“Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.” George Lois I met Anna, my very first guest blogger, at TESOL France in November and I must admit that her workshop really inspired me and enriched my teaching style. I am teaching mainly adults and never actually [...]

“How was your day?” is usually one of the first sentences I ask my students when they arrive to class. “Fine, thanks.” is usually their answer. To be honest, I can’t be surprised as I would probably didn’t say more. So, I was thinking about changing this scene a bit. Here is an example of [...]

Lately, I read really inspirational Mike Harrison’s blog posts called Quick Things First and Monster. It made me think a bit about the way I use white board in my classroom. I use it for teaching new vocabulary, explaining grammar and other rather “conventional” purposes. However, I realized it is an amazing material for playing [...]

Self-esteem is a part of Maslow’s pyramid of needs. It is essential for the success in and outside the classroom. As H.D. Brown states: “No successful cognitive or affective activity can be carried out without a certain degree of self-esteem or self-confidence, knowledge of yourself and belief in your own capability for that activity” (from [...]

The most common adjectives my students come up with when talking about commercials are: boring, irritating, stupid or totally unimpressive. Why is that? Aren’t commercials supposed to attract, entertain and persuade? No matter what’s their opinion on them, they all watch and remember some. And that’s pretty good for the teacher! Commercials are easy way [...]