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Once in a while I read something and I find myself thinking, "Now, why didn't I think of that?". Well, Richard Gresswell had such an idea. He started a blog, called it ELTBITES, and challenged us:
"Describe an activity that requires no more than the teacher, Read More...
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This is a good an excuse as any to listen to a good song, and, at the same time, be reminded of the suffering the great nation had to endure earlier this year. Why not use this video as a springboard for a class discussion on natural disasters, for example? Read More...
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Many students have trouble understanding the difference between must and have to, and it's really hardly surprising.
Before we get into that, I'd like to say, first, that we can use have to and have got to without any difference in meaning. The difference Read More...
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There are two forms of 'used to'.
When we talk about past habits and states, especially when they are no longer true, used to is followed by a verb in the infinitive form and always refers to the past.
When we want to convey the meaning of 'accustomed Read More...
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I was surprised, to say the least, to see this on Twitter yesterday. I immediately responded with this tweet. The apostrophe 's to denote possession is also known as 'Saxon genitive', which originated from Anglo-Saxon, also known as Old English. The fact Read More...
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This is indeed a sad day for many, and whether you're an Apple fan or not, I'm sure it must have affected you. There's nothing I can add to what has been said before, and what is still being said now, so I'll let Steve speaks for himself. Read More...
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I recently responded to a blog challenge by a video recording of myself - you can see it by clicking here. Most EFL teachers are probably aware of the activity where students are asked to say some things about themselves, and the others are to guess if Read More...
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This challenge has been suggested by Anne & Brad.
Although there are many personal photos in my collection that I can choose, I decided on these two, which weren't taken by me. And that's all I'm going to say about them!
What can you say? Add your comments Read More...
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Most learners very quickly grasp the concept of the difference between adjectives ending in -ed and those ending in -ing. They would have been told that adjectives ending with -ed describe our feelings and those ending with -ing describe what cause the Read More...
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I was asked this recently: What is the difference between "used to" and "would"? Let's take a closer look at this. When we talk about repeated actions or events in the past, especially when they no longer happen, we can use "used to": I used to bang the Read More...
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I've always loved this song (written by Jagger/Richards, and released on the Stones' Let It Bleed album towards the end of 1969), and, as you probably already know, I'm very fond of Playing for Change, too. They are good enough reasons for me to link Read More...
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You can tag the dog, but can you wag the question? Watch these two hilarious videos, and my question may become a little clearer. Reading Idioms Part 12 may also help.UK version:US version:The main issue, as you've probably noticed, is that of question Read More...
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Read my analysis of emergent language based on lessons using the above image in my guest post for Barbara Sakamoto's Teaching Village. Thanks, Barb, for the invite.
Related posts:
Speaking lesson using close-up imagesPhotos + Mindmap = Ideas on a silver Read More...
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Some of you may already know that we have a Twitter "group" which goes by the hashtag #eltpics, and each week we have a 'theme', this week's being Every Picture Tells a Story. These pictures here form part of my contribution to this theme. If you would Read More...
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Image by Kylie Barker
This is my response to Sandy Millin's challenge for the 3000th ELTPics Image: What would you do with this picture in your classroom?
Those of you who had been following the last few posts would have seen my digital mind maps done Read More...
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