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Barefoot TEFL Teacher

David Weller

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What is Total Physical Response (TPR)?

Years ago I had a beginner class of young kids and one boy who hadn’t said a word of English all term. Not shy, exactly. He’d watch, he’d copy, he’d smile. But speak? Nothing.

One lesson I stood at the front and said “Stand up.” They stood...

14 days ago
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Why Pairwork Fails (And How to Make It Work)

I remember setting up a pairwork task in my first week of teaching. I’d got it from a book, and was sure it’d work.

Ten questions about the weekend, a model on the board, and “Okay, ask your partner.” Then I walked round the room to listen...

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How to Mark Writing with AI (Without Losing the Human Bit)

AI can mark a stack of essays faster than you can make a cup of tea.

That’s the problem.

Paste a B1 student’s paragraph into ChatGPT, ask it to “mark this”, and you’ll get back forty corrections, a polished rewrite that reads like a newsp...

a month ago
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What to Cut When You're Running Out of Time

I looked at the clock with twelve minutes to go and realised I still had three stages left.

So I did what I always did - I sped up. I talked faster, cut the pair-check, skipped the feedback, and got to the end of the plan with about forty...

2 months ago
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What to Do When an Activity Completely Flops

Years ago in Xi’an, I watched an activity die in front of me.

I’d set it up properly (or I thought I had). Instructions given, example on the board, pairs formed…and then nothing. Two students looked at each other. One looked at me. The re...

2 months ago
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