Looking for professional development? Start by asking your students what needs to change! Seek feedback

Have you ever given people advice and realized that it has just fallen on some deaf ears? There’s a simple rule: No one ever listens to you unless they get into the right mindset at the right time.

The volume of a classroom should never be an indicator of the quality of the teacher. Loud classrooms are not necessarily managed poorly and quiet ones don’t always mean students are engaged. It’s about accountable talk.

I just came across an applicant’s CV for a teaching position and found these NEW language teaching skills explicitly emphasized: ⁃Growing up as a bilingual in a white Anglo-saxon looking family ⁃Living in some European countries #nativespeakerism

Methodologies, approaches, techniques, and strategies They all matter. But at the end of the day, students fall in love with your personality

⚠️ NEW! This poster summarises Dylan Wiliam and Siobhán Leahy’s five essential FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT strategies from their book Embedding Formative Assessment (2015) that teachers can utilise to move learners forward. 👊 REPOST and download a FREE high-quality copy:

5 tips to reduce stress of staff. 1) if asking to meet with staff member, let them know why. 2) Don't address an issue you have with one person with the whole staff. 3) Praise 5 times more than you critique 4) fewer meetings 5) continual encouragement, support, and praise.

Unreflective assessments leave learners adrift in a sea of facts. Let's cultivate metacognition and equip students with a cognitive map to navigate independent inquiry, not just memorize. How are YOU fostering metacognition in your classroom?

A GOOD leader sees the seed; a GREAT leader nurtures it into a blooming flower!

Read my oxfordtefl blog article on teaching advanced listening skills 😉 oxfordtefl.com/blog/8-techniq…

10 Effective Ways to Assess Large EFL Classes Successfully - Read my latest blog post oxfordtefl oxfordtefl.com/blog/10-effect…

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Native Speakerism imposes unrealistic standards in language teaching. Some educators feel compelled to hide their true selves behind supposedly “perfect” accents. Let’s break free from accent biases and embrace our diverse identities, experiences, and teaching strengths.

🧠 Why do students forget vocabulary so fast? 🎥 Watch the full video to make vocabulary stick! ⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=BYLtAN…

Happy to have presented at this event! The recording is now available for those who missed it. Check out the link below! share.hsforms.com/1H6efZ-IFRcGu6…

Watching #usirantalks is like a Kiarostami film: Nothing happens. Then everything happens. Then you're left staring at a car driving into the desert, questioning your existence... and nuclear policy!!!

I don’t always assign homework. And when I do, it’s not because I’m supposed to. In this video, I talk about when homework helps and when it just adds pressure. 🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/pToVb-lP7ZQ?si…

When we run teacher training, are we modeling best practices or just lecturing about them? Are we helping educators challenge systems or just survive them? If we’re only teaching people to cope, we’re not training. *We’re conditioning*

Assessment for Learning is often praised, rarely understood. It’s not about grading less. It’s about teaching smarter. In 5 mins, I unpack what AfL really means—and how to actually use it in class. 🧠▶️ youtu.be/7kpmFrrkOu0