Chiara Bruzzano

Many teachers are pivoting towards making language teaching a business. This includes designing online self-study courses. In the first article of this two-part series, Chiara Bruzzano looks at why designing a self-study course is a good idea and how to take the first steps.

Rubens Heredia

Games are a staple of English teaching and can help motivate and engage students. But how can we ensure variety and effectiveness? From old-school games to AI-mediated, watch to discover five ways to incorporate games into lessons.

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.