Working with Coursebooks: Gathering Intelligence, Making a Choice
These are the handouts from a talk I presented to the members of TESOL Greece in 2007. I have copied-pasted them directly from Word so the layout may not be fantastic […]
TEFL Pursuits
<![CDATA[You all know the great board game of Trivial Pursuit . I just love this game and have had lots of fun playing with friends, although, it must be admitted that the cultural bias of many of the questions makes it a bit more difficult if you are playing in […]
Yes, and…..
<![CDATA[There is a specific activity I often use in creative thinking skills workshops which works wonderfully well. I learnt it from T.Richards, during a lecture in Athens some years ago (pls see note at end). It's called the “Yes, and…” activity In this activity, one person, or the teacher even, […]
Links for Translators and Translator trainees
<![CDATA[ Translation Portals Translatum (the Translation Vortal) – By far the richest Greek site dedicated to translation. Worth exploring the many threads to share and learn Translatio – A more recent addition, this Greek site covers different but equally interesting areas-the site also offers free space if you would […]
Technology – With or Without you?
<![CDATA[A great week for me (September 14-20) as this was the first time I was participating in an online course on the Moodle platform. The course was organised by SEETA (South Eastern Europe Teachers Associations) The topic was “Teaching without Technology” with Scott Thornbury as the tutor and, by the end of the […]
What is a Crocodile?
Well, I guess many educators have read this post which was sent to me via e-mail. I cannot even remember who first sent it to me. The email contained the […]
Painting Pictures – Innovation sometimes takes a long time to come home
<![CDATA[In the last few months, and mainly thanks to social media like Facebook and Twitter, I have been meeting and interacting with a good number of colleagues about all things digital in general and foreign language education. There is great excitement in the air about either integrating ICT into educational […]
Pecha Kuchas with your students
<![CDATA[What it is “Pecha Kucha (ペチャクチャ?), usually pronounced in three syllables like “pe-chak-cha”) is a presentation format in which content can be easily, efficiently and informally shown, usually at a public event designed for that purpose. Under the format, a presenter shows 20 images for 20 seconds apiece, for a […]
My Twitter
<![CDATA[Twitter started out with the simple question "What are you doing?", a teacher's dream for realistic writing using the Present Continuous! In 140 characters, your response to that question was supposed to keep you up to speed with friends, family and colleagues around the world. [youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGbLWQYJ6iM&w=500&h=281] One of the Commoncraft […]