How important is lesson planning? – Ann Loseva
The Real Work Of A Lesson Plan — Ann Loseva Let’s agree on being sensible teachers entering classrooms with a notebook or a sheet of paper with some appropriate notes scribbled on them. The question is...
View ArticleThe Observation Issue – Anna Loseva
A Brave Potential Observee Thinks About Observation – Anna Loseva I’ve been observed several times in my life. First, when I was going through obligatory school teaching practice still as a university...
View Article13 for 2014 – Ann Loseva
13 Things I Heard or Read That Made a Difference / 13 Community Wisdoms – Ann Loseva Before sitting down to write this post, I checked the post I wrote for this blog a year ago, on what I learnt...
View ArticleGrammar Issue – Ann
Pondering Grammar with Students and Scott Thornbury – Ann Loseva As I was preparing to write this post I did more “research” than I ever have done. I was looking for lines that I could read and nod in...
View ArticleMore Whole Teacher – Ann
Four Steps Towards Wholeness – Ann Loseva I’ll be honest. Not having a clear idea what the term whole teacher might mean, I’m approaching my task as I would expect my students to work on it. I’m...
View ArticleMore Teaching One to One – Ann
Personality Matters in One-to-One – Ann Loseva The one-to-one classroom is a meeting point of two personalities. Not convinced that the teacher’s personality should be a shadow that completely...
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Concerns About “Creative Writing” – Ann Loseva Eight years ago I was studying German as a second foreign language at the teacher training university I later graduated from. I remember writing a...
View ArticleTeachers As Students – Anna
Language Learning Stories – Anna Loseva My name is Anna. I’m a Russian English language teacher. I live and teach in my native Moscow and have always done that. Also, I’ve been learning English here...
View ArticleConnected Teacher as Traveller
Several years ago, in my pre-iTDi times, I planned my classes alone surrounded by books and worksheets that were printed out from some generic database designed to help a busy teacher. For vacation I...
View ArticleA path to success – what is it?
by Anna Loseva I remember in the methodology course at the university part of the material we were covering was the theory of how one (i.e. a teacher) can set up collaboration projects with learners...
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