Big holidays always leave enormous piles of garbage behind them, and teachers need to reduce the ELT footprint in any way possible. So keep reading this post to see how you can make a low-waste Halloween Zombieland lapbook! I love creating lap books, and I make them from many recyclables – I desperately try to promote low waste …
Hello, my dear, spooky colleagues & parents!This short post will share some ideas on how you can use the 30+ Page Interactive Halloween Quiet Activity Book in your classroom or home! Activities in this quiet book include Matching colors; Matching geometrical shapes; Matching sight words & shadows; Washing Dracula’s teeth; I spy with my little Halloween eye; …
How does inclusion in the ESL classroom happen? Is it even possible? The basic principle of inclusion states that all children have equal rights to education, regardless of their characteristics, cultural, or religious background. Let’s talk about the activity theory model! ? Savić (2009b: 11) adds that “humanistic teaching principles can be used asguidelines for respecting …
Hello, my dear colleagues! Welcome to this post about the pronunciation of the consonants /z/ & /s/, which will be done in the form of a debate! I was selected as one of the 10 DipTESOL Scholarship Contest finalists a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the scholarship, but I am still proud to …
EdmodoCon is a global professional development experience—one you can attend for free through your laptop or mobile device. Educators from around the world share inspiring stories and practical strategies from the best in the education community. At EdmodoCon 2020, I participated in the conference with a mini-presentation on how to make an interactive video in …
Hello, my dear colleagues, and welcome to another amazing guest post where we will have a chance to hear more about CELTA, see Poppy’s experience, and read a review with some easy tips. Here comes a completely honest, CELTA review from personal experience, along with some amazing tips! If you are reading this post, the …
Hello, my dear colleagues! This post will discuss storytelling methodology according to Shin and Crandall (2014), showcase successful storytelling activities, and use digital tools. Storytelling and story-based activities should be used as often as possible in the ESL classroom, but almost no one uses them in our country. The main reason for this is that …
Hello, my dear colleagues! This post will help you make your remote teaching more effective with these easy tips. ? I was selected as one of the 10 DipTESOL Scholarship Contest finalists a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the scholarship, but I am still proud to be selected among so many other educators. …
Hello, my dear colleagues! Welcome to another post with teaching tips in the form of a picture! These tips are also posted both on my Facebook page and Edmodo! ? This post will share some proven strategies, tips, and tools for teaching students with dyslexia. I believe we are all visual learners in a way, …
What are 21st-century skills, and why should you help your students acquire them? Conducting academic research and writing articles or papers is another way for educators to have quality professional development and close their own learning gaps. Our research focuses on CLIL, Theme-Based Instruction, and 21st-century skills. My colleague Nevena Marković and I conducted our first …