Posted 29 May 2009

TEFL teachers in Indonesia are looking to liven-up their lessons following a British Council seminar on new teaching skills.

The workshop, which took place in Jakarta earlier this week (May 26th-27th), expounded the advantages of harnessing play for educational agendas, the Jakarta Post reports.

Teachers from six provinces were invited to the sessions, which were jointly held by the country’s directorate of kindergarten and elementary school development.

One delegate enthused to the newspaper: "Previously some teachers thought methods of teaching involving games, for example, would be nearly impossible to apply in our classes with dozens of children.

"But after we saw videos showing just that in other countries, using these methods with a number of children, we realised it could work."

Meanwhile, a TEFL teacher from Australia has hailed drama as one of the best tools to help students learn languages.

Johanna Wallace told the Sunshine Coast Daily Online that performance and play-based learning is key to helping children pick up English quickly as it often focuses on vocal projection and sound – two things she insists are the building blocks of language learning.

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