My ELT Bubble

  “The story of the Little Moles ho knew it was none of his business” is a hilarious story about a mole who has to discover what kind of animal pooped on her head. She goes around asking different animals “Did you do this on my head?”. All the animals keep showing her that they didn’t by showing how they do it until she finally discovers it. The story is written by Werner Holzwarth and Wolf Erlbruch. The original book is in German and they titled it “Vom kleinen Maulwurf, der wissen wollte, wer ihm auf den Kopf gemacht hat”. The English translation is a little bit free as it would be something like “The little mole who wanted to know who did that on her head”. I actually knew the story in Catalan, and it was translated more accurately as “La talpeta que volia saber qui li havia fet allò al cap”   and in Spanish “ El topo que quería saber quién se había hecho aquello en su cabeza ”. I discovered this story when I was studying my degree and I recently bought it as a must hav...

Teaching English might be quite challenging when dealing with learning difficulties. However, learning English or, at least becoming familiar with the language is key in a global world. We listen to music, watch films, search for information on the Internet, or travel around the world. As teachers, we must keep in mind the support our students need, not only the ones with learning difficulties but also the group class to: Provide help to all students. Provide catch up options to the newcomers. Adapt the syllabus to students with specific needs. The key to adapt students’ materials is to know your students and do the arrangements depending on their needs, interests, and motivations. However, here are some ideas about how I adapt SPEAKING, LISTENING, READINGS, AND WRITINGS. ADAPTING SPEAKING I adapt speakings by: Giving options orally so that the student can choose and speak Providing sentence examples Providing substitution tables with the structure to practice ADA...