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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.

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.

Fill in the gaps with a bit of fun

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Sandra asked me to write something about gap filling exercises and tasks - I really like this kind of activity as there are so many things you can do with gap filing: revise vocabulary, sure, but also add elements of fun and creativity.

Mystery of the Abbey - solving a crime in English

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The reason why I love "Mystery of the Abbey" as the beginning of the course is that it helps students to start speaking the language from the first moment and, unlike usual introductory activities, it makes them see that they can actually communicate well enough to achieve something: in this case to solve the mystery.

First classes dictation to boost motivation

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I found this poem by Chanie Gorkin, and once I saw it, I thought I could use it on my very first classes, to make my students remember.... well, here's the poem I make my students write down as a dictation, line by line (of course, I'll have to adjust vocabulary to my students' proficiency level, but what's so difficult in replacing convince with tell etc.?):

New (school)year resolutions :)

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With holidays over (holidays?! I had 2 weeks off, they do summer schools on holidays, after all!) I've decided that's the time for some changes. I've noticed there aren't many things that actually challenge me as a teacher and even if I'm not bored with my job, I feel an urge to try something new.

Have fun with a lesson plan :)

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When I was a student, my professors emphasised the importance of making lesson plans, but then they referred to people who were about to start teaching. Well, I have been teaching for more than a decade (oh, gosh!) and I still write a short lesson plan for every lesson I have. I'll try to share my ideas here, but be careful before you follow me and turn into a creepily well-organised pedantic nightmare.

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