One of the stands I loved visiting at Bett was the Norwegian Classroom. It was fun to see the tools I love using in class. Creaza was a tool I suggested my students to create projects. At Bett, visiting their stand I noticed that they have added new features, updated the tool and it…
I was in London to attend Bett Show 2015 last week. Presenting at Bett was a great experience but being there, visiting the exhibition was even greater than that. The moment I stepped into the venue, I realized this was something I was not ready to experience but a few minutes later I got used…
I’d like to share a quick activity that I’m planning to do with my students tomorrow. 1. Tell students to think about the characters in the book/story/novel you’re working on 2. Ask them to prepare a list of characters traits and then ask their friends if the adjectives they chose for these characters are correct or…
As we celebrate Christmas on January 6th, I planned this lesson for my young learners for tomorrow. The lesson is for A1 students Divide the class into two. Ask students to make a row in from of the board. On slips of papers, write short sentences and give it to the one at the back….
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I am working with graded readers, short stories and novels with my classes. I was also preparing my talk for TESOL France and looking for some new ideas to share, I designed the following lesson inspired from Chaz Pugliese’s Gossip activity from the book Being Creative. The activity may not sound similar but while reading it, I…
“Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.” Virgil Choices are important in our lives. Sometimes there are times we regret, there are times we pray for what we’ve chosen. I have a group of mixed-ability students in grade 11 studying mostly languages. Some of them are not…
If you are learning English in the 21st century, you are lucky because you will have numerous alternatives to practise the things you’ve been learning. There are thousands of great sites which will help you, but if you don’t have a place to store these cool sites, then you’ll lose track so I will suggest…
1. Each person is given a sheet of paper with a series of instructions to follow. Each student’s instructions should be different. Tell them to stand up and mingle until you stop them. Then ask them to share their answers. Your instructions can be as “Find someone who …” Find out who has been abroad before….
As you’ll remember, I attended #SLTEP, a train the trainer program run by Sabanci University in June and while getting prepared for the next term, I decided to change some of the motivating, inspiring quotes into posters. Once again, I’m so happy that I had the decision to attend this course. I’ll start the year…
