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Archive for January, 2011

#ELTchat – Ways to develop learner autonomy – tips for learning outside class time

January27

26/01/2011 – Another great #ELTchat – Ways to develop learner autonomy – tips for learning outside class time. “I never teach my students. I simply provide the situations in which they can learn.” Einstein Main goals: • Make your students independent of the teacher • Help the learner to become independent and become his/her own [...]

ON TRANSLATION IN/OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

January26

Translation was a particularly popular topic recently on Twitter so I decided to write a bit about my experience with it. Well, I remember it used to be taboo…to use translation in classroom. Nevertheless, I believe it can be really helpful and effective way of fostering learners’ motivation as well as understanding the foreign language; [...]