Facebook - Fun ways to use dictations

Facebook - Fun ways to use dictations

– Homophones dictation http://goo.gl/zP4fxF– Mutual dictation http://goo.gl/sHAAJQ– Drawing dictations http://goo.gl/qb6bhH#TeachingEnglish #Dictations

So you want to be an English Language Teacher? – infographic | Macmillan

So you want to be an English Language Teacher? – infographic | Macmillan

8 Idioms to tell someone to “shhh” or be quiet | English with a Twist

8 Idioms to tell someone to “shhh” or be quiet | English with a Twist

Ann Loseva: Learning outside teaching | TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC

Ann Loseva: Learning outside teaching | TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC

The light moral of my musings might be as follows: don’t think a teacher is so almighty as to motivate students to do something they are not inclined to do. Think, instead, that a teacher is someone to help a learner recognize how English could fit in their plain of interests or professional needs. And of course, tell about the things you know with enthusiasm and convincingly enough.

!!! Sandy Millin: I'm a terrible student - motivate me! | TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC

Sandy Millin: I'm a terrible student - motivate me! | TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC

www.edmodo.com
Edmodo is a social network for education. It looks a bit like facebook, but groups are closed. This means that you can only see what is posted if you have a ‘group code’ for your class. I use Edmodo to set homework, so nobody can say they didn’t know what it was...
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Micro-dictations
Using Edmodo means I can easily make homework a bit more creative, rather than simply giving exercises from the workbook. One of the most successful activities I’ve tried is micro-dictations, which I now set every two to three weeks.
Find or record a very short audio clip, 20 seconds at most. You can clip one from a longer text usingwww.mp3cut.net. Share the recording with students on Edmodo. They have to write what they hear.
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www.quizlet.com My all-time favourite way of encouraging students to practise outside class is Quizlet, a website designed to help you learn vocabulary. It has different activities designed in a fun way, allowing students to play games and compete with each other, as well as themselves (beating their own best time for example), to learn the words...

Let It Go from Frozen Lesson Plan | Lyrical English

Let It Go from Frozen Lesson Plan | Lyrical English

In reply to David’s rebuttal: the future of language learning part 2 | Reflections of an English Language Teacher

In reply to David’s rebuttal: the future of language learning part 2 | Reflections of an English Language Teacher