games… HAPPY HOLIDAYS! 21 Dec 201821 Dec 2018 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go...♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ It’s that time of the year again, the time to do festive spirit activities and wish…
lesson plans and activities HOCUS POCUS 29 Oct 201830 Oct 2018 When you are a teacher and you've seen it all, it takes more than a few dancing skeletons and a couple of ghosts to send shivers down your spine. 'Shadows…
lesson plans and activities… BACK TO SCHOOL: 8 Q&A ACTIVITIES 26 Aug 20188 Sep 2018 "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want." — Calvin So long, summer, we'll miss you. I hope you've all recharged your batteries, made unforgettable memories and…
lesson plans and activities STEP BY STEP: WORD PAIRS (GUEST POST) 23 Apr 201823 Apr 2018 “Mr Walker will explain the nuts and bolts” “Nuts and bolts! I thought we were talking about marketing French fries!” In this guest post, Daria Vaskova - our fellow English language…
lesson plans and activities CREATIVE THINKING: WALKING THROUGH WORDS 5 Jan 20185 Jan 2018 Worlds behind words Here's a little test for you. One of these two aliens is a 'kiki', and the other one is a 'bouba'. Which is which? Have you picked…
games… LIVEN UP YOUR CLASS: SPOONS 30 Dec 2017 #LiveningUpTheProcessChallenge Some time ago I was asked on Twitter to share a set of realia or objects I like to bring to teacher training sessions (see Zhenya's blog here and…
games… ‘SEASONINGS’ GREETINGS 18 Dec 2017 Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh what fun it is to pun on a lovely Christmas day! Christmas is on the way - bloggers have activated snow…
lesson plans and activities WORDLESS VIDEOS FOR ELT 18 Sep 20171 Jan 2018 ELT-cation is turning 3 years old this month. And that takes the cake. Or a new post. Last year I posted a few games to celebrate the occasion (see Play…
lesson plans and activities VIDEOGLOSS: CHOCOLATE ROULADE 6 Sep 20171 Jan 2018 Here's a riddle for you: "How many words is a wordless video actually worth?" According to Dr. James McQuivey's 'equation', if a picture is worth a thousand words, then a one-minute…
lesson plans and activities BACK TO SCHOOL! 24 Aug 20176 Feb 2018 It's the most wonderful time of the year, with the kids back to schooling and teachers so dear, it's the happiest season of all. Here are my favourite activities (this…
