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Classroom Management, Uncategorized

Planning the unexpected

October 4, 2019by Olivia PBLeave a Comment on Planning the unexpected
Planning the unexpected

It's that time of year again, the time when finding time is difficult, when stress levels rise as teachers frantically plan exciting and engaging first lessons to make their students fall in love with them, while managers frantically juggle book orders, student enquiries, entrance exams, and new teacher inductions. It's the nice kind of stress [...]

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The importance of silence

July 9, 2019by Olivia PB4 Comments on The importance of silence
The importance of silence

Silence is not a word that sits very well with most language teachers. After all, we teach how to communicate, it's second nature to want to fill gaps with words.  I know that when I first started teaching I wanted to fill every second of the classroom with some form of noise, whether it be [...]

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