Rory’s story cubes | dejuf's TEFL blog I love my sets of Rory’s story cubes. Here are some ideas that I have tried out so far: Logical order: Organise the stones in a logical order (logical mathematical intelligence) or sort them into categories, that pupils invent themselves (animals, objects, nature, etc.) and explain One minute speeches: Use the stones as speaking prompts for one minute speeches (one die per pupil) Pass the story: Build a story by giving each learner a die to throw and start, continue and end the story. When I discovered and bought a new set of 9 dice from Rory’s story cubes: voyages! Reporting: You could have students report on a day/week by having them throw the dice, organise them chronologically and then have them tell what they did this past day/week. These were just the first few ideas with the new dice before having used this new set in class. I’m curious to hear your ideas to use these wonderful cubes! Like this: Like Loading...
A different side of EFL: "Tapping into teenage culture to accelerate autonomous learning" "A different side of EFL" is hosting Sylvia Guinan, an online educator who gives a dream list of onlinetools and resources to stimulate your teenage learner's interest and boost their autonomous learning! Click on the links and let the journey begin... Our teenage students are wonderfully complex, creative learners. As teachers we can play an important role in helping them to become who they want to be. That’s what teen culture is all about – becoming themselves and becoming part of the peer group during those crucial, exciting ,yet challenging years that lead to adulthood – whatever adulthood may be;). In our rapidly changing societies, it may seem hard for us to truly engage teen learners or help them to feel part of something greater than themselves. In the words of Red Hot Chilli Peppers “It's so lonely when you don't even know yourself” . - Red Hot Chili Peppers, Knock Me Down “And I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. Is it Mount Olympus or Junior High School? 1) Mythology Dr.
Palmer Language Blog Professional | Elisabeth Horn The Globe Trekker/Pilot Guides video collection is a treasure trove for any English teacher. It encompasses extensive material from every corner of the world, and especially English-speaking countries are lavished with attention. Australia, Canada, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, England – you name it. Even individual cities are endowed with an approx. 50-minute complete video of its own, like London, New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans to name but a few. Covering the United States satisfactorily in the language classroom is a daunting project, especially if you want to give your students more than a superficial understanding of its history, geography, language and people. To date, Globe Trekker offers a range of videos on the USA, covering practically every individual state, and, so it seems, more is coming every new season. In addition to making this initial decision, there are quite a lot of follow-up issues to consider: The route travelled in the video “Deep South”
Creatively English | It's not how smart you are – It's how you are smart. teflgeek | thinking about language teaching English Village | Arrive as Strangers, Leave as Friends ALL4EFL&ELT It is amazing how time flies and that I am sitting here writing on my blog again in 2014!The truth is that, due to irresponsibility coming from the two main Power Companies, there were several days of blackouts in the city of Buenos Aires. We were one of their victims too.Why am I posting an update? December 21, 2013. Why all this? Now, some other exciting CHALLENGE! The following goes to Shelly´s: Eleven Random Facts about me: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. My answers to Shelly´s 11 questions: What is a goal you hope to accomplish from your bucket list? Eleven Questions for the bloggers I am tagging: Marijana Smolčec, Maria Bossa, Cristina Monteiro Silva, Theodora Pap, Débora Tebovich, Roseli Serra, Rose Bard, Sylvia Guinan, Juan Alberto Uribe, Gordana Popovic and Hana Ticha! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.Do you think you are a connected educator? 11. 1. Mission One Accomplished!! These are my answers to Vicky Loras´ Eleven!! 1.
Creativities | Creative writing activities and ideas for the EFL/ESL classroom A different side of EFL Sandy Millin | Technologically and linguistically adventurous EFL teacher Defragmenting foreign language learning 2013 Talk2Me English Leoxicon