Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise — George Gershwin Gershwin was right. Sometimes in the classroom, you just improvise — and magic happens. A Classroom Activity Where You Just Improvise Sometimes my mind doesn’t allow me to enjoy the moment. Last week a group of actors from a drama club…
This week we, teachers on blogosphere, have a homework assigned by Darren Elliot. I really like this idea as Mike Harrison said ‘We need a project to uncover all these hidden gems’ The good thing about this project and It’s worth taking a look at this blog is we have a chance to examine the blogs…
In the session, I talked about why we should use songs in EFL classes. Music is everywhere in our lives. We listen to songs when we are happy, angry, sad or when we need inspiration or when we want to relax. We go out of our homes with our songs, we travel with them, we wait…
image http://www.flickr.com/photos/chitran365/4290748046/ I’ve been experiencing wonderful things recently. First, my friend Janet Bianchini tagged my blog as a blog which is worth reading. It was fabulous. I was thrilled. When I started blogging in September, I wasn’t sure what to write. However, when days passed and when I realised my posts were being read, I just wanted…
Since I started blogging, many things have changed in my life. Although my blog is too young and don’t receive many visitors I still have regular readers. The best thing about blogging starts here. I started to have real conversations with my friends. I get support from them and I get help whenever I need….
I’ve been thinking about this for a while. What not to bring to class in May? Mother’s Day? It’s difficult Some kids are not as lucky as others. Some homes are not as comfortable and cosy as the others. My daughter came home today and said how much she missed me when the teacher taught…
1. STORIES Students listen to a piece of music. Preferably something in an other language or instrumental. While listening, they just write the words that go with the melody. After listening, ask what they have listed. A student writes all the words on the board. Then they write a paragraph with the words on the board….
Sometimes you can set unusual tasks that challenge thinking. Set time limit and tell your students to describe Some ideas Create a 5th season and describe it. Create a country and describe it. Create a new era and describe it. Create an other planet where people can live. Imagine a day is 36 hours. Describe the typical…
Flashcards were the most important visuals of EFL classrooms, and they are now widely available online. You can find great sites here and here. You can always create your own material so you can create your flashcards by cutting up magazine pictures or writing the words and definitions on the cards or you can use…
I really love ‘Go and Open the Door‘ by Miroslav Holub and when I come across with it in Creative Poetry Writing with a great activity and as we were doing conditionals, even if, as long as and some other conjunctions I wanted to do the activity with my students. I’ll quickly summarize it. Tell your students…
This is an activity I did with one of my classes last week. Choose a soundtrack of a movie (preferably an instrumental piece) Tell them that piece of music is from a movie Ask the students to relax and listen to the music When the music is finished tell them they are going to…
I’m linked to this challenge by Janet Bianchini. I’m so honoured that she listed my blog as one of the blogs which is worth keeping an eye on. Here is her list, full of my favourites but I have to list ten different blogs so here is mine: Teacher Reboot Camp Kalinago English Classrooms on the…
