TTELT as Pearlie Lubin shares her top tips for creating groups. Pearlie will share how focusing on personalities and how students process information helps to create more effective and productive groups. For more tips from Pearlie Lubin, visit TTELT.org

We invite you to listen to this episode of TTELT as Dr. Andre Boyer shares his top tips for cultivating human connection in the classroom. Dr. Boyer will share his insights from his expansive career in business and teaching English around the globe. For more teaching tips from Dr. Andre Boyer, visit TTELT.org

Realia (real life objects) is a topic most of us have heard of, yet how much do we use it in our classrooms? Alberto August, a professor from Belize, shares the importance of integrating realia into each lesson. He emphasizes using low-resource realia in the context of your environment. Listen to hear his hands-on ideas. To learn more vocabulary tips, visit TTELT.org

Classroom community is important to student motivation and engaging learners. To learn a language we need a safe environment where students are encouraged to collaborate and contribute. Join Pearlie Lubin this week as she shares her tips for building classroom community. Visit TTELT.org for more great tips from Pearlie Lubin.

Erica Reynoso’s interest in vocabulary led her to integrate idioms into her daily teaching. She shares great tips for creative ways to incorporate idioms with all ages. She shares the value of teaching culture and language through idioms and idiomatic expressions. Learn from her engaging examples and easily-accessible resources. Learn more about how language and culture connect at TTELT.org .

We invite you to listen to this episode of TTELT as Dr. Andre Boyer shares his top tips for facilitating a multi-level classroom. Dr. Boyer will share his insights from his expansive career teaching English around the globe. More great tips are available to support multi-level classroom instruction at TTELT.org.

Ever had challenges with teaching students pronunciation? Join us to hear a native Spanish speaker share his tips for how he mastered English pronunciation and teaches his students techniques, which apply to all language backgrounds. Visit TTELT.org to hear more great tips to practice speaking skills. 

Balancing your personal and professional life can be challenging. Are you seeking tips on how to avoid stress and burnout? In this episode of ttelt, Hansley Cazeau shares his thoughts on the subject by identifying some signs of overwhelming stress and providing straightforward suggestions to avoid it. Get more great teaching tips from Hansley and others at TTELT.org.

Go back to basics with facilitation skills in this episode. Beth shares her ideas about what you can do to create an environment that strengthens your students’ motivation for learning! She shares four tips about reinforcing the vital elements of warmth and empathy in the classroom. For more tips on creating motivating classroom environments, visit TTELT.org.