Marisa Constantinides – TEFL Matters

Language Teaching, Teacher Education & New Technologies

Playing Games or Being Serious?

Article, ELT Methodology January 30th, 2010

Most learners enjoy playing games; most teachers use games convinced of their value for language learning.  This short, post aims to give you ideas for games which deal with subject matter which  is usually considered ‘ heavy’ or ‘ very serious’ and not usually dealt with in such a light-hearted way! The games below are [...]

The art of being a good speaker

Article January 15th, 2010

…… A few days ago, during the International House DOS conference, the talks were made available online and there was a somewhat heated discussion about Hugh Dellar’s presentation which came under the title of “The Curse of Creativity” You can watch the whole presentation if you follow this link. The talk lasts for about an [...]