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…
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 To introduce the writer of a novel or a story….
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…
I’ve decided to prepare song lessons that I can use in class. I’m planning to share them regularly. If you love using songs in the class, please visit the blog for a new song lesson every week. I will also be very happy to hear your ideas. A new song lesson https://www.box.com/embed/0mzx9s6hu98lcns.swf
Have you come across this hilarious site.? “Every day, write a letter that will never be sent to a person who does or does not exist, or to a number of people who do or do not exist.” The sentence I copied and pasted from Language is a Virus is a writing task. Isn’t…
5 Minute English is a site designed to give the learners short and easy explanations and exercises. The learners can have a quick look at grammar, reading, listening, vocabulary and idioms. They can also find answers to questions that can be confusing for other learners. This is under the Question and Answer section….
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…
I know I am a bit late for the following lesson ideas but for a while I’ve been a bit reluctant to write anything. I hope I will keep my blog alive in 2013 … Now here I go … A lesson for the next Christmas…
It’s not my habit to write about my personal life on this blog. However, this is an exception. This year we decided to spend our holiday on Bozcaada (Tenedos), which was on our “places to see” list for more than a decade. Our friends who had been there told us that there was not much…
One of my favourite writers for the ‘Reading Class’ is Roald Dahl. I’ve been using his short stories for almost a decade and the students have always loved them. I just came across with this pdf http://www.msad54.org/district/literacyspecialist/pdf/blooms.pdf But you can also get more ideas for using Bloom’s taxonomy in reading classes which I find…
