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Postie Postie / Agony Aunt


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 →

The disabled access friendly world blog challenge: Creature Discomforts


Following on from the recent blog challenge on raising awareness of disability access issues, I came across the Leonard Cheshire Disability campaign whilst watching Shaun the Sheep dvds with my daughter. The campaign is called "Creature Discomforts" and has very... Continue Reading →

The Accessibility Audit: The disabled access friendly world blog challenge


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 →

ADHD and me


This is a BBC Radio 4 documentary by Rory Bremner on how ADHD affects adults as well as children and what it can be like for all involved. Compelling listening and required material for anyone involved in education! The one... Continue Reading →

Exam Classes: Gapless


Another really simple idea for all those use of english papers....  just remove the gaps. For exam classes this works with the following areas: FCE & CAE: Use of English Part One - multiple choice cloze Use of English Part... Continue Reading →

Zip Zap Boing (I think?)


I blame that Simon Thomas over at efl-resource.  It's all his fault.  And I'm still not sure whether it's "zip zap zop" or "zig zag zog" or something else entirely! I've inherited a class, which Simon once taught back in... Continue Reading →

Blog Challenge: A Disabled Access Friendly World: Lessons for the ELT Classroom


This post has come out of a challenge posted by Marisa Constantinides on TEFL Matters:  namely "to contribute lesson ideas for the foreign language classroom which will be aimed at younger learners and teens and which will promote the concept of... Continue Reading →

Online Teaching Resource: SuperLame!


Spotted on Carla Arena's Collablogatorium - Superlame! is a tool that lets you upload photos (currently only from your PC - no URL grabs) and add speech bubbles, thought bubbles and suchlike.  With some creative use of the speech bubble boxes,... Continue Reading →

Free Technology for Teachers: Trading Around the World – An Economics Game


Free Technology for Teachers: Trading Around the World - An Economics Game. Spotted this on Richard Byrne's blog and went off to play it!  A nice trading activity - though possibly limited language learning potential?  But it would make a... Continue Reading →

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