Teaching English – BROWNS Blog https://blog.browns.edu.au Australia Fri, 26 Apr 2019 02:01:37 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 https://blog.browns.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/favico-150x150.png Teaching English – BROWNS Blog https://blog.browns.edu.au 32 32 Keeping Teaching Current – Creative Thinking in the Classroom https://blog.browns.edu.au/learning-english/creative-thinking-in-the-classroom/ https://blog.browns.edu.au/learning-english/creative-thinking-in-the-classroom/#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2019 01:56:23 +0000 https://brownsenglish.edu.au/blog/?p=3587 KEEPING TEACHING CURRENT. Creative Thinking in the Classroom. Written by Vanessa Kudeken (BROWNS English Language School teacher). One of my favourite things about teaching at  BROWNS is the commitment to ongoing teacher training. This year I had the privilege of going to the QLD PD Fest held at The University of Queensland in Brisbane1. I was […]

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]]> https://blog.browns.edu.au/learning-english/creative-thinking-in-the-classroom/feed/ 0 Visual learning in the ESL classroom https://blog.browns.edu.au/teaching-english/visual-learning-in-the-esl-classroom/ https://blog.browns.edu.au/teaching-english/visual-learning-in-the-esl-classroom/#respond Tue, 23 Jul 2013 18:43:06 +0000 http://brownsenglish.edu.au/blog/?p=563 In all facets of education, learning activities are designed to cater for and appeal to a variety of learning styles (Click here to read the article "What is your learning style?"). In Fleming's VARK model, these styles are generalized into three main types: visual, auditory and kinaesthetic. English language schools in Australia are no exception […]

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]]> https://blog.browns.edu.au/teaching-english/visual-learning-in-the-esl-classroom/feed/ 0 Can robots replace English Language teachers? https://blog.browns.edu.au/teaching-english/can-robots-replace-english-language-teachers/ https://blog.browns.edu.au/teaching-english/can-robots-replace-english-language-teachers/#respond Thu, 23 May 2013 00:53:56 +0000 http://brownsenglish.edu.au/blog/?p=482 It used to be the fact that robots were only good for cleaning the carpet or testing compatibility on 80s date shows. But now they are heading to an English language course near you! Currently, in South Korea, students are being taught English via robots remotely controlled by teachers in the Philippines. Now this initiative […]

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]]> https://blog.browns.edu.au/teaching-english/personalised-learning/feed/ 1 Use Students’ Names! https://blog.browns.edu.au/teaching-english/use-students-names/ https://blog.browns.edu.au/teaching-english/use-students-names/#respond Thu, 20 Sep 2012 03:55:13 +0000 http://brownsels.com.au/blog/?p=207 Names are important Nearly every culture believes names are extremely important. The reasons for giving babies particular names can be family tradition, culture, religion or a combination of all these factors. As people grow up, the first thing they learn to say and write are their names and the names of people they love. In […]

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