Teenagers can be notoriously difficult to motivate. Yes, that's true. Instead of playing the blame-game and figuring out who is to blame...
24 November, 2019
Give teens an opportunity to talk (preferably about themselves), use digital technology and make choices and motivation is suddenly not so...
23 November, 2019
When you prepare a lesson at home, everything seems wonderful, but then you enter your classroom it can be a different story.
25 August, 2019
21st century skills are a real buzz-word. Let's see how we can make those easily form part of our lessons.
25 August, 2019
'The purpose of critical thinking is rethinking: that is, reviewing, evaluating, and revising thought.' Jon Stratton
3 August, 2019
My top five end-of-year activities: Celebrating the end of a journey and the beginning of a new one!
I often tell my students that last lessons should be like first lessons as the beginning and end of year represent for me the two sides of...
27 June, 2019
Can we really spin the globe and jump in into the unknown in our classroom? Or has the administrative part of our job won and silenced our...
26 June, 2019
The teacher is indispensable to ELT!
22 June, 2019
20 years in folk ensemble finally paid off! I introduced to my students traditional Russian traditional game as well as the fortune-telling...
17 June, 2019
Your students will enjoy producing their own cartoon videos, with the possibility of adding their own voice or some music. They will adore...
14 June, 2019
Promoting autonomous learning outside classroom to focus on learning goals
12 June, 2019
Celebrations and language teaching – does it match?
Usually when you are in the classroom, you don’t have the time to organize parties or...
9 June, 2019
A Festival based theme for a lesson.
28 May, 2019
Teaching is communicating; Teaching is sharing; teaching is upgrading and updating.
24 May, 2019
Flipgrid is a free digital platform on which your students can upload videos privately in order to share them with the rest of their...
22 May, 2019
How can we prepare students for a shrinking world, while teaching them language?
11 May, 2019
One-click translations for promoting learner autonomy
10 May, 2019
Originated from comics, and possessing the natural attraction provided by the combination of arts, the graphic novel has survived and...
8 May, 2019
I am an English teacher and the suggestions I share here come from my classroom practice
23 April, 2019
A lesson plan gives the teacher not only a road map – a beginning, middle and an end – but also freedom to think out of the box and be...
31 March, 2019
Enjoy EFL sessions - Relax during the process!
22 March, 2019
Planning a broad outline for a sequence of lessons may be highly motivational!
9 March, 2019
Every student needs to feel included in your classroom, and gesturing is the great equalizer. I model it, we do it together, and students...
9 February, 2019
Projects are a great way to develop language and other essential skills, however we need to give students a bit more than an "Off we go...
25 January, 2019
Teaching a language is not just a question of linguistic skills, culture also has a role to play. And we can say that both, language and...
22 January, 2019
There are often times in a lesson when an unplanned opportunity for learning - language or otherwise - arises. Think of a time this has...
17 January, 2019
Bridging the generation gap by bridging the digital divide.
10 December, 2018
One has to keep in mind that skills such as Creativity and Imagination, Collaboration, Critical thinking, Citizenship, Student Leadership...
2 December, 2018
What is critical thinking? Dr. Richard Paul defines it as, ‘the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it.’
30 November, 2018
The best way to teach creativity is to set a good example
Pages
10 December, 2019
Teenagers can be notoriously difficult to motivate. Yes, that's true. Instead of playing the blame-game and figuring out who is to blame...
24 November, 2019
Give teens an opportunity to talk (preferably about themselves), use digital technology and make choices and motivation is suddenly not so...
23 November, 2019
When you prepare a lesson at home, everything seems wonderful, but then you enter your classroom it can be a different story.
25 August, 2019
21st century skills are a real buzz-word. Let's see how we can make those easily form part of our lessons.
25 August, 2019
'The purpose of critical thinking is rethinking: that is, reviewing, evaluating, and revising thought.' Jon Stratton
3 August, 2019
My top five end-of-year activities: Celebrating the end of a journey and the beginning of a new one!
I often tell my students that last lessons should be like first lessons as the beginning and end of year represent for me the two sides of...
27 June, 2019
Can we really spin the globe and jump in into the unknown in our classroom? Or has the administrative part of our job won and silenced our...
26 June, 2019
The teacher is indispensable to ELT!
22 June, 2019
20 years in folk ensemble finally paid off! I introduced to my students traditional Russian traditional game as well as the fortune-telling...
17 June, 2019
Your students will enjoy producing their own cartoon videos, with the possibility of adding their own voice or some music. They will adore...
14 June, 2019
Promoting autonomous learning outside classroom to focus on learning goals
12 June, 2019
Celebrations and language teaching – does it match?
Usually when you are in the classroom, you don’t have the time to organize parties or...
9 June, 2019
A Festival based theme for a lesson.
28 May, 2019
Teaching is communicating; Teaching is sharing; teaching is upgrading and updating.
24 May, 2019
Flipgrid is a free digital platform on which your students can upload videos privately in order to share them with the rest of their...
22 May, 2019
How can we prepare students for a shrinking world, while teaching them language?
11 May, 2019
One-click translations for promoting learner autonomy
10 May, 2019
Originated from comics, and possessing the natural attraction provided by the combination of arts, the graphic novel has survived and...
8 May, 2019
I am an English teacher and the suggestions I share here come from my classroom practice
23 April, 2019
A lesson plan gives the teacher not only a road map – a beginning, middle and an end – but also freedom to think out of the box and be...
31 March, 2019
Enjoy EFL sessions - Relax during the process!
22 March, 2019
Planning a broad outline for a sequence of lessons may be highly motivational!
9 March, 2019
Every student needs to feel included in your classroom, and gesturing is the great equalizer. I model it, we do it together, and students...
9 February, 2019
Projects are a great way to develop language and other essential skills, however we need to give students a bit more than an "Off we go...
25 January, 2019
Teaching a language is not just a question of linguistic skills, culture also has a role to play. And we can say that both, language and...
22 January, 2019
There are often times in a lesson when an unplanned opportunity for learning - language or otherwise - arises. Think of a time this has...
17 January, 2019
Bridging the generation gap by bridging the digital divide.
10 December, 2018
One has to keep in mind that skills such as Creativity and Imagination, Collaboration, Critical thinking, Citizenship, Student Leadership...
2 December, 2018
What is critical thinking? Dr. Richard Paul defines it as, ‘the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it.’
30 November, 2018
The best way to teach creativity is to set a good example
Pages
11 July, 2018
Keeping the needs and aspirations of the learners in view, the curriculum designers frame the syllabus for a given subject which eventually...
28 May, 2019
Teaching is communicating; Teaching is sharing; teaching is upgrading and updating.
24 November, 2017
There is a great variety of pedagogical applications of mobile technology in ELT. I would like to share a practical example to integrate...
28 July, 2016
One of most well-known management philosophies in recent years has been Google's "20% time". This post is about an attempt to implement 20...
10 March, 2018
In this article, which I decided to write in a “5-ways -to-do-things” style again, I would like to share my thoughts and ideas on how to...
4 December, 2009
This is a lesson plan entitled 'Role Models,' that I have been using with my students, it always works well and lasts the full hour.
21 May, 2018
Speaking in English is something that many students find stressful or anxiety provoking.
23 November, 2019
When you prepare a lesson at home, everything seems wonderful, but then you enter your classroom it can be a different story.
20 January, 2014
This is an activity which works at pretty much any level from Pre-Intermediate upwards.
20 January, 2014
One of my favourite lessons to do, either with new or established students is one that is called ‘Lost’, I don’t suppose that this is...
17 November, 2015
Integrating digital technology in the language classroom may be at times frustrating and challenging.
15 July, 2016
A great speaking activity which requires no resources and will help your learners build the skills they need to maintain a conversation.
17 January, 2019
Bridging the generation gap by bridging the digital divide.
9 December, 2016
One thing the world of ELT doesn’t seem to be lacking is materials.
17 April, 2018
This post talks about how a teacher can capitalise on the differences students bring into the classroom
22 May, 2019
How can we prepare students for a shrinking world, while teaching them language?
28 February, 2015
This is one of my favourite ways in to using poetry in the classroom.
27 June, 2019
Can we really spin the globe and jump in into the unknown in our classroom? Or has the administrative part of our job won and silenced our...
2 December, 2018
What is critical thinking? Dr. Richard Paul defines it as, ‘the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it.’
25 August, 2019
'The purpose of critical thinking is rethinking: that is, reviewing, evaluating, and revising thought.' Jon Stratton
5 March, 2015
If you are reading this post, then the blackout has finally ended.
6 January, 2015
Just like that another year has passed and I find myself missing the deadline for festive posts not just by a day or two but having spilled...
29 September, 2014
Starting this academic year in a new teaching role at a new school gave me plenty of time to stop and consider that opening ‘get to know...
30 October, 2015
‘Gamification’ is a term that has indeed been around for a few years now. Yet, like many terms and buzzwords it seems to mean different...
17 November, 2015
One of Gavin Dudeney’s recent articles on this site explores the ideas of digital literacies and emphasises the importance of incorporating...
31 March, 2019
Enjoy EFL sessions - Relax during the process!
9 June, 2019
A Festival based theme for a lesson.
13 January, 2014
My favourite activity is the See-Think-Wonder thinking routine from the Visible Thinking Programme (Harvard University-Project Zero).
23 November, 2017
Many school districts and/or schools have adopted textbooks of varying quality as part of the curriculum for ELLs.