Following up on the fascinating post by Tekhnologic providing an interesting insight into the use of the PechaKucha presentation style in a low-tech classroom It’s Time for PechaKucha: Do it with Style, I’ve put together 7 ideas for PechaKucha style classroom activities*. ‘You…
Fun brain teasers for language learners I’ve just added two more language brain teasers to my Top 10 of Top 100 brain teasers that work in the classroom and get learners to think about the subtleties of the language. They…
Are you wondering how to make a personality quiz for your learners? This blog post walks you through every step of creating a personality quiz that will be fit for purpose and not cost a thing. Why make and use…
Tomorrow is April 1, and that means only one thing – it’s time to let your inner prankster out! My April Fool’s Day Pranks for 2022: There’s Nothing Like Home-Grown Spaghetti Picked Fresh from the Tree Follow the steps in…
“Halloween is in the air, the moon is full, beware beware!” Halloween is most definitely in the air. I got quite a lot of positive feedback on my recent Music Idioms Gallery Walk so I decided to explore a bit further…
“Wise men speak when they have something to say. Fools speak because they have to say something.” — Plato Reluctant speakers try to avoid speaking both when they have something to say and have to say something. — Every Classroom…
“Think, think, think.” – Winnie the Pooh Winnie the Pooh turns 95 years young this October, so I thought it would be a good idea to play one of ONE-SENTENCE GAMES to celebrate Winnie the Pooh’s anniversary. Here’s a 5-minute…
I’ve recently shared quite a number of digital *homemade materials for learners, including some games, mini-courses, graphic organizers, and more. But why create your own e-learning materials from scratch when there are so many tech tools and quiz makers and…
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…
