"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 :)

Don't like saying goodbye? Create a board game!

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And so, we're here at the end of the school year, our courses are ending, we're moving on, time to say goodbye and so on and so forth. We're handing out the certificates and then we have to do something to kill the time.

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!

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.

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