After studying descriptive adjectives. I told my students to describe each person in their group by choosing an adjective for each letter of their names. They worked eagerly to find lots of positive adjectives to describe their classmates. Then I decided to write the names on post-it notes and design a simple poster for the…
Starfall itself is an amazing site but if you click on this link, you will be taken to an amazing list of activities and games. All About Me is a fun game on starfall that your young learner will create a character and hear how to say the words. On toytheatre.com you can find games, stories…
Welcome to the 37th ELT Blog Carnival. Many thanks for the colleagues who shared their lessons here and Many thanks to my PLN who spread the news of the carnival when I tweeted or FBed about it. OK, Folks… Let’s begin … Do you hear the merry sounds, songs, giggles of a happy moment from…
Here are some great drama sites for English teachers. Drama in the ESL Classroom is a resource site for EFL, ESL teachers who are interested in using drama in their teaching. The site contains explanations on drama techniques and links to other sites. Classroom Lesson Plans a great sites full of links to very useful…
Today’s learners are way too visual than us. That’s why we tend to decorate our classes with posters, notes, post-it notes, charts, etc. They are so used to seeing everything by googling that if you try to describe it using words they understand nothing. I came across with MapCrunch today and I thought it can…
Welcome to the 33rd ELT carnival. The theme is Using Music and Songs in EFL Classes and today I’m happy to introduce a wonderful album to you. If you are ready grab a cup of coffee (hot or cold), put the record on and enjoy … Here we begin SIDE 1 From Vicky Loras’s Blog by…
image credit #eltpics, @ij64 As a matter of fact I had forgotten this song until I listened to it again at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics and for a while I kept hearing it in my mind and then I realized I can use it in the class as well. When I listened to…
I’d like to share a guided writing activity that I adapted for my classes. Give students a card and ask them to read the instructions. Tell them they are going to invent a story about what happened to the characters on their cards. Give them the pre-prepared questions and ask them to answer the questions…
The Sound of Silence is a very powerful song and although it is from a very remote past for our teens, they love it when they hear. When I do the song in the class, I choose images from the web. Just type ‘silence’ and choose the images you want to use in your lessons….
It’s summer in the northern hemisphere and most of us have started our summer holidays. Yet some of spend their holidays working in the summer schools or summer camps. Here you can find some activities that may help you Need Energy Asking Questions, some fun activities Games, Fillers, Warm-ups Quick Fillers Fun Writing Activities Old…
Wikipedia defines Information graphics or infographics as graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present complex information quickly and clearly. They are great for today’s visual learners. How can infographics be used in language classes? Both teachers and students can create it I think we can make the list longer according to…
You are kindly invited to the next ELL, ESL, ELT carnival. The theme of the 33rd carnival will be Songs in ELT Classrooms. If you want to participate, you can use the easy submission form and send me your blog list or you can contact me from here or twitter (I’m @evab2001) if the form doesn’t work. If you…
