Category: Teaching
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Power of Small Wins—Results from A Research Study

I used to be focused on big wins. In truth, only something big used to matter. Later, I started writing down all the wins every day. Many of them were small, but still, they were my wins. They did matter. Then I read one exciting research study — The Power Of Small Wins by Amabile…
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NeuroHeart Education Conference 2022® Conference

This is the 2nd time in a row I will be a speaker at this amazing conference! In 2022 it will be held in Sitges, Spain, and live-streamed online. This is an annual educational conference, which is called NeuroHeart Education® Conference, and it is for all educators, not only language teachers. This year I will talk about…
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How to use Backward Planning

You may know that I am a huge fan of planning. Today, I’d like to share one more method I find useful. It is called backward planning, backward goal-setting, or backward design (I filmed a video about it). Backward planning is setting goals is a fantastic strategy where you start with the final goal, and then you…
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pronunciation – regular plural nouns

after the following sounds, we pronounce ‘s’ as /s/ /p/ – laptops – /ˈlæpˌtɒps//t/ – hats – /hæts//k/ – atticks /ˈætɪks//f/ – cliffs – /klɪfs//θ/ – monthes – /mʌnθs/ after the following sounds, we pronounce ‘s’ as /z/ /l/ – calls – /kɔːlz //d/ – beds – /bɛdz//g/ – dogs – /dɒgz//m/ – rooms- /ruːmz//n/…