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Rubens Heredia

Is teaching a lonely profession?

9 de agosto de 2015
by Rubens Heredia
Is teaching a lonely profession? Teaching, in all its forms, is an activity that requires social interaction, and this chance to interact with people while playing a role in their development is probably among the most common reasons that draw people to our profession. Nonetheless, many teachers with whom I talk to share the impression...Read More
Career, Teacher Development
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TTT: the good, the bad and the ugly!

9 de junho de 2015
by Rubens Heredia
Gone are the days when teachers were the sole source of knowledge. The Internet has revolutionised society by granting everyone access to the information, meaning that listening to a teacher talking on and on about a topic is not only unnecessary but actually rather boring. It is therefore inevitable that teachers reflect upon their role...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Teacher Development
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Who do you teach?

9 de abril de 2015
by Rubens Heredia
ELT teachers are used to dealing with different students in the classroom. The literature on dealing with mixed-ability/mixed-level/mixed-age groups is not slim, with numerous articles on the matter having been published. Guaranteeing even participation of learners, however, is an constant challenge. Here are three ideas I try to bear in mind in the lessons I...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Classroom Management, Reflections about Education
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Seeking continuous development (part 2)

9 de março de 2015
by Rubens Heredia
Working in recruiting and teacher training, I came to notice that Knowledge and Skills (which we dealt with last month) may get your CV noticed, but what determines your success in your career in the end, are the two As in Donald Freeman’s KASA framework: Attitude and Awareness. A long time ago, during one of...Read More
Career, Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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Do instructions have to be that dull?

9 de janeiro de 2015
by Rubens Heredia
Instructions are an important part of every teacher’s life. They can either make or break our lessons, getting students in the best mood imaginable or sending them into a downward spiral of discontentment (has anyone ever heard students react with sighs of “reading again?”). How can we guarantee that the second doesn’t happen?  Imagine a...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Teacher Development
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Checking up on checking

9 de dezembro de 2014
by Rubens Heredia
Checking exercises is so deeply ingrained in our teaching practice that we seldom give it a thought. Asking students to report back after a small-group activity is also common practice ever since the boom of the communicative approach.  But are we making the best use of classroom time or could we just be doing it...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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Video genres for the language classroom

9 de novembro de 2014
by Rubens Heredia
Being a bit of a YouTube buff, myself, I’ve always been really keen on using videos with my students. So much interaction and such great ideas can come from just a couple of minutes (or even seconds) of audio-visual input! We often use movie snippets or interviews in order to bring the outside world into...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Resources, Technology
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Engaging learners (Part 2)

9 de outubro de 2014
by Rubens Heredia
Last month, we looked at personalisation, guided discovery and raising awareness of sub-skills and strategies as ways to promote learner engagement (click here to check it out). Today, I’d like to share some more ideas on this topic, which I consider one of the most important, albeit challenging, in both lesson preparation and delivery. Reacting...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Teacher Development
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