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Are boys better than girls at science and mathematics?

4 de dezembro de 2015

Sorry, I haven’t posted a blog for a while – I can’t believe how quickly this year has gone by. In this post I want to return to the theme of supposed sex differences between how and what children learn and look at the other side of the coin. If girls are supposedly better than...Read More

Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

priming, psychology and teaching, stereotyping, teacher development

Are girls better than boys at language?

1 de julho de 2015

by Carol Lethaby

This month, I want to pick up the theme of the brain and language learning and consider the controversial topic of sex differences. There has existed a belief for some time that girls are innately better at language than boys. Gurian (2005 in Eliot, 2009) argues that girls are up to eighteen months ahead of...Read More

Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

gender, neuroscience, teacher development

Neuroscience and teaching English?

30 de abril de 2015

by Carol Lethaby

Hello! It’s good to be back after a couple of months (ok, maybe more 😉 ) away from the blog. For the rest of this year, I’d like to consider the role of neuroscience in language learning and teaching. What is neuroscience and how is it interesting to language teachers? Are you interested in how...Read More

Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education

Language acquisition, neuroscience, teacher development, the brain

Teachers’ Beliefs

2 de dezembro de 2014

by Carol Lethaby

Is it December already?! I’ve just been reading a new book about beliefs in language teaching and learning and, as with any good book, it’s got me thinking. As teachers, how often do we stop to think about what our beliefs are about how we teach and how students learn? In my case, “not very...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

teacher beliefs, teacher development, teacher training

Teaching Vocabulary: Using Research Findings to Inform Teaching

31 de outubro de 2014

by Carol Lethaby

In this post, I’d like to report on some fascinating research I had the pleasure of seeing presented at the recent MEXTESOL conference in Puebla, Mexico. What particularly interested me was the connection to the topic of meaningful learning that I have been talking about on this blog as well as the direct application of...Read More

Language Acquisition, Vocabulary

research-based teaching, Second-language acquisition, vocabulary

Meaningful learning in action: Using learners’ knowledge of L1

1 de setembro de 2014

by Carol Lethaby

Hello! In my previous post we looked at the concept of ‘meaningful learning’, the idea of taking what learners already know and using it to help them to learn more. In this post, I want to start looking at how to do this in the classroom. Using learners’ knowledge of L1. This clearly cuts into...Read More

Language Acquisition, Teacher Development

meaningful learning, teacher development, use of L1

What is ‘meaningful learning’?

31 de julho de 2014

by Carol Lethaby

Hello again! Many years ago I took a class in educational psychology and came across this quote from the cognitive psychologist, David Ausubel: “If I had to reduce all of cognitive psychology to one principle it would be this: the most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and...Read More

Language Acquisition, Lesson Ideas, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

classroom activity, Language acquisition, teacher development, teaching

The Power of Song

1 de julho de 2014

by Carol Lethaby

Hello again! It’s good to be back after a short absence – a lot has happened since I last posted and I’ll be writing about one those things here. I had the great fortune in June to be at a fabulous conference in lovely Cancun, Mexico. While I was there I was talking about the...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Reflections about Education

engagement, Music, songs, teaching

Making writing relevant: Audience, purpose and interactivity

2 de maio de 2014

by Carol Lethaby

Hello again! In the past few months I’ve talked about ways to make what we do in the classroom more relevant to our learners’ lives, particularly with regard to the inclusion of digital media. This month I’d like to give an idea for how to change a typical English language writing task into a task...Read More

Lesson Ideas, Technology

digital media, materials, teaching writing

Is technology or teaching the problem?

31 de março de 2014

by Carol Lethaby

This month I’ll be continuing the theme of technology in education and thinking about the impact of technology on young people – our learners and future learners! In 2010 there was an article in the New York Times Magazine called Growing up Digital, Wired for Distraction. The title of the article gives you a clue...Read More

Educational Technology

digital media, professional development, technology

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