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The Most Useful Virtual Classroom Tools

Rita Costa, Director of Studies and Senior English Trainer of inlingua Luxembourg, has many years of teaching experience, including teaching virtually. Today, she shares her favourite Virtual Classroom tools as well as keyboard shortcuts for Windows and Mac users. 1. Which Virtual Classroom tools do you use?  Sharing/Playing videos without uploading the content. I prefer…
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inlingua Teaching, Online teaching, Teaching Foreign Languages, Virtual Classroom, Zoom

Teaching Successfully in the Virtual Classroom

“Put effort into getting to know yourself, your students and the system. One step at a time, keep moving forward, stay positive, and bring your unique talent to the table.” Rita Costa, Director of Studies and Senior English Trainer of inlingua Luxembourg, has many years of teaching experience, including teaching virtually. Today, she shares her…
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inlingua Method, inlingua Teaching, Online teaching, Teaching Foreign Languages, Teaching Methodologies, Virtual Classroom

Listening and Reading in the inlingua Classroom

Listening and Reading in the inlingua Classroom
The original inlingua method was based almost exclusively on speaking in class. Learners were encouraged to practice the skills of reading, listening and writing in their own time. This is not to say that listening, reading and, to some extent, writing were not included in the classroom activities, but their main function was to provide…
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Grammar versus Lexis

inlingua_The eclectic approach
Grammar versus Lexis: A Journey to an Eclectic Approach to Language Teaching       Why we Believe the inlingua Method is Better than Other Methods Although the inlingua methodology is based on the Direct Approach of language teaching, some aspects of other approaches and methods have been integrated over the last 50 years. In this blog…
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Approaches to Language Learning, Audiolingual Method, Connectivism in Language Learning, Grammar, Grammar-Translation, inlingua Centers, inlingua Method, inlingua Teaching, Language Learning Theories, Learning Languages, Lexical Approach, Lexis, Natural Approach, Oral Approach, Structural Approach, Task-Based Learning, Teaching Methodologies, The Silent Way, Total Immersion, Total Physical Response