This resource is an ideas bank for ‘greening your teaching’. It includes ideas to help you bring the topic of climate change and sustainability into ELT classes, and for localizing such issues. It also includes activities for greening institutions, not… Read More ›
It’s Jo Gakonga everybody! *crowd go wild* An ELT ‘legend’ – CELTA Trainer, video creator, someone whose tips and advice I found super helpful early in my teaching career (and still do now!). In this showcase post, Jo talks about… Read More ›
I’ve just finished a stint working in English as an Additional Language (EAL) at an international school. It’s been a really interesting experience, and one that has changed my direction in both teaching and writing. I know many teachers (especially… Read More ›
Our Geography teacher used Population Pyramid in class the other day. The site includes population stats for countries/regions/etc dating back to 1950. It also includes future projections, along with tons of other infographics related to mortality rates, literacy rates, migration,… Read More ›
Another drama activity with my Friday Year 10 class that worked really well. Again, from our little role plays for TEFL book. Slides give the general idea but I added a few things… Little warmer. Learners work in pairs. One… Read More ›
We’ve been doing lots of drama tasks recently. Here’s one that worked really well. (See these slides on Genially) Excuse any spelling errors etc, I took the link from a draft of mine and Rich McCully’s TEFL role play book…. Read More ›
A pretty gross one today. Enough to put you off fast food. All activities based on the first 38 seconds of this Daily Dose… Activity 1: Before watching 0:00 – 0:38 Someone left a MacDonald’s hamburger in a closet for… Read More ›
Some more Daily Dosing… Activity 1: Watch from 0:00 – 0:16 Who is in the wrong here: The gorilla? The woman? The guide? The local authorities? Everyone? No-one? Activity 2: Watch from 0:00 – 0:16 This type of tourism is… Read More ›
Some more Daily Dose springboards for you. Activity 1: Watch from 0:00 – 0:39 Write a short news report (150-200 words) for a local paper on this event. Possible titles: Fairground fiasco! Near-fatal fairground Activity 2: Watch from 0:00-0:39 Write… Read More ›
Getting Venny today. Overall activity: Watch all clips. Step 1 – Make quick notes on each clip so you remember it. Examples: caterpillar screams hoverboard in city Step 2 – Add the videos to the diagram based on how you… Read More ›
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