A native Belizean, working in Malaysia, Alberto August shares his experience of successfully creating classroom buddy systems to enhance the learning environment. Listen to how his students empower and engage each other, to succeed at learning English, while working as 'buddies'. Integrating the Buddy System in your class can be very effective with TPR (Total Physical Response); reading, and peer-editing activities. Join us to hear more details!

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Are you interested in a new approach to group work? We invite you to listen to this episode of TTELT as Pearlie Lubin shares her top tips for creating groups. Pearlie will share how focusing on personalities and how students process information helps to create more effective and productive groups.

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We invite you to listen to this episode of TTELT as Dr. Andre Boyer shares his top tips for cultivating human connection in the classroom. Dr. Boyer will share his insights from his expansive career in business and teaching English around the globe.

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Realia (real life objects) is a topic most of us have heard of, yet how much do we use it in our classrooms? Alberto August, a professor from Belize, shares the importance of integrating realia into each lesson. He emphasizes using low-resource realia in the context of your environment. Listen to hear his hands-on ideas.

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Classroom community is important to student motivation and engaging learners. To learn a language we need a safe environment where students are encouraged to collaborate and contribute. Join Pearlie Lubin this week as she shares her tips for building classroom community.

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Erica Reynoso’s interest in vocabulary led her to integrate idioms into her daily teaching. She shares great tips for creative ways to incorporate idioms with all ages. She shares the value of teaching culture and language through idioms and idiomatic expressions. Learn from her engaging examples and easily-accessible resources.

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We invite you to listen to this episode of TTELT as Dr. Andre Boyer shares his top tips for facilitating a multi-level classroom. Dr. Boyer will share his insights from his expansive career teaching English around the globe.

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Ever had challenges with teaching students pronunciation? Join us to hear a native Spanish speaker share his tips for how he mastered English pronunciation and teaches his students techniques, which apply to all language backgrounds.

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Balancing your personal and professional life can be challenging. Are you seeking tips on how to avoid stress and burnout? In this episode of ttelt, Hansley Cazeau shares his thoughts on the subject by identifying some signs of overwhelming stress and providing straightforward suggestions to avoid it.

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Go back to basics with facilitation skills in this episode. Beth shares her ideas about what you can do to create an environment that strengthens your students’ motivation for learning! She shares four tips about reinforcing the vital elements of warmth and empathy in the classroom.

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