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Literature Circles

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Over the summer I explored Academic Reading Circles (ARC) with…

Teaching Effective Thinking – Six Thinking Hats

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Edward De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats was originally designed…

CPD Course 7: ChatGPT in the Language Classroom

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The course I took on online teaching mentions PeacheyPublications.com…

Teaching Effective Thinking: Game – Devil’s Advocate

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This is a good activity for critical thinking, it helps when…

Teaching Effective Thinking: Game – Good News / Bad News

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This is a good exercise in looking at things from a different…

Teaching Effective Thinking: Game – Forced Connections – Similes 2

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This is another activity which encourages random association.…

Teaching Effective Thinking: Game – Forced Connections – Comparatives

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Another game to encourage remote connections is the Boasting…

Teaching Effective Thinking: Game – Forced Connections – Similes

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This is one game to encourage remote connections, an important…

Teaching Effective Thinking: Games – The Brick Test

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This is probably the most well-known 'creative thinking' activity.…

Teaching Effective Thinking: Brainstorming and Brainwriting

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This is my second blog post on promoting creativity in the…

EAP: Teaching Effective Thinking Introduction

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The World Economic Forum identifies four capabilities 21st…

CPD Course 6: Teaching English Online

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Another FutureLearn course in association with Cambridge University…

CPD Course 5:: Teaching English through Literature

This is a free British Council course. It’s different from…

CPD Course 4: How to use Graded Readers in the English Language Classroom

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This is another short course by 'Language Fuel' and FutureLearn.…

CPD Course 3: Using Creative Problem Solving FutureLearn

This is a FutureLearn course created in conjunction with the…

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