Category: Teaching
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10 Tips to support dyslexic students during writing tasks
Teachers can support dyslexic students during writing activities by implementing different strategies with the whole class. These strategies that are beneficial for all, will support dyslexic students in reaching their full potential. What is dyslexia? Dyslexia is a learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills involved in accurate and fluent word reading and spelling (Vellutino…
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Guidelines for marking dyslexic students’ work
Dyslexic are often used to receiving low marks together with non-constructive feedback. This, together with unsported learning, can lead to low-self esteem, a lack of self-confidence and reduced motivation towards learning. Educators can provide effective feedback that will help their students learn and improve their attitude towards learning. What is dyslexia? Dyslexia is a learning…
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The dyslexia-friendly language classroom
Dyslexia is a learning difficulty affecting reading and spelling. Multisensory teaching methods enhance learning for dyslexic students by integrating visual, auditory, and tactile elements. Strategies like visual timers, graphic organizers, and multisensory activities support their education and engagement, benefiting all learners. What is dyslexia? Dyslexia is a learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills involved…
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Tips to make reading tasks accessible for students with dyslexia
Some reading tasks can be difficult to access for students with dyslexia if they haven’t been designed taking into account their needs. There are quick and easy-to-make adjustments that teachers can make that will benefit their students with reading difficulties as well as everyone else What is dyslexia? Dyslexia is a learning difficulty that primarily…
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Is it possible to correct language mistakes during project-based learning?
Elsa O’Brien López As schools adopt new methodologies such as project-based learning for teaching foreign languages, teachers can feel the need to revise their teaching techniques and strategies. Communicative teaching methods such as project-based learning can lead to a decrease in error correction as the focus is on content. This is what teachers must know…
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Inclusive assessment for the English language classroom
elsa o’Brien López Assessment can be a barrier or a tool to bring learning forward. The right kind of assessment will come with feedback, opportunities for improvement and will adapt to out students’ needs. When learning a language students have to develop a communicative competence so practice is essential. Unlike other subjects where a…
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What does an inclusive ESL classroom look like?
elsa o’brien lópez An inclusive classroom should make sure that the majority of learners can reach their full potential whatever their learning needs or styles. There are many simple and easy-to-implement strategies that a teacher can put in place to make sure the physical room they’re teaching in is helping scaffold their students’ learning process.…
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Teaching English to visually impaired students online
elsa o’brien lópez Teaching online can be challenging even for the most experienced teachers. Knowing what your students’ needs are can take longer than in a face-to-face class. Estimates say that around 2.2 million people in the world have a visual impairment. Although it might seem like a high number, many teachers will not have…
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5 Easy classroom routines to increase language exposure
elsa o’brien lópez Routines can be instilled into flexible learning. They can help learners manage time better and know what to expect next. They can also be an effective tool to increase exposure to language and provide additional support to learners who need it. The beginning of the year is the right time to establish…
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How project-based learning can make your lessons more inclusive
elsa o’brien lópez Project-based learning provides the kind of flexibility needed to allow students to approach and respond to a task from different angles. This flexibility can also be an asset to ensure students’ motivation and interest whatever their interests, needs and learning styles. Teaching practices are tightly tied to student motivation and this, in…
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Do men and women speak differently?
elsa o’brien lópez Although differences in the language areas of boys and girls have been observed in babies, some differences in the way men and women do seem to be attributable to differences in their upbringing as part of different subcultures embedded in one same big culture. Fortunately, using a gender neutral language has become…
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Special educational needs and second language acquisition
elsa o’brien lópez In most cases, there is no reason why a child with special educational needs or disability cannot learn a second language. As long as this process takes place in the most natural way possible, resembling how a first language is learned. When talking about special educational needs and disability, each case is…
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Learning a second language: the sooner the better?
elsa o’brien lópez When children are asked to learn a language in a very structured way from a very early age they’ll be asked to use skills they don’t possess yet and won’t be developing till later on in life. For some time now, this has been a question asked and answered by many parents,…
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How can Universal Design for Learning help with Language Teaching?
elsa o’brien lópez Universal Design sets the guidelines to give all students an equal opportunity to succeed. English learning has become more and more flexible which has led to more inclusive teaching practices. Universal Design is the composition of an environment so that it can be accessed, understood and used to the greatest extent possible…
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