Activities October 30, 2010 Witches, Ninjas, Fairies, Princesses, and Super Heroes It’s Halloween, and time for another class party! These were my students’ costumes for our Halloween party this year. Considering that dressing up wasn’t mentioned, I was impressed that they made such an effort... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know October 28, 2010 To champion the picturebook (by Sandie Mourão) In May this year I launched my blog, Picturebooks in ELT. The motivation came from the work I’m doing with picturebooks for my PhD. When I began my research programme, I had no idea... Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterPinterestPrintMoreEmailTumblrRedditPocket
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
High Tech Ideas for Low Tech Classrooms / Technology for Teaching and Learning September 22, 2010 Getting the most out of Power Point (by David Dodgson) It’s easy these days to get carried away with all the talk about advances in educational technology and what the latest, coolest web-based resource is. The truth for many teachers and students around the... 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 / 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
Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know June 2, 2010 Formative Assessment (by Matthew Spira) I was thirty-two years old the first time I stepped into a kindergarten classroom as an English instructor. Because I previously had fairly extensive leadership experience as a military officer, the general manager of... 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