Hello, my dear colleagues, students, and parents! Last week I was a guest in Shavy’s classroom (Shavy’s English Hut) and we had an amazing lesson where the students learned how to write a tour guide for their favorite city through discussion, exploration, and collaborative writing. They have written articles about their favorite places in pairs …
Hello, my dear colleagues, students, and parents! Last week I was a guest in Shavy’s classroom (Shavy’s English Hut) and we had an amazing lesson where the students learned how to write a tour guide for their favorite city through discussion, exploration, and collaborative writing. They have written articles about their favorite places in pairs …
Hi, my dear colleagues! This is one of the first teacher vlogs I made where I describe the organization of my teacher prop cart, how I use it, and show the other parts of my home classroom. Do you want to know what kind of props I have in my magical online teacher cart?! Watch …
Hello, my dear colleagues! This will be a concise post to link some useful material from my materials website: basic communication flashcards for your online classroom! The online communication flashcards have 18 large flashcards meant to help you navigate and have better classroom management in distance learning. Cut them out, laminate, or stick them to …
Hi, my dear colleagues! Have you ever hear of the macrostrategic framework in education? If not, keep reading to see if you can recognize it in your eclectic teaching methods! All of the methods presented in this website fall into the category of the microstrategic framework. Kumaravadivelu (2006, pp 199-214) created the macrostrategic framework to …
Hi, my dear colleagues! This post will be a reflection with a commentary about an excellent presentation from TESOL Spain 2021 titled 21st Century Skills and (Oral) Storytelling: Get your Students Communicating with various speaking activities done by Rebecca Lemaire. The speaker did not put the word ‘oral’ in the title, but I had to …
Hello, my dear colleagues! This article is an article in the series of articles related to language teaching methodology, associated with the participatory approach. What is the participatory approach to language teaching? The participatory approach is similar to content-based instruction, but the content emerges from the students’ answers and participation in this approach. What are …
Hello, my dear colleagues! Have you ever wanted to make a student portfolio?This post is the first of many short posts which will feature an interactive video tutorial or a methodological video. Less is more, and in this busy time, sometimes it is much easier to watch a 5-minute video than to have a very …
Hello, my dear colleagues! Here’s a super short post with not a lot of text. This collection of my favorite websites with free already made worksheets, presentations, videos, and games for teachers. I use these websites whenever I am in a rut and don’t have time to design my materials from scratch. In these teaching …
Hello, my dear colleagues! Have you ever tried to engage young learners with environmental issues? This post will summarize a presentation I held with Owain from ELT Sustainable on British Council Teaching English. The topic was Engaging your learners with environmental issues, and we presented 5 problems that occur in the classrooms and the practical …