Good site for ELT material

Good site for material, lots of worksheets, worksheet creator, flashcards and much more.

Link http://www.mes-english.com/.

Food for thought

Watch this video, it's really good for reflecting about our teaching and the future of teaching.

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=448&title=Pay_Attention

The alphabet

Hello, everybody! For all of those who don’t know me I’m Mariana. Newbie but glad to be part of CI Zona Sul teachers team.

My first post is dedicated to one of those ideas that come out of nowhere. I don’t know about you, but my best moves happen exactly when I’m in the middle of something – specially during a game.

Teaching the alphabet

As some of you know, teaching the alphabet can be extremely boring. Well, not anymore!

If you’re teaching kids a good way to introduce the alphabet is by telling your group they’ve become all rappers. As you are introducing the sounds, tell students to repeat after you and follow the rhythm.

Begin with the usual A, B, C. And go back with C, B, A. Then try another random trios. Save the most difficult sounds to the middle. Then repeat one letter only (j- j- j or k-k-k). Also you can introduce the rappers (a.k.a the students) by saying “DJ” before their names.

It’s really fun! I can tell you: they just l-o-v-e it!

I hope I was somewhat useful!

Mariana

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!

Hope you have a special day today, with your blessed ones.

Love,

Tanya

Controversies in using technology in language teaching

I found this very interesting article in the British Council site. I think it's worth reading it. Click on the text and it will take you to the complete text.

"The use of technology in language teaching is more and more common nowadays and teachers are taking advantage of this tool. However, there are some controversies in the use of technology. Read more about it in the article below".

Cheers
Tanya

Hello my dear mates. First of all, I'd like to say it's been a pleasure for me to be part of this great team of professionals. I knew since I first stepped into Room 01 at Cultura BV - as a student in a Flavio's Starter 2 group - that I wanted to be where I am now, doing exactly what I'm doing.

I really like the idea of having a blog to share opinions, activities , E-board lessons and so on. To start with, I'd like to share with you this post from another blog about Planning and Assessment, two things which we should always pay attention to in our profession. This post was written by Lúcia Bodeman, a great ELT professional I had the pleasure to meet and work with last year. I hope you enjoy and comment. It's really food for thought!

http://mydigitalpatchwork.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/assessment-and-planning-revisited/

cheers,
Jimmy