image taken from here Blogathon 1st post Going Digital Going Digital part 2 Warming Stories Using songs to teach English Literature in EFL classroom Games for Teaching English 1 Pronunciation, the neglected kid Teaching vocabulary PLN, A staffroom without borders Improvisation, games for teaching English 2 Motivating the unmotivated Motivating…
Well, During February I’ll blog at ELT Blogathon on the Teaching English website as evab2001. I know how important is IATEFL for English teachers and I know very well that the online community should also be blamed for evoking enthusiasm among fellow teachers. I also want to be there with my PLN so I’ll try my best…
1. Choose a poem to read with your students. 2. Write the title on the board and ask students to predict what the poem is about. 3. Divide the class in groups. 4. Give each group a copy of a word cloud you prepared previously. 5. Ask students to write a poem using the…
Part of the series From my PLN Music is everywhere, it surrounds us from the moment we are born – well even before that;) My father is a music lover so my earliest childhood memories revolve around singing, dancing and „making” my own music. I loved to record songs or my covers of rhymes;) I…
Next week the 1st term ends and I want my students to read books so I decided to give them a book to read and some tasks to do. I uploaded the handout to box.net. http://www.box.net/embed/boazh9qt4s1m4r8.swf I should thank my PLN for some of the ideas @sarah_SKB @ale0715 @Bianka_C @ l_missbossy My students started emailing their tasks and will…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3x4HvXTyGQ&w=380&h=290] I was reading Vicky Saumell’s Eltchat summary on Teaching English through songs in the digital age (part 3 of 4): Specific songs and their uses, I came across with the suggestion of Lemon Tree by Fool’s Garden and I realised how versatile can this one song be. You can use the song 1. to review…
Some more useful sites for teaching, learning and practising vocabulary Puzzlemaker at Discovery education enables teachers to create puzzles, You can create flashcards using Flashcard maker from Scholastic.com Spelling wizard is also a great tool to help self study or enables teachers to create spelling scramble and word search At SuperKidsVocabulary Builders, you…
Find a song in another language which has an English version. Here is an idea for ‘Il faut savoir’ by Charles Aznavour. The song may be more suitable for adults but the activity can be applied to other songs as well.Play the song Ask students to try to guess what the song can be about…
I learned very early in life that: “Without a song, the day would never end; without a friend, a man ain’t got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend- without a song” So I keep singing a song. – Elvis Presley I have written many times that I really enjoy using…
a poster created 2 preteach vocabulary for ‘Waiting for the Police’ by Farjeon This post is for Emma Herrod’s The Two-Week Vocabulary Blogging Challenge. Here you can also find great ideas to teach, store and learn vocabulary. You can read and reach more from Tyson’s posts I…
It is that time of the year again. The time to make resolutions for the future and the time to recall past to take some lessons… I have lots of plans again. However, the thing that I want to share now is a bit different… I’m thinking about my 4th grade teacher… I…
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