The Colors of Evil - shortie but goodie :)

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A friend shared this magnificent short animation on facebook and I immediately knew I had to, simply had to use it in the classroom - what's better than pink, fluffy and cuddly evil? Well, yeah, TWO pink fluffy cuddly evils, but I don't have a budget for this. Yet.

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.

New Year, New Year

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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.

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.

10 lifesaving websites for ESL teachers

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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.

So - you'd like to teach online?

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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.

Remember, remember...

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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.

Stories of horror and fantasy - not only for Halloween

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Cthulhu, Hercule Poirot, Sandman or brothers Grimm - what to read on Halloween?

Halloween with a zombie apocalypse? Sure thing!

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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.

Lateral puzzles, literal fun :)

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It's easier for the adults (they either go abroad or stay in touch with a foreigner - and communicate on their own), it may be more difficult with younger learners simply because they have stuff to learn at school anyway, don't really know WHY they may need English and lose motivation easily.

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