Do you believe in magic of New Year’s resolutions?
Even if I don’t really believe any of my students makes an honest resolution to get better in English, well, discussing resolutions is one of the nicer ways to review some grammar constructions we definitely need to remind after – in case of my students – two weeks off.
Everybody knows how to google, right?..
I wish you a very merry Christmas, a perfect New Year and, simply, all the best!
Fed up with the Christmas stuff? There, there, let me pat you on your back. Stop sobbing, hush. As the Evil Mistress in the making I’ve got something to help you recover – a nice list of not-so-christmassy-Christmas songs. If you feel like it, share them with your students, but I’d rather use them as a nice background music for all the teachery stuff you have to do during Christmas anyway.
I found an infographic with great note-taking tips, so obviously I have to share!
Lisa has asked me for some recommendations regarding useful sites for EFL teachers and I’m happy to make a little compilation of the places I visit most often to find ideas, inspirations, betimes lesson plans if I feel exceptionally lazy, and share them with you.
I love teaching online – I’m lucky to work with a good online school as well (good online school is a school that provides you with training, shares teaching materials with you and has supervisors ready to help), and I’ve been asked by some teachers how I actually got into online teaching and if it’s like teaching via Skype. And since I guess it’s slightly more complicated than “tutoring via Skype”, I’ve decided to reflect on my journey so far – I know I have much more to learn, but things I’ve covered so far make me quite prepared to online teaching.
With another November the 5th it’s difficult not to be reminded of Guy Fawkes. And although I don’t think it is the best idea to mention him in the classroom as a man who tried to blow up the Parliament due to religious beliefs, there is something about the date that makes me feel… a little rebellious.
Cthulhu, Hercule Poirot, Sandman or brothers Grimm – what to read on Halloween?
With Halloween approaching, a teacher has to come up with some entertaining ideas. I’m not a fan of classes dedicated directly to the occasion, I prefer running a normal lesson with a little twist. This year I’ve decided to go with something new – namely, the apocalypse.