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Planning – end of term review

Posted on May 18, 2016 by sarahali

In the lead up to the term I’ve just completed, I’d participated in a webinar which awoke an interest in reflecting on how I plan lessons. I decided to use the questions below to analyse the way  that I plan. … Continue reading →

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eBeam – the students’ perspective

Posted on April 22, 2016 by sarahali

At the end of the eBeam trial I asked students to (anonymously) write down what they thought of it. Here are their responses (with permission): “It’s not really neccessary, we can use it sometimes, but not each course. Sometimes it … Continue reading →

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Unplanned planning

Posted on February 24, 2016 by sarahali

The research into my own planning process has been of to an interesting start! I was hoping to be comparing the process I’ve been going through with the responses I’ve had about how teachers plan this week, but hey, best … Continue reading →

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Lesson planning

Posted on February 10, 2016 by sarahali

A few weeks ago I participated in a webinar on lesson planning (Perspectives of lesson planning. John Huges. Oxford University Press), introduced through a blog post of the same name (http://oupeltglobalblog.com/tag/webinar/). It spurred me into thinking about how I plan my … Continue reading →

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Using eBeam tools

Posted on January 8, 2016 by sarahali

It can be gleaned from my previous eBeam post that eBeam didn’t work as I had hoped it to as a whiteboard, but I thought it wasn’t too big a deal (I’ve managed without whiteboards for years) because I could … Continue reading →

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Using eBeam as a whiteboard

Posted on November 16, 2015 by sarahali

Using eBeam as a whiteboard was one of the eBeam  features that I was most excited about (yes – I should get out more!). Most teachers, especially those in EAP using university teaching rooms, have at some point been in … Continue reading →

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eBeam me up scotty 1

Posted on August 26, 2015 by sarahali

At the beginning of this teaching term I was asked to trial the eBeam for the college I teach at. I hadn’t heard of eBeam  before, so the first thing I did was google it. What is eBeam? What I … Continue reading →

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Does listening improve listening?

Posted on March 17, 2015 by sarahali

This term I’ve been given an IELTS listening class. It’s the first time I’ve taught Listening and only listening. I’ve had many Speaking and Listening modules and often tutored writing only courses, but never Listening.  I was curious about filling … Continue reading →

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Using phonemic script

Posted on September 19, 2014 by sarahali

I was first introduced to the International Phonemic Script (IPA) at university on a module where I had to transcribe written French (it wasn’t my favourite module!) and I’ve now come to think that this affected my attitude to using … Continue reading →

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Feedback

Posted on August 21, 2014 by sarahali

This term I decided to email assignment feedback to students, rather than give it individually in class time. It’s something I did with a bit of reluctance, as I like to be sure students understand my comments and advice. I wasn’t … Continue reading →

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