Education – Page 27 – Katherine Reilly

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021

Trendy English ELT Conference with Katherine Reilly

Keynote Speaker of The Trendy English Central Asia Conference. We’ll be discussing the issue of Teacher Burnout and how to avoid it. See you there! Click here for registration: https://trendyenglish.ru/central-asia

May 13, 2020May 13, 2020

Teachers of Special-Needs Students Struggle With Feelings of Helplessness

The dining room of Danielle Kovach of Succasunna, N.J., a teacher, has been turned into a one-room schoolhouse. While her sons, from left, Ryan, 12; Joseph, 15; and Michael, 19, were studying recently, she held an online grammar class with her students with special needs.

Remote learning has proved challenging for students who need intensive one-on-one guidance.

by Alina Tugend

Source: nytimes

March 11, 2020March 11, 2020

My students complain that CLIL reading texts are too long and difficult to deal with… What should I do?

by Dimitris Primalis

Unlike traditional EFL (English as a Foreign Language) texts, which are graded and fairly simple for lower level class, texts in CLIL books are usually long and more demanding in terms of vocabulary, structure and are usually different in terms of task types (e.g. students may have to complete a Venn diagram). These features may bring to surface complaints by students and parents and add further pressure to the educator. How can you deal with it?

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