This is a great activity that you can use as a warmer or as a fun practice task in a number of situations. I should acknowledge that I originally saw my Dip tutor Peter Moran do this during a lesson... Continue Reading →
I spotted a colleague (Thanks Neil!) using this with a class the other day and it looked brilliant and so investigated - it is really impressive work! Turns out Neil spotted this on Larry Ferlazzo's site. The Curfew game is aimed... Continue Reading →
Here's another overview of an FCE Writing lesson: The lesson is based around the idea of a model text - in this case a "bad" model (which I really enjoyed writing!). In brief: (1) Write the word "REPORT" up on... Continue Reading →
Free Technology for Teachers: 77 Web Resources for Teachers to Try This Summer. There's really not much to say about this, except to refer you to Richard Byrne's original post (see link at top). Most of the resources are categorised... Continue Reading →
There's a new twitter based application on the web that you don't have to sign up to twitter to use: Tweetolife. The software is one of the outcomes of a study carried out by researchers at the Language, Interaction and... Continue Reading →
A couple of weeks ago I posted in response to Marisa Constantinides' Tefl Matters Blog Challenge - an awareness raising lesson on disability access for EFL/ESL learners. What I have here is possibly more in the spirit of the original challenge,... Continue Reading →
It's early evening on a Friday about 7.30pm and the end of a long week both for me and the poor student who's ended up scheduling her lessons at a time when the only other person in the school is... Continue Reading →
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