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On the fifth day of Geekmas, some blogger gave to me: FIVE FAVOURITE THINGS Welcome to the teflgeek Christmas celebration! Themed around the classic Christmas carol – but going backwards, mostly because it’s more like a countdown that way: 12 blogs worth Read More...
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One of the contributors to the debate on student fees in UK universities raised an interesting point the other week. Roger Moss, in breaking down the fees students pay when compared to what they get, calculated that they paid approximately £92 per seminar. Read More...
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I’m not a great fan of “festivals” teaching in general, but this year my timetable has more young learner classes than usual and halloween is almost upon us, so here’s what I managed to find to help you cook up some devilish lessons for your learners… Read More...
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A nice cross-curricular site for all those teachers with budding Cristiano Ronaldos in their classrooms! But with plenty for those of us who love the game but are never going to make it on the pitch! Premier Skills English is a collaboration between the Read More...
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This was the question posed the other week on my MA discussion boards: ”Based on your teaching experience, write down the criteria you think are essential for language learning.” And it’s a good question. In many respects the ultimate teaching question Read More...
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Richard Byrne at Free Technology for Teachers has this excellent post: 77 Educational Games and Game Builders . If you’re involved in teaching – you need to read his post! Highlights I took away from it were: Grammar Ninja – a fun game for practicing Read More...
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The Voxy Blog has an interesting infographic for teaching and teacher development, examining the question: “ Are Flashcards an Effective Learning Tool?” . I suspect most YL teachers (especially those at Primary level) are thinking “well duh” at this point. Read More...
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If you’ve had time to look at recent posts on this blog, you’ll have noticed a series of “first lesson” ideas and activities… after all, it’s September, we’ve all got “back-to-school-itis”! Stepping back from the plethora of great teaching ideas to fill Read More...
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While visiting the UK over the summer, I was introduced to a relatively new BBC Game show – “ Pointless “, in which contestants try to score as few points as possible. Or as the BBC phrase it: ”Quiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible Read More...
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Back in July I posted a selections of 20 ideas and activities that might be worth trying out as you get to know your new classes this school year – and since then there’ve been a couple of additional ideas to throw into the mix: First Lesson Ideas / Warmers Read More...
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I spotted this one on a post on the TeachingEnglish | British Council facebook page – who in turn spotted it on the Voxy Blog . The infographic below comes out of the work of Mark Prensky and his concepts of Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants – and Read More...
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A very quick alternative to the standard composition task “What I did on my Summer holidays”. Essentially, you ask the learners to write the composition (100 words? I guess length will be age & level dependent) about somebody else in the class. I think Read More...
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The two year old comes “running” into the living room brandishing a blue vaguely whale shaped bath toy that has somehow been liberated from it’s rightful home. She toddles up to her father and thrusts it up at him: “Daddy! Lemon.” “No darling, it’s a Read More...
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This is an alternative approach to the inevitable “what did you do on your holidays” conversation. Many first lesson activities and ideas are based on the premise that nobody knows anybody else but often the students in your classes have come up through Read More...
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This is a post aimed more at those who live in countries where the risk of wild fires / forest fires is a regular hazard. This is certainly the case where I live – wildfires are a frequent cause of much devastation and trauma, what always fazes me is Read More...
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