Ho-ho-ho! Christmas, as we know, is one of the most beloved holidays around the world. People are excited and busy hence having classes close to the holiday season can sometimes be challenging as students already have the holiday spirit, want to relax and have fun. However, we can still make use of this period to...
English is full of complicated words, collocations, phrasal verbs, and idioms. Their learning requires time, patience and hard work. But how to make the procedure entertaining, motivating and full of fun? There are numerous online resources that offer us different ways and opportunities to learn and practice English vocabulary. Here we introduce these resources including...
In this lesson students learn more about peculiarities of the journalists’ profession, methods they use to get information. They also expand their vocabulary, develop their listening and reading skills, practise speaking for fluency. Age: 16+ Level: Intermediate + Time: 50 mins Lesson type: Listening, Reading and Speaking Number of students: 3-8 Materials: a worksheet, Youtube...
When teaching a vocabulary lesson within the framework of the CELTA course, you should submit your language analysis with your lesson plan. If you are pre-teaching any vocab for a listening or reading lesson, you should also supply a vocabulary sheet. The main purpose of the language sheet is to show how the teacher is...
It’s high time for Christmas lessons. One of the most favourite and fun ways for kids to learn and revise vocabulary is doing online exercises. They encourage students to be interested in the lesson and make it more interactive and motivating. We have made up online exercises, which are designed for kids to practice vocabulary...
Teachers keep looking for new resources or ways to practise vocabulary, whereas learners want more interactive tasks where they can use mobile phones. In this article, we would like to share a new resource with you. Cambridge Dictionary has a new fun and engaging tool for building and testing your students’ vocabulary. It can be...
“Grammar? Ahh, boring!” Isn’t this the reaction we see each time we start to introduce a new grammar point in class? Do we wonder why people don’t like it or why it is hard to fix fossilised mistakes? Well, it is boring, that’s why 😀 How to make this more fun? How to make sure...
In order to make the learning process as effective as possible, teachers use various methods and techniques. Eliciting includes several techniques that allow teachers to create a learners-centred environment and make them provide information instead of just giving it to them. Eliciting makes vocabulary more memorable and helps to build up new knowledge on the...
We have all heard about 21st-century skills – the skills that are required for success in 21st-century society. Creativity and creative thinking are mentioned among them as being vital. Creative thinking enables students to see things in a different light, which leads to innovation and discoveries. Children and teenagers need to develop this skill as...
It is common knowledge that fine motor skills are an essential part of children’s development. They involve the ability to make movements using the small muscles in our hands and wrists. These movements suppose the coordinated work of the brain, hand and eyes. Fine motor skills are closely connected with the development of gross motor...
