Teaching Controversies
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ArticleDebate: Classroom management
Adrian Tennant examines a number of areas often lumped together under the umbrella term 'Classroom Management' and suggests an approach to dealing with these issues and problems.
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ArticleDebate: Is it possible to teach grammar?
Jim Scrivener has twenty-five years' teaching experience and if he's still unsure of how to teach grammar, is it possible at all?
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ArticleDebate: The end of reading?
The full debate in response to Scott Thornbury's three-part article on the apparent paradoxical relationship between teaching reading and teaching language.
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Debate: Are you suffering from teacher burnout?
The full debate in response to Lindsay Clandfield's interesting and relevant article on teacher burnout.
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Debate: Are you suffering from burnout?
Lindsay Clandfield looks at the reasons why some teachers experience burnout and makes suggestions for how this can be avoided.
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Debate: Are you a teacher of the future?
Lindsay Clandfield questions whether teachers are as in touch with technology as they should be, and suggest some valuable skills to learn.
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Debate: The end of reading? - Part one: What are we teaching, reading or English?
Scott Thornbury questions the relevance of reading activities and whether they just teach us what we already know.
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Debate: The end of reading? - Part two: Evidence from personal experience and research
In the second part of this debate, Scott Thornbury shares his personal experience of learning Spanish and digs into the research of L2 reading skills.
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Debate: The end of reading? - Part three: Some practical suggestions
In the third part of this debate, Scott Thornbury offers tips on how he believes L2 reading should be taught.