Gerhard Erasmus

As we start to approach Christmas, children are keenly awaiting Santa, and adults vary from excited to dreading the money they might need to spend. Here, Gerhard Erasmus looks at Santa from a different perspective, and suggests why we must keep Santa alive, not just for Christmas, but for the whole year.

Damien Herlihy

How can you deliver clear and effective instructions to young learners? Here, Damien Herlihy dives into ETpedia Young Learners to explore how you can master giving instructions to avoid confusion and chaos in your young learners classroom.  

Nowadays many teachers heavily rely on using real-world videos – such as new reports, trailers, clips from TV programmes, etc – as a language teaching resource. Using these types of videos can lead to student growth and progress, and greater confidence in using their language skills in real life. Read on to discover some advantages of using real-world videos as a tool for teaching a language.

Imagine introducing a language point in class, or getting learners to read a dialogue in pairs or even a part of a lesson where you are working on word stress with your class… these are all familiar scenarios that can happen face to face or live online. And, in each one, you and/or learners are, in a sense, performers, using storytelling, role-play and voice exercises, with the classroom acting as your rehearsal space.