Teacher Talks, a chat with Volkan Iner
In this podcast I’m sharing my teaching experiences, philosophy of teaching and much more. Volkan nicely summarised my motto as “Don’t Let Perfect Stop You From Being Good Enough”! Happy watching 🙂 And if you liked this interview, checkout Volkan’s Instragram account with about 184 talks.. with teachers!
How to implement guided reading
This teachers‘ guide introduces you to guided reading. Guided reading is a common differentiated teaching approach used in the young learners’ classroom to develop learners’ reading skills. It aims at helping all learners become confident and effective readers, starting at the level they are at. Guided reading is used to close the gap between shared […]
Vocabulary matters. A talk and vocabulary-focused approach for rich guided reading
This teacher’s guide highlights the importance of explicitly teaching vocabulary in the young learner classroom. The understanding of written text means that we need to move our learners from using social, everyday vocabulary to talk to recognising and using more abstract vocabulary used in writing. Learners need extensivevocabulary building, multiple exposures to the new vocabulary, […]
Encouraging extensive reading to advance intensive reading skills
The fact that our human brains are not hard-wired for reading means that the only way to develop our reading habit and become an effective reader is through reading. In this session we explore the ins and outs of extensive reading, why it is invaluable to develop learners’ reading for comprehension skills and possible challenges […]
Encouraging extensive reading to advance intensive reading skills
In this webinar for MacmIllan Education, from March 2020, I talk about the challenges of reading. And as you might know… our human brains are not hard-wired for reading which means that the only way to develop our reading habit and become an effective reader is through reading, reading and reading! I explores the ins […]
Developing Vocabulary Skills through Reading
In this webinar for Macmillan International Curriculum, October 2018, I talk about the importance of developing children’s vocabulary to make their learning-to-read journey more enjoyable and explore how we can further develop learners’ vocabulary skills through reading.
5 ways to support students with dyslexia
In this blog post, written for Pearson back in 2019 (reposted in March 2023) I talk about supporting learners with dyslexia. While it’s not a language teacher’s role to diagnose specific learning needs, it is important for us to monitor our young learner students’ progress and have some understanding of dyslexia so can support our […]
The art of storytelling in the YL classroom
In this blog written for Pearson, I’ll be talking about storytelling; why storytelling is so powerful, what the benefits are for learners and how you can use storytelling with your learners in the YL classroom. Since this blog is no longer ‘live’ here’s a link to web archive or you can simple read what I […]
Shake up those reading circles
You might feel like you are in for a change after having done the same reading circle for ages. This blogpost gives you some ideas in how to vary the set up of reading circles with your YLs. Happy reading!