This is a lesson based on a TED Talk by Christien Meindertsma, a Dutch author and researcher who followed the afterlife of a single pig after it left the farm. Obviously it then went on to the abbatoir, but the... Continue Reading →
One of the things that often bothers learners is the idea that there is more than one meaning associated with a particular word... A while back I was sent this link: http://www.everynone.com/ which has great videos showing multiple meanings of... Continue Reading →
The fantastic people at InformationisBeautiful.net have just done a trawl of 22,000 horoscopes and come up with this visualisation of the most common words used for each star sign. So do they really all just say the same thing? Have... Continue Reading →
This was something that I originally cooked up as a comparatively fun way of doing revision / practice of an entire FCE Use of English paper without melting the learners' brains or causing everyone in the room to lose the... Continue Reading →
Oxfam Education. Oxfam for teachers. Brings global citizenship into the classroom. This is a great site with lots of resources relating to issues that affect us all, both at the local and at the global level. Most of the resources... Continue Reading →
An excellent TED talk from Nigel Marsh on the Work-Life Balance.... And of course immediately, I started thinking about how I could use this with a class.... No actual lesson plan yet, but my initial thoughts are that this would... Continue Reading →
This is an infinitely extendable speaking activity which has come in handy over the years, particularly with those last minute cover lessons! It's one of those that works better at higher levels, but I think could work anywhere from Intermediate... Continue Reading →
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