‘Split into small teams and discuss …’ Why won’t they discuss? There might be a whole lot of reasons for that: I don’t know enough words. I’m worried about my grammar. I’m worried about my pronunciation. I’m not interested in…
Board Games to Learn English Did you know that Parker Brothers prints 30 times more Monopoly money every year than the United States prints real money? Shock horror. Has anyone counted the number of game boards and worksheets printed out by teachers…
One of the most effective ways to teach phrasal verbs (or any other new words) is to get your learners to talk about themselves and use respective phrasal verbs. This is a vocabulary game originally designed for learners of business…
Worlds behind Words: Poetry in the Classroom Here’s a little test for you. One of these two aliens is a ‘kiki’, and the other one is a ‘bouba’. Which is which? Have you picked ‘kiki’ for the left alien and…
#LiveningUpTheProcessChallenge Some time ago I was asked on Twitter to share a set of realia or objects I like to bring to teacher training sessions (see Zhenya’s blog here and Hana’s blog here and Lina’s blog here). So what you’re…
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh what fun it is to pun on a lovely Christmas day! Christmas is on the way – bloggers have activated snow falling plugins, written yearly reviews and kindly shared an array…
Sometimes the short poems are the hardest to write, change one word and the whole poem avocados. – Atticus Creating your own logic puzzle is no different. Forget one word, and your puzzle turns into the next Sphinx’s riddle. HOW…
Are you looking for ways to build your teaching around job-specific authentic business letters? Try the following seven activities that might help create more meaningful learning experiences and target real needs of your learners. Low-prep; all you need is a…
ELT-cation is turning 3 years old this month. And that takes the cake. Or a new post. Last year I posted a few games to celebrate the occasion (see Play & Learn Games); this year I’ve decided to throw a…
Here’s a riddle for you: “How many words is a wordless video actually worth?” According to Dr. James McQuivey’s ‘equation’, if a picture is worth a thousand words, then a one-minute video has to be worth exactly 1.8 million words. 1…
