Blogs and Vlogs from Pavilion ELT

How often do you use literature in ELT? Do you find it difficult to incorporate literature into your lessons? In this post, Chiara considers the advantages and challenges of using literature in class and shares ways to make those lessons more engaging.

Speaking is possibly one of the most important aspects of learning a language. And yet, speaking is one of the most difficult aspects of language learning to assess. In this month’s blog, David shares tips on preparing students for speaking exams and how to help them get the best results.

In this blog post, Michelle Ocriciano reflects on her conference experience to date before moving on to give some suggestions on set up an online or local event for groups of teachers or a school thinking of holding one of their own.

Videos are everywhere and have been a staple of English Language classrooms for a while. But do we get the most out of them in our lessons? In his latest video for Pavilion ELT, Rubens Heredia shares five tips to make more effective use of video in lessons.

How many schools use inductions to get their new teachers settled in, and are they truly effective? In this post, Gerhard Erasmus discuss why we need inductions and suggests a revamped induction process with tips about ways you can adapt yours.

Have you ever considered working without textbooks and designing your own materials? Chiara Bruzzano reports the findings of a Twitter survey about the advantages, disadvantages and contextual difficulties of ditching the textbook in her blog this week.

Nearly all of us have had to teach live online in the last year, and may have needed to make videos for our classes for the first time. In this month’s blog, David Dodgson shares his top tips for improving the quality of your online video teaching.

In this blogpost, Michelle Ocriciano discusses how now teachers have now adapted to their new way of delivering classes in the pandemic with the help of professional development (PD), it’s time to explore a lesser discussed yet important aspect of PD.

Teachers may wonder how much time they should devote to emergent language as opposed to sticking to the lesson plan. In this week’s blog, Chiara Bruzzano explores Focus on Form, an option for dealing with student-produced language with strong foundations in SLA research.

In his first vlog of 2021, Damien Herlihy kicks off his new series on professional development (PD). In episode 1, Damien looks at what teaching skills should make it onto your PD calendar in 2021.