Sunday Readings: Willingness to Communicate, Anxiety and Perceived Competence
Learning a language as an adult requires hard work. It takes time, willingness to take risks, dedication and truckloads of motivation. It is a job that has no endpoint; the … Continue reading
Sunday Readings: Online Learning and Willingness to Communicate
Continuing my Sunday Readings series, I turn next to another article on computer-mediated language learning and how it can impact learners’ willingness to communicate. Communication in L2 is the main … Continue reading
Sunday Readings: Communication Skills and Digital Tools
I am currently developing a little project on digital pedagogy and it helps to write it out here. Here is a brief summary of an article I just finished reading. … Continue reading
Light-bulb moments: learner feedback and motivation
It is always great when you see it happen before your very eyes – a light-bulb moment, a sudden realisation, a moment of clarity that changes the way you … Continue reading
Observing a Class: the Role of Affect in the Classroom
So this week I observed and gave feedback on 22 lessons. Yeah, I am knackered. And as the train rolls past the mountains and fields of central Europe en route … Continue reading
IATEFL2017: Growing Minds
I spent the past week at the IATEFL Glasgow 2017 conference – the ELT event of the year. The programme was absolutely overwhelming: picking talks and workshops out of the … Continue reading
Observing a Class: The Power of a Smile
What is effective teaching? What is an effective teacher like? Many many people and books have made a stab at answering these questions and it would be foolish to attempt … Continue reading
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