Instructions for reducing cognitive load to increase language learning
Time to put cognitive load theory on the ELT agenda? Gill Ragsdale explains how it can help low level learners.
Cognitive load theory was developed...
“Honey, I just blew up the coursebook.” Lindsay Clandfield switches channels
Where is the coursebook going and why is it going there? Melanie Butler talks to Lindsay Clandfield to find out.
“So, you’re sitting down to...
On the agenda: Lindsay Clandfield
Lindsay Clandfield spoke to the Gazette about his plenary session at the 2019 IATEFL conference. “I was approached to do a plenary for IATEFL,...
The staffroom agenda
IATEFL may try to keep the agenda on what happens in the classroom, but inside every plenary session there’s a staffroom issue, argues Melanie...
Northern delights
As the North of England welcomes Iatefl 2019, Melanie Butler puts this ELT region on the agenda
“A collection of northern cities sufficiently close to...
Making a Mark with Millfield
Mark Greenow’s first summer school was 41 years ago. Now the Director of Millfield’s summer courses, he tells Melanie Butler what he has learned
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