Activities September 28, 2010 The Auction (by Marco Brazil) It is normally a public sale at which items are sold to the person offering to pay the highest price. However, this reinvention of auction for EFL classrooms doesn’t have any items up for... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities July 23, 2010 Palayok: Reinvention of a Traditional Game for EFL Classrooms (by Marco Brazil) Cultural Background Ask any Filipinos about Pukpuk Palayok or Hampas Palayok, and chances are they played it or saw it played at least once during their childhoods. The game is so immensely popular that... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities July 8, 2010 The Star Festival: Teaching Tanabata in English Part of the series: EFL Makeovers July 7th is Tanabata, or the Star Festival, in Japan. Legend says that Orihime (a weaver, represented by the star Vega) and Hikoboshi (a cowherd, represented by the... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities June 21, 2010 Animal Magic with Young Learners (by Leahn Stanhope) I was initially very flattered when Barbara asked me to write a guest post, then my happy feeling turned to mild panic. Finally I just decided to write so here we are. This post... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities June 19, 2010 A socializing game: Driver’s seat (by Anne Hodgson) A few weeks ago I was teaching a group of personal and team assistants (PAs) I hadn’t met before how to assist international teams. This group didn’t need to go over critical incidents they’d... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities / Technology for Teaching and Learning June 9, 2010 Digital Digits: Creative Ideas for Finger Plays (by Shelly Sanchez Terrell) I teach students between the ages of two- and six-years-old. When you teach young learners you discover how much they love finger plays. The children memorize the English quickly and are able to repeat... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities / Teacher created materials May 29, 2010 Siklot: Reinvention of a Traditional Game for EFL Classrooms (by Marco Brazil) “Flick a card. Flick a card. Start the game, And let’s have fun!” Siklot: Cultural background Siklot is one of the most popular traditional games in the Philippines. The game is usually played by... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities May 27, 2010 More Than Five Things to do with LEGO® in the EFL Classroom Part 2 (by Emma Herrod) If you missed the first half of this article, start here. Home Sweet Home This lesson makes for a fun way of working with language to do with accommodation and living spaces, as the... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities May 27, 2010 More Than Five Things to do with LEGO® in the EFL Classroom Part 1 (by Emma Herrod) Firstly, I’d like to put this post into some sort of context. In 2002, I landed a dream job (at the time) working at the LEGO Company. The next five years were so much... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Activities May 13, 2010 Music and Movement for Young English Learners (by Kathleen Kampa and Charles Vilina) Matt Richelson makes some excellent points about the power of music in the EFL classroom in his recent article, “Teaching Young Learners With Songs.” I use music and movement daily with young learners in... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket