One of the important reasons why a teacher needs to be authentic and why classroom management is a battle with ourselves not with our students.

Using a Treasure Island Game in a Gamified Lesson
(See the full video on practical ways to gamify a lesson at youtu.be/XVB1_C-6cbY)

Cursive is Making a Comeback. It Won’t Be Without Challenges A growing number of states are requiring schools to return to cursive writing instruction.

What do you think? Should we be focusing on teaching cursive in the age of keyboards?

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Absolutely. It's all about the students.
#Montessori
#teachingchildren

More support for a games-based approach to teaching children.

An argument for using a games-based approach with students of all ages!

Teaching Phonics: From Sounds to Stories YouTube video by Language Teaching Professionals

Teaching Phonics: From Sounds to Stories
This is the last in a series of five videos on teaching phonics for teachers of English as a foreign language learners.
I would like to give a big thank you to Adam Kardos for doing the voiceover.

youtu.be/ATvP9Xrp5wU

Using Classroom Games Effectively YouTube video by Language Teaching Professionals

Most children easily become completely immersed in their favorite games. Wouldn’t it be great if these children were equally positive about learning English in our classes? This is certainly possible in a games-based lesson provided we use games effectively.

youtu.be/62-zvb7VtrU

Teaching Phonics: Special Combinations YouTube video by Language Teaching Professionals

Teaching Phonics: Special Combinations

In a series of five videos for teachers of English as a foreign language learners, I am introducing a child-centered approach to phonics that enables children to learn quickly and deeply, and prepares children to move beyond phonics. youtu.be/1r-sJFcMlBg

Thank you for setting this up. I’d like to be added if possible. @davidpaul30.bsky.social

Google’s “Read Along” Tool Works Well When Its Connected To Google Classroom I’ve previously posted very positively about Google’s Read Along tool, which offers hundreds of read aloud books, questions that students can answer about them, and the ability to asses…

Google’s “Read Along” Tool Works Well When Its Connected To Google Classroom larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2024/11/23/g...

Teaching Phonics: Special Combinations YouTube video by Language Teaching Professionals

Teaching Phonics: Special Combinations
In a series of five videos for teachers of English as a foreign language learners, I am introducing a child-centered approach to learning phonics that enables children to learn phonics deeply, and prepares children to move beyond phonics. youtu.be/1r-sJFcMlBg

Thank you

I just set up an 'English Teachers in Japan' starter pack/. If you would like to join, just post a comment with your Bluesky link.
go.bsky.app/K1kdHPH

Thank you

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@davidpaul30.bsky.social I’d like to be included if possible. Thank you.

@davidpaul30.bsky.social I’d like to be added if possible. Thank you.

@davidpaul30.bsky.social Thank you. I’d like to be included.

English Language Teaching Conventions Tokyo • Nagoya • Osaka • Fukuoka - Jan/Feb 2025.

There are now 72 presentations at the Tokyo English Language Teaching Convention (Feb 9), which is the maximum, but there are still available slots in Nagoya (Jan 26), Osaka (Jan 12) and Fukuoka (Feb 23). Please consider giving a presentation. The info is here: ltprofessionals.com/conventions/

There is a debate about using AI in publishing. I'm making a children's course, and I can't afford to pay artists for all the new artwork. I am paying for complicated pages, but using Firefly for other images, and the results are great - using illustrations which I have rights to as base images.