Where do ideas come from? 1. Ideas don’t come from watching television. Seth Godin Unless you are a language teacher. This source of inspiration has never failed me, not once. The best part of it is that new (or not…
One of the first posts on this blog was GOING GRAPHIC: 4 SQUARES FOR BETTER SPEAKING. It described how to help learners organize what they say into a coherent speech using the Four Square Method. At that time, the only…
– Let’s try this ‘Hottest EdTech Tool According to xxx’! – How’s it different from our worksheet? – It has this really cool animation with a moo sound. – No. This is the first post in a series on My…
There are two categories of ELT bloggers: a) those who give clear and straightforward headlines for their blog posts (e.g. Think You Know Irregular Verbs? Think Again); b) those who try to come up with some attention-grabbing headlines (e.g. Why…
So, does money equal time? Here’s one of my most favourite language brain teasers ever (see my TOP 10 of TOP 100 language brain teasers that work in the classroom and get students to think about the subtleties and nuances…
Hello, World! This blog has been super quiet for a while but I am back. Back with new skills, new ideas and my very own domain to gather all the resources I have in one place, and to finally try…
“I came, I saw, I ate.” – The Story of a Modern Tourist Are you looking for a creative project idea? Here’s a yummy project for your students that will have them do some research and describe the taste of their country.…
Last summer I took the plunge and dived in the world of AI, Python and Java-based app developers to see what potential AI and coding might have for teaching and learning foreign languages and, well, learn something new. This resulted…
Worldess Videos for ELT-2 Here’s my second post in the series Silence is Golden, Duct Tape is Silver aka Wordless Videos for ELT sharing more wordless videos that are short (about 2-4 minutes), highly engaging, and appropriate for learners of all levels. Wordless…
Before the conference: print off the bingo card and check the key buzzwords. How to play: Say ‘Aha!’ every time you cross out an item unless instructed otherwise. To announce that you’ve won, yell ‘Bingo!’ loud enough for the speaker to hear.…