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10 short warm-ups to revise vocabulary

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What needs constant revision, is vocabulary, especially on the more advanced levels - the students learn the words but don't use them regularly. One way to make them revise vocabulary is to do short warm-ups in the classroom. I've got my favourite ten activities that I use regularly

The Little Magic Box of Words

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I always have to be prepared when the students finish the task quicker than I expect, and suddenly I end up with 10-20 minutes and no idea what to do (there are days when you simply can't be creative on the spot). To avoid this embarrassing situation I always have my little magic box of words.

Lesson preparation & young students

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Teaching teenagers is usually fun - at least for me, I really enjoy teaching the group unfairly claimed to be the most difficult (but I'd never ever take up a group of children aged less than 10 years old again!). One of the things I've learnt so far is that with teenagers you have to be prepared for everything.

Homework? Smile in the morning!

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Have you heard that even if you fake a smile, you genuinely start feeling happier? At least that's what American scientists say, but is it true? Me and my B2 group have decided to give it a try, hence the homework, perfect for grey November:

November - the grim month

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Don't you find November the worst month in a school year? To cheer you up I've collected some grammar-motivational pics and I thought that, if you're overwhelmed by November, you may use them in your classroom. Have fun!

'Dyatlov Pass Incident' - experimenting with Station Rotation Model

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I also decided to experiment with a model that seems to be the best suited to my work environment (a private language school). I think it went pretty well as the first time and we still feel like experimenting with the Station Rotation model. If you want to try, Here's a short sketch of the 90 minutes lesson.

Being a teacher = being a learner (HQBL: 1)

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They say being a teacher is being a learner too, and I quite agree with that! So, when I saw a new course on coursera focused on Blended Learning I've decided to give it a go. Yay!

Teacher, let's watch a film...

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I've come up with a couple of nice classroom activities regarding mostly short videos, but also some ideas about watching films.

Digit-all-love

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I'm a teacher who does that only during the tests and I rather encourage my students to use their phones in the classroom on a regular basis. And teach them how to use their phones to help them learn.

Scaredy Cat: roleplay and/or creative writing

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Scaredy Cat is a project by Heather Franzen and I must say I fell in love with it the moment I saw it - in fact I'm going to buy this tiny book because it's cute, adorable and I simply want to have it on my own :) Now - it's a lovely story and let me share its sweetness with you.

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