Years ago, I used to use an activity I shared on my blog called Get into groups according to…. It was always a hit because it got students moving, talking, and reflecting on themselves and it was a great language practice. This week, our course flow included personality adjectives, so I decided to adapt that…
“While I was watching a movie, the electricity went out.” How many times have we seen this sentence in grammar books? It’s a classic for teaching past continuous and past simple. I don’t even know how many times I’ve used it without even thinking—or said things like “Take an umbrella in case it rains” or…
Grammar can be boring when you just ask the students to do drills, gap-fills or rewriting activities. That’s why challenging students with fun grammar activities could help them produce better. This activity combines logic, storytelling, and collaboration in a fun challenge that will get the learners thinking and speaking in conditionals. What’s the idea? Here…
When teaching grammar, context is everything. We want our students to see language as a tool for communication, not just a set of rules to memorize. That’s why presenting grammar within a meaningful context—through a reading or listening exercise, a short video, or a real-life situation—helps students connect form and function. However, I often notice…
Over the years, I’ve found that effective teaching in ELT is all about clear communication, fostering engagement, and managing lessons efficiently. Implementing the following strategies has helped me create a more interactive and dynamic learning environment that benefits my students. Using Whiteboards Effectively The whiteboard is an invaluable classroom tool. I use it to display…
In today’s reading class, we worked on an article about art. I started the lesson with a few warm-up questions: What is art? What do you think about art? The students had some interesting ideas, and their answers set the stage for what turned out to be a really creative session. We moved on…
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Engaging students with creative writing activities helps reinforce grammar in an enjoyable way. Here’s a lesson idea that can be used to revise relative clauses. Activity: A Letter to My Future Self Objective: To practice relative clauses by writing a reflective and imaginative letter. Explain to students that they will be writing a letter to…
Diffit is an amazing tool. It saves teachers time by helping them create personalized resources that are just right for each student’s needs. With Diffit, teachers have the flexibility to create their own resources or use articles and videos from the internet to generate exercises. ( it also provides sources from the internet that you…
While playing with ChatGPT, I tried writing a story with it. I wrote the first sentence and then I told it to add its sentence to continue the story logically. I told ChatGPT that it can only add one sentence at a time. It was really interesting to see how the story was going….
