Tom Garside
Implementing Multiple Intelligences in the language classroom
Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory aims to reach the widest range of intelligence spectrums in learners. By stimulating the different intell
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Tom Garside
Nov 17, 20223 min read
A Multiple Intelligences approach to teaching.
Howard Gardner was something of a left-field thinker who took a long hard look at public schools in the US and Canada, and noticed something
Tom Garside
Nov 12, 20223 min read
What is Bloom’s taxonomy and why does it still matter?
In 1956, the educational psychologist Benjamin Bloom published a wide-ranging theory of learning, which was split into three domains: the
Tom Garside
Nov 8, 20224 min read
How to use the International Phonetic Alphabet 2 - Awareness-raising
the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) can be a tricky thing for teachers to get familiar with. However, it does provide a valuable resou
Tom Garside
Oct 30, 20224 min read
How to use the International Phonetic Alphabet 1 - Transcribing speech
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an essential tool in teaching pronunciation. Drilling words and phrases one by one can teach
Tom Garside
Oct 23, 20225 min read
4 ways to adapt teaching materials for your students
If you follow a curriculum with your students, the content that you teach is likely not to be the best match for everyone in the class. Text
Tom Garside
Oct 7, 20225 min read
Why is there still prejudice in the TESOL world against ‘non-native' speaker teachers?
In the context of initial teacher education, teacher trainers are the first point of contact between many course trainees and the English
Tom Garside
Sep 28, 20222 min read
A fresh start for 2023 - There’s never been a better time to travel and teach!
After two years or more of uncertainty about the future, countries closing down and opening up, only to close down again, it looks like ther
Tom Garside
Sep 23, 20225 min read
What is chunking, and how can it aid language learning?
When we speak, listen and even think, our brain does not process language word by word, dealing with individual meanings one by one. In fact
Tom Garside
Sep 12, 20224 min read
Why language teachers should never explain in English
When we think about a teacher’s job, one of the most important things that they should be able to do is to explain tricky ideas, right?
Tom Garside
Sep 7, 20223 min read
5 ways the Trinity CertPT is different from other teacher training qualifications
The Trinity College London Certificate for Practising Teachers (CertPT) is growing in recognition among experienced teachers who want to
Tom Garside
Aug 29, 20224 min read
The view from the top: How to teach reading skills from the top down
The traditional approach to reading skills in the language classroom is to work with information through comprehension tasks, checking how
Tom Garside
Aug 4, 20223 min read
What is Task-Based Learning (TBL)?
Many of us are familiar with the traditional, teacher-fronted, ‘repeat after me’ approach that is common in high schools around the world
Tom Garside
Jun 7, 20227 min read
Teaching exam preparation
The English teaching industry has many levels of teaching position, from short contracts with language travel groups and summer schools to
Tom Garside
May 26, 20223 min read
Feedback is not just for the teacher - how to get students to listen to each other
Many teachers see post-task feedback (where students report their answers and ideas to the class after finishing an activity) as an
Tom Garside
May 20, 20227 min read
4 ways to increase critical thinking in the English language classroom
Much of what we do in the language classroom is focused on fluency and accuracy. Most teachers aim for students to use vocabulary and
Tom Garside
May 12, 20225 min read
What is 'blind dictation', and what can it do for your students?
Many communicative English language tasks are based on some kind of information gap - a missing piece of information that students must
Tom Garside
May 8, 20225 min read
Feedback is where the learning happens
One of the most useful pieces of feedback I have ever received was given to me on my DELTA after an observed lesson where I had kept my clas
Tom Garside
Apr 29, 20224 min read
TEFL basics: Where do you want to teach?
You may have decided which country or continent you want to teach in, but have you decided which setting you'd like to teach in? Coming into
Tom Garside
Apr 22, 20222 min read
TEFL basics: Where to find a teaching job
As we move into 2022, and after two years of Covid and travel restrictions itchy feet need to be scratched, whether in terms of wanderlust
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