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Share and design video-based lessons with TED-Ed 31 May 2012 | 03:24 pm
For those of you who love TED, or enjoy using YouTube videos in the classroom, TED-Ed will be pretty exciting. It takes TED’s philosophy of ideas worth spreading and moves that into the classroom with...
Writing narratives with Storybird 25 Apr 2012 | 04:43 pm
Engage students in writing with Storybirds It’s been around for a while, but I only recently came across Storybird – a really beautiful site with ready-to-use graphics to create your own short storie...
Lesson Plan: Food industry globalisation and farmers’ markets 10 Aug 2011 | 03:39 pm
Level: Upper Intermediate / Advanced / FCE / CAE Topic area: Globalisation Skills: Reading, Speaking, Writing, Vocabulary Getting out of the classroom to the local farmers' markets. This is a ...
Song: “I’m a Believer” from Shrek 8 Jun 2011 | 12:23 pm
Level: Starter / Elementary Skills: Listening, Vocabulary Topic area: Relationships Required resources: Copy of “I’m a Believer” – Smashmouth version + 1 copy of student worksheet for each student....
Language acquisition and thought – from Radiolab 6 May 2011 | 02:17 pm
How does language acquisition affect the way we think? (image by flickr.com/photos/labguest/) Here’s an extremely interesting Radiolab episode I just came across which deals with the power of languag...
Lesson Plan: Countries, Nationalities & Continents 10 Apr 2011 | 03:15 pm
Level: Starter / Elementary Skills: Vocabulary, Speaking Topic area: Geography Required resources: One copy of students book for each student. Time: 50-60 mins Number of students: 2-12 Flags of ...
Lesson Plan: Around Australia Map (Cardinal points & prepositions to describe location) 10 Mar 2011 | 01:35 pm
Level: Pre-Intermediate / Intermediate Skills: Speaking, Listening Topic area: Travel Required resources: One copy of Australia map A & B for each pair of students (see links to download below) Ti...
Lesson Plan: Viral Advertising 18 Feb 2011 | 02:39 pm
Level: Upper Intermediate + Skills: Speaking, Listening, Vocabulary Topic area: Media & Marketing Required resources: Computer room with 1 computer for each pair of students and access to YouTube. ...
Song: ‘Always’ by Bon Jovi (Tense Review) 10 Jan 2011 | 01:05 pm
Level: Intermediate / Upper Intermediate + Skills: Grammar, Listening Topic area: Relationships Required resources: Copy of “Always” by Bon Jovi, and CD player Time: 30-45 mins Number of students...
Google site search for vocabulary in context 15 Dec 2010 | 01:42 pm
Searching for "swiftly" on NY Times A student came to me the other day with a list of vocabulary that he wanted to learn. He’d used each new word in sentences that tried to demonstrate the meaning. I...
