This image is from #eltpics and was taken by Vicky Loras Some of us have already started teaching, some of us have started going to school to get ready for the new school year. During summer I bookmarked some sites that I thought will be handy now. From my blog: First of all I will…
This is a repost for #ELTchat For the last – well, almost two years now, since September 15 2010, #ELTchat has kept us on our toes and forged hundreds of professional and personal relationships amongst its followers who turn up on Twitter every Wednesday to talk about topics they have suggested and voted on…
Materials: Prepare small ingredient cards. (One ingredient on card/with pictures if you want or you can either bring food to the classroom) 1 computer for 2 students 😉 or you may supply them with some magazines even in L1 Level: Upper-int and above Watch a part from Ready Steady Cook. Tell them to jot…
Beatlesmania… How should I start? Welll… No introduction is needed for this post. I love Beatles 🙂 I love using their songs in my lessons. Below I added some links which I had bookmarked for future use. I hope they will inspire us in the new school year. My Beatlesmania Links 1. 10 Stories Behind…
Pinterest is actually a virtual noticeboard. You add small sticky notes with images to your canvas. You can have many boards and you can pin articles, blog posts, and ideas according to your interests When I first heard about pinterest, I thought ‘enough, I’m already lost among so many sites.’ I managed to avoid…
Another short story I love reading with my students is Eveline from Dubliners. I know it is difficult to understand Joyce for a teenager yet when guided, students get something from Dubliners. I have tried Eveline and Araby and they worked well. I’d like to share what I do with ‘Eveline’. Describe Ireland, Dublin and…
One of my favourite writers for the ‘Reading Class’ is Roald Dahl. I’ve been using his short stories for almost a decade and the students have always loved them. I just came across with this pdf http://www.msad54.org/district/literacyspecialist/pdf/blooms.pdf But you can also get more ideas for using Bloom’s taxonomy in reading classes which I find…
Reading is a must for me. I feel guilty when I can’t find time to read. I feel stressed if I can’t finish a book I have started reading. I know we grew in a world where we had be told that the books a the best friends and things are not the same anymore….
Level: Any Materials: power point, images of holiday places Target language: Past tenses Ask students to create a 2-slide powerpoint. On one slide they will upload a photo they have taken from a holiday. On the second slide, they will write a short text describing the picture. They may answer the following questions to write…
Pub Quiz on the Net Target Language: Passive Voice, Simple Past Tense Level: A1, A2 Materials: ( colourful) pen, paper, internet connection, Team students according to the size of your class. Give them categories as inventions, literature, discoveries, music, etc. Tell them in teams they will search on the web and come up with 10…
During the Olympics I will not be able to do any lessons in the class as we started our summer holiday but there will be friends around the world that they will have classes while the GAMES are happening. You can find some ideas and printables from the following links Eslflow English for games Create…
We are about to end another academic year. In some ways it was fruitful and in other ways, I had some disappointments. Some students did very well. Some, however, were happy with their moderate improvement. Every year I ask students to write feedback twice. One two months later we meet and one at the end…
