Introduction to virtual reality – two online courses
Did you always want to know what Virtual Reality exactly is? Or you are not sure what the difference between AR, VR, MR and XR is? How old is VR do you think? Would you like to know about the…
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Revisiting virtual reality for language education: reuniting with my avatar
It’s been eight years since I left the 3D virtual word of Second Life after a few years of experimenting with teaching English, co-creating the SLExperiments groups for teachers interested in language education in SL, and conducting teacher training! A couple of…
Promote critical thinking and problem-solving skills – not your ideology!
Every challenge brings with itself opportunities too. This year has certainly been very difficult for many people and I am aware of this. But perhaps because of this, it is even more important to take advantages of any opportunities that…
2020: new teaching experiences, new role
New teaching experience I’ve taught ten and six-week EAP pre-sessional courses at UK universities since 2011. In 2020, I was supposed to be teaching my tenth course, but I wasn’t keen on travelling and mixing with so many people for…
Integrating the sustainable development goals – SDGs – into language teaching
Since United Nation Member States have adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, a lot of work has gone into integrating these into school curricula, individual lessons, teacher training, etc. Some of this work is also directly related to…
Lesson plan / project: sustainable urban planning — best city
This (set of) lesson(s), or project, was originally developed for my English for City Planners class several years ago. I had visited Curitiba myself and was impressed, so I was hoping my students would like some of the sustainability ideas I…
Lesson plan / project: air quality
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’ve been working through the course Language Teaching for the Planet by Owain Llewellyn. We are now in Part 3, the final part, of the course, which asks participants to write and share a…
Lesson plan: bottled or tab water
This is an integrated-skills lesson originally created for an EAP class in 2011. It’s been used by me and other teachers with different classes at different schools and has always worked well. Evaluation Does it follow the principles I have listed here?…
Principles for integrating environment lesson in the language classroom
It is useful to follow some principles when writing environment lessons, which can then also be used as criteria when evaluating lessons. This is going to be a work in progress as I assume my thinking will evolve and I’ll also…
Teacher development course: language teaching for the planet
I’m currently participating in the course Language Teaching for the Planet on using environmental topics in English language lessons created by Owain Llewellyn, who has been sharing his environment-themed lessons on his blog ELT Sustainable since 2012. It’s a very manageable course…