I have been teaching English in Naples for the last few years, working with private students and small groups online. I love teaching, and my students...

EFL classrooms are culturally rich. An inclusive environment makes this richness visible in the materials we use. If all my listening audios feature o...

One of the most important lessons from this course is that there is no single "best" teaching style. There is only the style that best fits the learne...

My motivation to join the CERTEFL course is both professional and deeply personal. Professionally, I teach English in Naples in mixed-ability groups, ...

For years, many of us were taught English as a set of isolated rules: lists of vocabulary to memorize, grammar tenses on a whiteboard, and fill-in-the...

Without context, language is just meaningless forms. I learned from this module that contextual teaching is not an extra step - it IS the teaching.Whe...

Teaching English out of context is like giving someone a dictionary and expecting them to write a novel. It just doesn't work. I've learned that stude...

In my view, an inclusive learning environment is not an optional extra in EFL - it is the foundation for effective language acquisition. Students cann...

I strongly believe that language taught without context is quickly forgotten. When we teach vocabulary and grammar in isolation, students may pass a t...

In my experience as a trainee teacher, I have found a combination of tools most helpful for fair and accurate assessment. For formative assessment, I ...

…This unit has been incredibly eye-opening for me, especially in shifting my perspective from assessment of learning to assessment for learning.Insigh...

---Before starting this module, I thought [e.g., teaching was mainly about knowing grammar]. However, after studying this module, my perspective has c...

From my study of Module 2, I have come to understand that how we define "language" completely changes how we teach it. There are three main theories t...

n my opinion, the most important lesson from Module 1 is that there is no single correct way to teach. Effective teaching requires adapting our teachi...

My Personal Motivations for Taking the CERTEFL CourseThere are three main reasons why I decided to take the CERTEFL course.Firstly, my primary motivat...