WHAT DO YOUR FLIMBIES SAY ABOUT THAT?
“A bebble from the next torplet came up to the fence around their hucklid and pabt, ‘This is a very swilish tublem’… What do your flimbies say about that?” They smile at you, you smile back. For now, a smile…
Svetlana Kandybovich
LEVEL UP: GAMIFICATION FOR TEST PREPARATION
This blog post is a summary of the talk Raising Scores: Gamification Activities for Test Preparation Teachers given by Christien Lee, the author of the new Tactics for TOEFL iBT book available from Oxford University Press, at the IATEFL Conference…
JUST GOOGLE IT
Image credit: Chris Pirillo, Creative Commons Google-Based Games and Activities Whether we like it or not, we are no longer a comprehensive ‘know-it-all’ repository of knowledge in the classroom. Everything we know and more is readily available via smartphone, and students…
4 SQUARES FOR BETTER SPEAKING
Teaching speaking Silentium est aurum (“silence is golden”). Or is it? If we google “teaching speaking in English”, we’ll get over 66,300,000 search results with numerous tips, fabulous games or tricks how to get learners speaking – all pointing out…
YOU DON’T FOOL ME
Humor makes the world go round, and All Fools’ Day gives us a nice chance to exercise it playing practical jokes and hoaxes. This set of activities may give a good chuckle to both you and your students. There’s Nothing…
Let’s Go Physical
They Shall enter the School room quietly, make a bow on entrance. Shall take their seat & keep the same till noon & the seat that they choose afternoon they shall keep till evening. There Shall be no whispering, laughing,…
20 Ideas for PechaKucha in the Classroom
1. Classical PechaKucha Ask each student to prepare a PechaKucha presentation keeping to the format of 20 x 20. 2. PechaKucha variations Ask students to prepare one PechaKucha presentation per class – one slide per one student, or 3. Have…
It’s Time for PechaKucha: Do it with Style
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” Michael Altshuler A 60-year-old woman was arrested after exceeding her allotted three minutes of speaking time at a California city council meeting. She had the whole 3…
Is it Teachable?
Words with the Suffix ‘-able’: Lesson Plan The ability to use suffixes changing a word from one word class to another is what makes our vocabulary flexible and dynamic. It allows us to play around with words and create new…
Manners Matter: ‘Move Fast and Break Things’
Manners Maketh Man: Lesson Plan This lesson plan (suitable for intermediate to upper-intermediate levels) is designed around a brilliant short film about Facebook manners. Students discuss new vocabulary and evolving uses of words related to Facebook and social media, give…
