What I try to keep in mind when preparing any classroom material (or lesson generally) for my students – my top 10! • The needs of my students as well as expectations / relevance • Clear purpose of the material / aim • Appropriate level and style • Design – Use colours or at least [...]

If you would like to read about the reasons I don’t want to be a teacher (and never wanted to be), take a look at the amazing Eva’s blog. Eva is incredible and inspirational educator I met at TESOL France 2010. Glad to know her. Thank you Eva! I don’t want to be a teacher!

2/2/2011 – #ELTchat – Effective ways to minimize TTT (Teacher Talking Time) and maximize STT (Student Talking Time) “It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.” Dame Rose Macaulay “The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.” Fran Lebowitz “There is nothing so annoying as [...]

I would like to share my experience with one of the activities from Ken Wilson’s book Drama and Improvisation. Just recently we have talked about the importance of humour in the classroom (#ELTChat). Well, it seems you simply can’t plan the funniest moments in your classroom. I hope you will find it at least a [...]