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...
28 July, 2019
Let´s look at how we can introduce soft skills into our English lessons.
28 July, 2019
Are there any OTHER end of the year activities, besides the traditional tea-party?! Or to use an ancient formula, is there life on Mars?
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
3 May, 2019
Teaching tolerance and mutual respect!
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...
19 February, 2019
An educated person today is one who knows how and where to find the necessary information.
12 February, 2019
Project Based Learning should be, from my point of view, the right path to follow in our education. But before making a 360 degree turn in...
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...
21 January, 2019
Sometimes our students show an unexpected interest in a topic that we mention. We have to make the most of that sudden sparkle of ...
20 January, 2019
One of the things I love when I teach is improvising. Don't get me wrong; I always prepare a lesson plan. But most of the times I don't...
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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...
28 July, 2019
Let´s look at how we can introduce soft skills into our English lessons.
28 July, 2019
Are there any OTHER end of the year activities, besides the traditional tea-party?! Or to use an ancient formula, is there life on Mars?
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
3 May, 2019
Teaching tolerance and mutual respect!
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...
19 February, 2019
An educated person today is one who knows how and where to find the necessary information.
12 February, 2019
Project Based Learning should be, from my point of view, the right path to follow in our education. But before making a 360 degree turn in...
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...
21 January, 2019
Sometimes our students show an unexpected interest in a topic that we mention. We have to make the most of that sudden sparkle of ...
20 January, 2019
One of the things I love when I teach is improvising. Don't get me wrong; I always prepare a lesson plan. But most of the times I don't...
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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...
6 June, 2008
Hello everyone, I've just posted a longish response to Jorgelina from Argentina about TBA and Young Learners at the end of my...
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...
25 August, 2010
We give the comprehension questions at the end of the lesson to elicit answers from the students.
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...
29 May, 2010
This activity was inspired by a wonderful company called Music and Muffins that creates animated music videos using simple drawings.
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...
24 January, 2010
This post is a further exploration on my post about teaching English through controversial topics.
21 May, 2018
Speaking in English is something that many students find stressful or anxiety provoking.
12 December, 2008
Mario in one of his contributions last month, queried the value of textbook comprehension questions.
4 November, 2008
Tell your students you are going to give them the name of an animal and then give them 15 seconds silent time.
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.
6 January, 2015
It’s already way past Christmas for those who celebrate it in December, and even past New Year’s Eve.
12 February, 2019
Project Based Learning should be, from my point of view, the right path to follow in our education. But before making a 360 degree turn in...
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.
27 November, 2008
Dear Everybody, under STORY-TELLING I also include drawing stories from the students.
19 October, 2008
One of the three 'legs' of culture is 'cultural knowledge.'
31 October, 2008
Finally, Sandra in Latvia brings us back to the IH Business Cultural Trainers Certificate and how you market yourself as a business...
1 October, 2008
Make culture real.
1 October, 2008
John Mole, author of a very good cross-cultural book on the EU called 'Mind your Manners', said 'Any time something amuses...
5 October, 2008
Do you teach cross-cultural awareness or inter-cultural communication?
8 October, 2008
This is an activity designed by Ben Hammond at International House, London, who teaches Contemporary British Culture.
9 October, 2008
How do you guard against stereotyping other cultures?
10 October, 2008
Body language is an important aspect of intercultural communication and using video allows you to observe the body language in action.
14 October, 2008
This is partly an answer to DIM's blog where she said she had taught some idioms to her group, who then came back with some completely...