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December 2023

Review: The Reflective Cycle of the Teaching Practicum

The Reflective Cycle of the Teaching PracticumBy Fiona Farr and Angela FarrellEquinox, 2023ISBN: 978-1-78179849-2 For many undergraduate trainee teachers in the UK, the final year...

Spillover

How can management and leadership affect teacher morale? Teacher trainer and English language expert, Giovanni Licata explains how ‘spillover’ could be to blame for...

Neurodiversity and teaching EFL abroad

For many, it is not just culture shock to overcome when teaching overseas. Writer and educator, Andrew Theophilou explains the challenges for neurodiverse teachers...

Embracing multilingualism

How might schools incorporate multilingualism effectively? Multilingual Learning Specialist, Valentina Spyropoulou explains the methods and techniques used in her school. 'Language is the main way...

Plane English

Paul Stevens, CEO of Mayflower College in Plymouth, UK, has been specialising in Aviation English training and testing since 1992. Here, Paul explains what...

L1 in multilingual classrooms

In this article, Hamish Chalmers analyses the evidence for multilingual classrooms. Attitudes to the use of L1 in the L2 classroom is an area of...

Authorship

Projects with purpose: writing for children boosts language learning and wellbeing. The experience of authorship in a book project boosts wellbeing, self-efficacy, and motivation of...

EFL teachers’ enjoyment

Supportive schools make teachers happier and more effective. School climate is a stronger predictor of teachers’ enjoyment than self-efficacy or wellbeing, according to a recent...

Remembering Philip Prowse

Alan Maley reflects on the life of Philip Prowse. Philip, who died recently, will be remembered by all who knew him as someone who made...

On the move

BONARD’s Ivana Bartosik and international education experts discuss travel trends for English language learners, post-COVID. Uneven recovery across destinations in 2023 continues as the ELT...