Introduction Have you ever become distracted in the middle of a lesson while teaching online? Perhaps your mind went racing to the future, maybe you got stuck in the past, or an unexpected event may have occurred in your teaching environment (such as the doorbell ringing)…
Many English teachers and schools will inevitably be teaching online courses from now on given the Covid-19 outbreak. In this month´s blog, I would like to share some material with you that can be used with individual students and groups online. ACTIVITY 1- LEVEL A2…
Imagine a child who has been given a new squeaky toy. Their first contact of this object may be visual. They may then touch it in their hands and perhaps put it in their mouth. Inevitably, the smell of the material, such as rubber, may drift up to their nostrils.
This month I would like to tell you about three British poets, who are quite different from each other. These talented individuals who have added rich colour to the British literary scene are: Dr John Cooper Clarke, who started doing gigs in folk clubs in the early 1970s…
Before we go any further, let’s have a quick look at what the word “collocation” really means. A collocation is basically two or more words that go together, which usually sound “right” to people who have spoken that language all their lives. For instance, some…
Reading plays a huge role in learning a second language. Can
you remember when you first started learning a new language? Transport yourself
back in time to when you didn’t understand signs and simple written
instructions in a foreign language. How did you feel? What or…
As
you may know, Lollapalooza music festival took place in São Paulo
from 5-7 April. The event witnessed an impressive line-up of
national and international bands who played for 300,000 fans at
Interlagos. This month, I have prepared some activities for
different levels…
As
a teacher, do you ever find yourself talking louder and louder so you
can be heard and the students raising their voice so they too can be
heard? If you were a fly on the wall, you might be witnessing a
pointless exercise of a shouting match in which neither side…
Many
people have probably been horrified by photos on social media of
turtles with plastic straws up their nostrils or wildlife covered in
oil or tangled up in plastic. But what attitudes are we taking
individually and collectively as a society to help save wildlife and
the…
