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  • efl | lesson plans | The Game

    The Game ~ A Movie Lesson

    Byevasimkesyan May 26, 2013

    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…

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  • links | literature | reading | The Great Gatsby | web 2.0 tools

    “The Great Gatsby” Class Resources

    Byevasimkesyan May 22, 2013

    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…

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  • Comenius Project | efl | projects

    Can Comenius Change A Thing? The Last Stop…

    Byevasimkesyan May 20, 2013

        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…

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  • conferences | Istek ELT 2013

    ISTEK ELT Chronicles, Year 3

    Byevasimkesyan May 8, 2013

    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…

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  • activities | conferences | Istek ELT 2013

    ISTEK ELT 2013, Ideas for Monday

    Byevasimkesyan May 6, 2013

    [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/  

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  • e-safety

    Surfing Safe on the Net

    Byevasimkesyan April 5, 2013

    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…

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  • links | music | web 2.0 tools

    Ideas for Monday: Jazzing Up the Class With Music – TESOL Greece Webinar

    Byevasimkesyan March 23, 2013

    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…

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  • conferences | Story Sharing Web Conference | storytelling

    Last minute preparations for #sswebcon

    Byevasimkesyan February 8, 2013

    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…

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  • fun activities | music

    Can you guess the song?

    Byevasimkesyan February 6, 2013

    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…

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  • activities | blog challenge | efl | fun activities | reading

    Reading Games for Readers, Novels or Short Stories

    Byevasimkesyan February 1, 2013

    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…

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