Thursday 22 October 2009

Wacky Web Tales



This site is very interesting for younger students to develop their creativity and to make writing interesting and fun. Try it! It's addictive!


Monday 12 October 2009

Not another Powerpoint presentation...

Everybody is using them, but are they really serving our purposes?
This video gives students precious hints on how to make the most of this resource, by producing both motivating and effective presentations.
And, please,"stop putting us asleep"!

Thursday 8 October 2009

Games 'R' US


This page really makes learning vocabulary fun!


Wednesday 7 October 2009

Monday 5 October 2009

Welcome!

This space was created to share information, ideas and material on teaching / learning English. Just because it is "work", it doesn't mean it doesn't have to be interesting, fun or creative.

To begin, I'd like to suggest the creation of word clouds (or tag clouds). They can have many uses. In class, for example, you can use them to present, practise and/or organise vocabulary. And some are almost poems with a strong visual impact.

You can use the site http://www.wordle.net/ to make your own clouds. You can use an existing document or provide your own list of words.

This is an example taken from:

And another one:
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1059224/English_notebook_cover