Guess what I'm talking about - a nice way to welcome new students

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With new students joining our courses it is a very nice idea to make them feel welcomed and engaged in the school life.

"Language Learning with Technology" by Graham Stanley

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What do we do during summer break? We read books about teaching! ... Yes, we're slighly mad :)

Cultural awareness in the classroom

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If I got a penny each time I hear I'll understand English culture when I go there for holidays I'd be the richest teacher ever. If I got a penny each time I bite my tongue and do not engage in a lengthy discussion every time I hear this phrase, I'd be surprisingly wealthy as well. Because it doesn't work this way, now, does it?

Facebook in the classroom?

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Have you ever felt tired with your students checking their mobiles and Facebook updates in the classroom? Maybe you're annoyed with their "I was just checking the word in the dictionary" when you perfectly well know they're simply messaging their Facebook friends? Well, what can I say: if you can't fight'em, join'em!

A little bit of linguistics can be a lot of fun

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Ever thought of introducing linguistics to your students? I used to be extremely bored with it when I was doing my BA, but because of reasons linguistics turned out to be my major during MA studies. I'm really glad I took up this option, because I've learnt linguistics is only boring when you are studying the basics, but later on it magically transforms into a beautiful butterfly of logic, pragmatism and, generally, turns out to be the only aspect of studying a language that makes some sense.

Teacher inspiration: Kung Fu Panda

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This time, when I watched one of my favourite films, King Fu Panda, I focused on one of the supporting characters, Master Shifu, Po's unwilling teacher. He's a real, proper teacher, having his good and bad moments, moments of hype and days (years) of feeling hopeless.

Scrap winter projects

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Surprisingly, I've happened to use my projects in the classroom — it's quite attractive for the students to see some actual real-life materials along with the "been there, done that" stories as an addition to the book material and better than checking things on their own on the Internet. So from students' perspective this sole reason is enough for you, as a teacher, to collect some souvenirs from the countries you've been to.

Protip: googlin' stuff

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Everybody knows how to google, right?..

Merry Christmas :)

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I wish you a very merry Christmas, a perfect New Year and, simply, all the best!

And what if you DON'T feel Christmas spirit?

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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.

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