Let ‘Hangman’ Hang
To start off with, let me just say that I have never ever liked ‘Hangman’. You know, the game where you have guess the word(s) by calling out letters of the alphabet before the man is hung up on a...
View ArticleRevisiting ELT Mantras #7: ‘Real-world’ activitities
Humans (like all intelligent hunters) seem innately disposed to notice things which move rather than things which stand still. Cook, 2000 Don’t move a muscle. by Chris Isherwood CC-BY-2.0 It is often...
View ArticleAnd that my friend is what we call closure…
As we come to the end of the year, our classes are also about to finish. Hence, the time for us teachers to start planning the end of the semester has come. We end up getting so busy organizing...
View ArticleSolutionism in ELT: magic bullet or malady?
One of the books that made the biggest impression on me last year was Evgeny Morozov’s To Save Everything, Click Here: Technology, Solutionism and the Urge to Fix Problems that Don’t Exist. In it, he...
View ArticleGamification – A way into engaging students more
Let’s start by defining gamification, which according to Oxford Dictionary is the application of typical elements of game playing to other areas of activity. In our case, it’s the is the concept of...
View ArticleSing, sing a song – 8 ways of using songs in the ELT classroom
Late in February a BrELTer asked what she could do with songs in ELT lessons. My comment there was huge (sorry!) because I simply love using songs in language learning, both as a teacher and as a...
View ArticleFinding Common Ground Between Technology and Kinaesthetics
If you have been teaching teens for the past years you have probably noticed how attached they are to their mobiles or tablets. To say that they love technology is an understatement. Playing video...
View ArticleUsing Superheroes in Class
Before we start, click on the player above and enjoy this song while you enjoy your reading! I guarantee it will make the experience a lot more fun! 🙂 Some years ago, acclaimed director Steven...
View ArticleThe X Factor in Teaching Teens
Have you ever changed your lesson plan (or part of it) halfway through due to students’ lack of engagement? And have you ever regretted changing it because students asked you to do something different...
View ArticleDealing With Teenagers’ Demotivation in The Classroom
One of the biggest concerns among teachers who work with teenagers is that they seem to be demotivated most of the time. It’s often said that teenage students don’t participate in classes so...
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