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Bored in the classroom? Let's visit England!

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I was looking for a nice book focused not only on culture itself, but using cultural topics as an element of a proper, language-oriented lesson. I used to prepare such classes by myself (with a little help of the Internet), but when at IATEFL conference I saw a book, titled Let's Visit England by Polonsky, I knew I had to buy it.

Murders in the classroom (doom doom!)

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I think everyone, teachers and students alike, feels more or less murderous in September, especially on Mondays. So what can we do? Absolutely: bring proper crime to the classroom, have fun and relieve the negative feelings! I want to share some of the mystery-solving activities I've been working with for a surprisingly long time, and they're still loved by my students.

Role-Playing Teaching (Part 1:Why do we play games?)

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Today I want to focus on the idea of a game - it can be easily observed that games are more and more popular in TEFL, and in teaching in general, they are enjoyed by students and teachers alike and I wonder: have you ever thought what is the reason of the enjoyment?

Bored on your summer break? Let's make a board game!

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We're getting more and more games in our school, but still there are some beyond our reach - too complex to explain in class, not communicative enough, or simply - impossible to buy (out of stock, waiting for second print, huh). And since we all know that desperate times call for desperate measures, we basically change the official ideas into DIY games.

Want to teach online? RPG comes to the rescue!

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I want to share with you an idea of a free platform where you could practise skills required from a professional online teacher.

English for _very_ special purposes

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English for the Alien Invasion is written by the same team who committed English for the Zombie Apocalypse. This time the threat is from the outer space, cunning and intelligent. Beware, it's not for the light-hearted!

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.

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.

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.

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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