1 WORKSHEET – 10 GAMES
10 Ways to Gamify Drilling Activities: Make Drilling More Meaningful and Fun All you need is a sheet of paper. * * * This post shows how the use of game mechanics can help a teacher design better drilling activities and…
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ART IN THE CLASSROOM: THE TOPSY-TURVY WORLD
“Art is all around us”. My today’s post is a lesson plan built around Netherlandish Proverbs (Nederlandse Spreekwoorden), a 1559 painting with literal illustrations of 200 Dutch proverbs and idioms by the Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, offering an engaging way of…
SPELLING MATTERS
English spelling might seem very illogical but it can be learnt through tough thorough thought, though. Only about 12% of words in English are spelt the way they sound. With 26 letters, there are around 44 sounds (this is not precise…
CRAFTY TEACHING: POCKET STUDY TOOL
‘In crafting there are no mistakes, just unique creations.’ This is yet another post in my DIY or how-to-turn-a-carrot-into-a-clarinet series (See CREATIVE LOW-COST TEACHING/LEARNING AIDS to learn how to make low-cost flip cards, small books, vocabulary organizers, puppets and game fields out…
THE WIND OF CHANGE
Vocabulary Activities: New English Words A wug lives in a house. What would you call a house that a wug lives in? Like everything else in nature, language is a work in progress. According to the Global Language Monitor, currently there is…
ALL IN ONE: VOCABULARY ORGANIZER/FLASH CARD MAKER
The other day I came across this post by Pete from ELT-Planning describing the Frayer model (a 4-square graphic organizer) as a vocabulary development tool and offering an interesting expansion to this model, which definitely makes it more worthwhile for learners.…
THE SECRET KEEPER GAME: HOW TO SPILL THE BEANS
Fun Speaking Games for Language Learners: The Secret Keeper They say that applicants for membership in secret societies in ancient Greece were voted upon by having the existing members drop beans into a pottery jar. Those who approved of the…
GAMES OF IMAGINATION
Vocabulary Activities: Drawing with Words Imaginist – a person who has a lively or creative imagination. Wiktionary Take a look at the photo below. What do you see? Do you see a human body? Surprising as it may seem, it…
WHEN EMOTIONS FIND THEIR WORDS
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. Robert Frost Poetry is timeless. Poetry is on the timelines. It isn’t the first time the numerous “finest people on Planet Earth” aka English teachers…
IDIOMS IN CLOSE-UP
One Reddit user recently discovered a miniature world inside an old bottle while cleaning their yard. The long neck of the bottle creates the impression that you’re peering into an amazing world. Image credit: photograph by kidgalaxy on reddit At times,…
