Fresh ideas for teaching the four language skills to EFL learners: Writing and Speaking Writing is acknowledged as the most challenging language skill to deal with in most foreign language classrooms. It is often stated that the students have failed to develop skills that can be transferred to the L2 learning environment. This session will suggest […]
Using Creative Open-Ended Materials to Prompt Writing and Discussion ABSTRACT: This workshop seeks to demonstrate and guide practical and flexible use of open-ended story and discussion collections that can promote outside-the-box creative expression and expansion. Stories Without End is a collection of short and medium open-ended stories that bring students into the narratives and ask […]
In the traditional ELT Classroom, speaking was pretty much left to chance and teachers believed that if they ‘did their job' - i.e., teach the grammar rules and present the vocabulary - speaking would miraculously develop all on its own. But speaking, like any other skill, needs to practised systematically and persistently if we hope to […]