Using movies in the classroom is not just to spend some good time with students but it is also a great way of teaching. I really love using Moviesegmentstoassessgrammar, Movie Segments for Warm ups and Follow ups and Film English. I also started a board on pinterest to compile some ideas for using movies in the…
There is a buzz going on about The great Gatsby. It’s of course because of the new Gatsby movie. I’ve seen so many links and resources on twitter, interest recently. Then I just remember I also have some resources for the novel. My The Great Gatsby resources A pre-reading animoto Research before reading Chapter 4…
Two years ago, we started our project in Puciosa, a small town in Romania. I didn’t know what was expecting us. I didn’t know what I should expect. Yet I had a feeling that everything would be great … We were in Lamia from April 14th to 19th. Our partner is a Music…
Day 1 Plenaries: Even a week before the conference I was excited as I knew what was expecting me… Two days of professional Development with people I admire, with people I share a lot. The day came with an extraordinary opening: A show of drawing pictures with sand and my mind already focused on P.D…
[slideshare id=20657171&w=427&h=356&fb=0&mw=0&mh=0&style=border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px 1px 0; margin-bottom: 5px;&sc=no] Istek elt ideas for monday, jazzing up your class with music from Eva Buyuksimkesyan Handouts: https://www.box.com/embed/2p5fi1bya54cy1o.swf https://www.box.com/embed/cjd1vlub8r7j56i.swf Some more ideas on my blog on using songs and music in the classroom http://evasimkesyan.edublogs.org/2012/08/03/beatlesmania/ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnayGhctnQeddHlvaEIxTFJmeDd0eWk0dXlDLTV6aHc&hl=en#gid=2 http://evasimkesyan.edublogs.org/2011/01/21/using-songs-by-anna-musielak/ http://evasimkesyan.edublogs.org/2011/01/04/songs-in-efl-classroom/ http://evasimkesyan.edublogs.org/2011/01/17/lemon-tree-an-activity-for-tomorows-class/
Technology has changed our lives dramatically. We, even the people from the past, can’t remember how life was without our smart gadgets. Prensky used the term ‘Digital Natives’ and described this new generation and for him we were the digital immigrants. “Those of us who were not born into the digital world but have, at…
I just finished my first ever webinar. In ISTEK ElT 2013, I will also present with the same title but the talk is completely different. This was part 1 and part 2 is in April. [slideshare id=17556691&w=427&h=356&fb=0&mw=0&mh=0&style=border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px 1px 0; margin-bottom: 5px;&sc=no] Ideas for monday; jazzing up the class with music…
YOU are a story absorber and a story teller Andrew Wright At the moment, I’m working on the bios of the presenters, moderator roles, taking some notes, etc… Howevere, as usual, I have things around me to distract my attention. I came across with the article written by Andrew Wright and then I just came here…
I’m not a fan of doing Valentine’s Day activities in the class but this year I’m planning to do a song lesson. Next week is the first week of the second term in Turkey so this may also be good to break the ice. I’ve been playing with BiteSlide for some time. Here is what…
image from #eltpics via @mkofab In December, I had the chance to listen to Steven Krashen at YTU ELT symposium. He talked about the importance of reading, how he became a good reader and what narrow reading is. You can read Marisa Constantinides’ fabulous post on Dr Krashen’s talk here. That was the time I…
