LEARNER’S TOOLKIT v.1
This post is a follow-up to the Teacher’s Toolkit Lite. * * * My initial plan to use the Teacher Toolkit to equip small groups of students with dice and various cards (as part of my Save Trees, Save the…
TEACHER’S TOOLKIT LITE v.1
Every teacher needs a magical carry-all, sort of Mary Poppins’ capacious bag that would contain all ‘necessary’, ‘absolutely necessary’ and ‘could be handy’ teacher stuff and supplies, including ‘an apron, a packet of hairpins, a bottle of scent, a small…
TRUTH OR DARE
Truth, dare, double dare, love, kiss, promise…You may have played and enjoyed this game as a teen. I stumbled upon this version of Truth or Dare shared by from Yulia in her Discover English Teaching group the other day, and I…
BACK TO SCHOOL: 8 Q&A ACTIVITIES
“There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.”— Calvin So long, summer, we’ll miss you. I hope you’ve all recharged your batteries, made unforgettable memories and are excited about your upcoming ‘new year’. Here are my favorite…
SNAIL RACE: REVISION
And the least wonderful time of ‘lucky’ t-shirts, no bath, ‘magic’ pens and vows of silence is just around the corner. I’ve also decided to add some charm into revision classes. Here’s a game you can play with your learners to…
TEACHING *FUN*DAMENTALS
This post is a write-up of my workshop Teaching Fun*damentals: 10 Ways to Add Fun to Learning which I gave at the ELTAM Day held by the Montenegrin English Teachers’ Association on May 5, 2018. A huge thank you to…
5 WEBSITES & TECH TOOLS FOR USERS OF ENGLISH
I often get messages from learners asking various questions related to English. I think their number has tripled since the British Council published my tips for remembering new words in the Voices Magazine (see Ten Ways to Learn New Words as…
STEP BY STEP: WORD PAIRS (GUEST POST)
“Mr Walker will explain the nuts and bolts” “Nuts and bolts! I thought we were talking about marketing French fries!” In this guest post, Daria Vaskova – our fellow English language teacher and teacher trainer – shares with us a few…
CLASS DISCUSSION TECHNIQUES: NO HIDING, NO OVERPOWERING
‘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…
THE NEVER BORING GAME
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…
