Understanding the process of memorization opens many doorways to improved memorization techniques, to enhanced awareness of mental processes and more effective lessons. So how does remembering happen? The architecture of memory Once a memory is created, it must be stored: first in the sensory stage; then in short-term memory; and for some memories in...
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ABC for beginning teachers (error correction)
Students shouldn’t be afraid of using the wrong tense or omitting an article as making mistakes is the proof of learning, but the question is how teachers handle these mistakes. Too much error-correction can demotivate students, on the other hand, to let the conversation flow and not to correct any mistakes can also cause some...
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Movie Club — Futurama, episode 2
The worksheet for the first episode you can find here. Futurama (episode 2) Мария Цедрик
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События для учителей английского в ноябре 2018
Еще в самом разгаре школьные каникулы, самое время для учителей восстановить силы, а также самим стать учениками и посетить полезные вебинары, семинары и конференции. Cоставили подборку ноябрьских мероприятий для учителей английского. В списке офлайн и онлайн-мероприятия. Онлайн Конференция “Finding yourself as a teacher” Дата: 22-24 ноября БЕСПЛАТНАЯ онлайн конференция, на которой будут представлено множество актуальных...
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Halloween games
Are you ready to have the scariest and funniest party of the year? Halloween is perfect time to let students relax a little bit and have fun in the lesson. Here are some top games for Halloween celebration. Traditional games Toilet Paper Mummy Game The aim of the game is to wrap up a friend...
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Effective teen collaboration in the lesson
The days of students silently working independently from textbooks at desks are gone! It’s time for 21st Century Skills which include collaboration along with critical thinking, communication and creativity. In the future, our students will be looking for work in this global workplace and collaboration skill will enhance their prospects for employment and job advancement....
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Movie club — Futurama, episode 1
Most students want to be able to understand authentic English materials. This might be a challenge while working with low levels. This worksheet is designed for Elementary students. These activities are suitable for group and one-on-one classes (a teacher will be a partner). First play the video without subtitles. Second watching can be done with...
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План урока «Teenagers and their problems»
In this lesson, students listen to and discuss a catchy summer 2018 song “Rise”, learn new vocabulary related to the topic “Teen problems”, practice listening for specific information and speaking for fluency. Age: teens Level: high Pre-Intermediate / Intermediate + Time: 50 mins Lesson type: Vocabulary, Speaking and Listening Number of students: 1 — 8...
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A successful English lesson
Most people think that teaching is an easy job, that teacher just come to the lesson and give students tasks to read and write this and that. But is it really so easy to conduct a successful lesson? What other ‘ingredients’ of a successful lesson would you add? Мария Цедрик
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‘Bottom-up’ and ‘top-down’ approaches
As you plan your lesson, do you start with the small building blocks and then expanding? Or do you start with the big picture and break it down? These two approaches actually have names — ‘bottom-up’ and ‘top-down’ approaches. The terms have been borrowed from cognitive psychology, but derive originally from computer science, where they...