Damien Herlihy

What ways do you give feedback to your students? Do you think it is effective? Do your students feel it is effective? Watch to learn a powerful feedback technique and ways to maximise students’ voice, then decide.

Gerhard Erasmus

It’s long been said in business ‘leave your emotions at the door’; however, it is unrealistic to expect emotions to never impact us or our work and families. Being able to manage your emotions both as a teacher or a manager is a very important skill to master.

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.

How important is it for young learners to have a love of stories? Should teachers be responsible for encouraging their students to think critically from a young age? These are the questions that inspire and define The Thinking Train series from Helbling Languages.