Write down every word I say, or you won’t remember a thing!
We have recently celebrated Semana Santa here in Spain. It’s celebrated during the week before Easter from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday and is quite spectacular. Each day there are a number of...
View ArticleActivities for different learning styles
How many Multiple Intelligences can you fit into one class? This site gives you a range of activities grouped according to the seven main learning styles: auditory, kinesthetic, logical, musical,...
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Multi-tasking in the classroom
Lots of coursebooks come with loads of extra materials these days, but do our students actually use them outside the classroom? I think it’s all very well for us to say, “Check out the CD-rom, it’s...
View ArticleStreaming (of the non-tech variety)
To stream or not to stream…it’s a big question, not only in EFL but education-wide. Today I’d like to present a very positive argument in favour of streaming, having seen the effects of it in class....
View ArticleRunning picture dictations
Here’s a quick idea for an activity to practise the present continuous which will appeal to the artists in the group. Stick twelve present continuous sentences around the room and divide the class into...
View ArticleGrammar – implicit or explicit?
I finally completed my Diploma application today! I say, “finally” as although there wasn’t that much to it, it’s been on my to do list for quite some time. It was actually the written task which was...
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Character Builds #3
In a previous post, I talked about how to set up a character build in the class and how they can be used to practise specific grammar points. With my KET group, we recently looked at the present...
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