What truly motivates language learners, and how can teachers harness the power of social connection to support them? 💭 Tune in to series 11 of Talking ELT on Motivation and Social Learning to find out how the English language classroom can be changed into a motivating social learning community. 🎯 Fiona, Nick, Ed and Ben cover: Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation The challenges of sustaining engagement over time How peer interaction, relevance and belonging can dramatically affect learner outcome

🍎Save this Teacher Tip!! No more LOOSE student papers!! FR!! 📝✨ Sharing one of my favorite teacher tips that saved my sanity in the classroom: STUDENT MAILBOXES 🙌 I used this simple system year after year, and honestly, my teacher self could not...I REPEAT...COULD NOT have survived without it! 💛 Every back-to-school season brought the usual chaos. Students adjusting, routines still forming, and papers everywhere. But once I introduced mailboxes? Total game changer. Here’s how I recommend usi

More than 50,000 Queensland school teachers are striking for the first time in 16 years today, after negotiations with the government over pay and conditions broke down last week. Teachers in Brisbane marched from the Convention Centre to Parliament House, where state budget estimates are underway. Speaking with Steve Austin on Brisbane Mornings, Honorary Vice President of the Queensland Teachers Union and Noosa-based teacher Josh Cleary, says teachers across the state are experiencing physical