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This year was different. Now I feel much better. I know I’m a good teacher. (that’s what my husband calls me) However, I thought I was stuck somewhere trying to motivate myself. I was thinking I was tired. (may be needed a break) I was thinking I needed praise. (my students often wrote thank you notes…
I’m sure we sometimes finish the lesson before the planned time or we see that our students are lost and aren’t following us then we tend to find something to motivate them. It’s always a good idea to have something ready for these moments. Fillers are great. They are short, energising and motivating. Whenever I…
Reading blogs is a wonderful activity. It just doesn’t help us learn new things but it also gives inspirations and also a wish or a reason to write.When I read the confessions of a less than a perfect teacher, I thought about my evolution. And now I have a reason to write. When I first…
GO AND OPEN THE DOOR Go and open the door. May be outside there’s a tree, or a wood, a garden, or a magic city. Go and open the door. Maybe a dog’s rummaging Maybe you’ll see a face, or an eye, or the picture of a picture. Go and open the door. If there’s…
Well, it’s been only a few months since I started blogging and I’ve learned so many things from a huge group of great educators. I feel myself happy as I have a superb PLN. It’s difficult for me to nominate just one for each cathegory as there are so many invaluble people who are not…
Christmas is a time when we come together with our families or share the joy of the kids at home or remember people who need our help, affection or concern. For us, the EFL teachers, Christmas is a time when we try to do fun activities with our classes. Watching the movie, About a boy,…
Web 2.0 tools I’ve used so far… Web 2.0 tools are great help to jazz up your classrooms, to help students practise the language, to motivate the digital natives with their own weapons and to boost creativity. Nowadays the more I learn, the more motivated I become and I’d like to share the ones which I’ve…
Today I started my lessons with a warm-up activity. It was fun and my students enjoyed writing sentences. Even the weakest ones were able to write great sentences.It was an idea I got from here .( just click on the words and phrases and see what happens) Write a simple sentence on the board. We started…
In our school, this year we are trying the project based learning. In each term a school subject is chosen and the project topic is given to the students. Then we group them, give all the necessary meeting dates, deadlines, rubrics, etc. We ask them to find and generate a problem. Usually, in class we…
Well, I’m so happy that I’m teaching English. It just broadens my mind. When I see that my students are eager to learn I feel motivated. It’s been a very long time since I started to teach but it’s amazing to see how much I love it. Being in the class gives me the strength to…
I think writing is very important because when you write you can improve yourself. Writing games are also great activities. Here is one for you. Associations You can do it as a whole class activity if you have a small group. If you have more than 20 students may be you can do it as…
It’s autumn and the picture looks great. If I were teaching today, I’d ask my students to describe an autumn picture or to try to hear some sounds that we can hear when we walk on a path full of colourful leaves.
