7 Ideas for Engaging Homework Online

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I believe we should share our enthusiasm, our true passion for not only teaching but using English and adapt homework to our students' needs, styles of learning and interests. Homework assignments may be yet another way to personalise our approach and show our students the benefits of taking responsibility for their own educational process.

Instant ideas for awesome classes

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It's my birthday note - the first one, as I haven't yet celebrated my own birthday on the blog. I want to thank you all for encouragement and support, for visiting my page and following me on Facebook - you're awesome! - and, especially for my new readers I want to share a list of my most popular blog entries - they're full of ideas you may adjust to various groups of students, so I believe you'll find them useful.

7 Useful Websites for Teaching Kids

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When teaching children, it's important to use technology responsibly - we may watch a video as an encouragement, but let's not spend the whole lesson on using IWB tools. I am absolutely sure you can recommend a nice collection of websites and applications useful for YL teachers, but I also want to share my top seven.

M-education for beginners

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Mobile education, also called m-learning, is perceived by some as a kind of e-learning, yet it can be much more than that. By using smartphones in the class, and allowing – or even encouraging – my students to do the same, I bring some real context to the artificial environment of a classroom. No longer a forbidden fruit, smartphones can be useful, entertaining and... motivating!

5 ways to shine at your speaking test

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There's always one part of testing English that you hate. Some hate writing, others listening (aye, that would be me), but somehow it's speaking that seems to cause lots of worries. To tell you the truth, I haven't had problems with speaking ever since I came up with some simple steps. I can't claim you'll excel at speaking tests after following my ideas, but I do encourage you to give them a go - maybe they'll work out for you just as they did for me!

6 Useful Apps for Academic IELTS Prep

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I want to present my top 6 apps that will help students practise at home and prepare for the test - links will direct you to Google Play Store where you'll be able to download the app. You may also find most of them in the Apple Store as well.

Quizizz: making tests fun (+ activity ideas)

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You must have heard of Quizlet and Kahoot!, but today I want to share my favourite quiz-making application: Quizizz. Apart from a name (try remembering which z is doubled!), this tool is not only useful and easy to grasp, but also fun to use, both for teachers and students. Quizizz allows people to create and use one another’s multiple-choice quizzes, so they can be used live as a form of classroom competition, or as homework.

5 applications to boost your English

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Today I want to help everyone struggling with keeping up with English by sharing my favourite applications to learn English. You may recommend them to your students, but I encourage you to try them on your own - I do.

5 Tips on How to Start a Course without a Coursebook

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After years of dealing with students who are interested in classes but not really with coursebooks, I came up with five steps that will help you in case you're stuck with covering for a teacher who's forgotten to leave the teacher's book, creating a very short course or managing a course that isn't supplemented with students' copies.

"Authentic Learning in the Digital Age" - can we connect technology and better education?

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Larissa Pahomov is a part of Science Leadership Academy, and the book she wrote offers not only her insight on creating an authentic learning environment, but also bears the mark of a true practitioner and some of the answers are the ones that make this book more than a guide for other SLA teachers.

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