Pavilion ELT Vlog from Damien Herlihy

How often do you use drilling in class? What benefits can you list? Watch to learn about the ELT pendulum and where drilling sits, before finding out about five drilling activities you can use effectively in the classroom from tomorrow.

How often do you use speaking in class? Would you say the fluency versus accuracy practice is balanced, and why does it matter? Watch to discover about how speaking fits in the ecosystem of students’ learning, what role the five R’s play and why speaking is integral to your learners’ progress.

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.

Why should students develop better study habits? And how can you make habits stick? Watch to learn ten practical ways you can help your students develop more effective studying habits which in turn could improve their learning outcomes.

Can popular controlled practice grammar and vocabulary apps be useful? Or do they do more harm than good? Damien explores the experience Chris Walker had in 365 days with Duolingo and weighs up what lessons there are to be gained for all our classrooms.

Should we even bother with teaching grammar in pre-school? Damien explores this question in more detail then looks at five different approaches, using an article from the May/June issue of MET alongside his own experiences.

How can a student get 10/10 in a listening test but then struggle outside the classroom? Why is this disconnect happening? Damien explores these questions in more detail, using an article from the latest issue of MET and his own experiences.

What are the benefits of language teachers learning a second language (or even a third or fourth…)? How can these skills be used to develop your own teaching practice? Damien explores these questions in more detail, using his own experiences as an example.

How often do your think about your professional development (PD)? What do you really think about doing PD? We interviewed a couple of teachers recently to get their perspectives on PD amongst other things. How do their experience and opinions compare with yours?

How comfortable are you with using Zoom? Would you say you’re a Zoom advanced user? Don’t worry if you aren’t, in this vlog post, we focus in on Zoom to look back at familiar tools with fresh eyes. You might even discover some new ways to use Zoom to teach language you haven’t thought of yet!