Using Images in the Primary Classroom
Images are powerful tools for learning. In this blog posts written for National Geographic Learning, you will find different ideas for how to use images in the young learner classroom. https://infocus.eltngl.com/author/anna-hasper/
How to integrate social and emotional learning into your classroom management
In this webinar for the British Council I spoke about a topic I’m super passionate about, links to my book “Activities for Social Emotional Learning” you will learn how the integration of social and emotional strategies can help create a structured, emotionally managed learning environment. These strategies can be used with learners of all ages. […]
Energise your Classroom: Putting human interactions at the centre of learning and teaching!
This webinar was delivered for LANGUAGECERT, December 2024 and is all about one of my favourite topics: empathy! Empathy is not just a feeling-it’s a skill that transforms classrooms. By understanding and valuing students’ perspectives, we teachers can foster stronger relationships, enhance engagement and create an emotionally supportive learning environment where all students can thrive. […]
Ideas in Action: Activities for Social-Emotional Learning in the ELT Classroom.
A project that is really close to my heart! It introduces the concepts of social-emotional learning and explores its history and significance before giving you a plethora of activities to introduce into the language classroom. Ideas in Action: Activities for Social-Emotional Learning aims to guide language teachers as they integrate social-emotional learning (SEL) into their practice […]
Multi-literacy: the toolkit for a great start!
In today’s world communicating effectively in any language requires young people to be able to comprehend and respond to more than just spoken and written text. Learners need to grow their understanding of multimodal texts. In this interactive webinar, we will explore the concept of multi-literacy, examining the what and the why, and before exploring […]
CELTA tutors’ beliefs about online tutoring practices
Whilst a number of studies have explored the experiences of remote English language teaching in response to COVID-19, limited studies explored English language teacher-educators’ beliefs regarding their online tutoring practices. This article, co-authored with Gary Barkhuizen, reports on the finding of a study which attempted to identify tutors’ beliefs about the differences between face-to-face (F2F) […]
Empathy makes the world go round
In this blog, written for Macmillan in 2023, you will find a handout with some practical activities to help grow your young learners’ social awareness, but first I explore what social emotional learning is and why it matters. The well-known psychologist and educational reformer Dewey once wrote that education is not only about what one […]
Emotions in the classroom: The Monday Morning Break with Khanh-Duc
In this podcast episode, I was invited by Khan Duc to discuss the emotional dimensions of learning and teaching. Happy listening! Or you can download it here!
Managing stress well-being during exams
For many learners taking exams is an important but inevitable and often stressful part of life. Key to learners succeeding in exams is not only teaching them the necessary language knowledge and making them test-wise but also helping them to develop ways to manage their well-being in this stressful period. In this blog, we will […]
Advancing Women in Education
Image by pixabay @shawnc125 The below podcast by Macmillan Education, called TEATime, was recorded with Nathan Waller to celebrate March the 8th, International Women’s Day 2023.
4 Tips For Developing Teacher Confidence In The Classroom
In this blog, written for Oxford University Press in January 2023, I discuss teacher confidence and how we can grow this. Most teachers have been there. One student disagrees with your answer and next, other learners start to disagree, ‘that’s not what you told us last week, teacher….’ Suddenly you are no longer sure if […]