A coursebook evaluation checklist The best known textbook evaluation and selection book was written by Alan Cunnigsworth in 1995 – that’s several years ago but, still, within the communicative approach […]
<![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 […]
<![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, […]
<![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 […]
<![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 […]
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 […]
This short post includes my notes from a presentation I did some years ago at a local conference where I was specifically asked to present a workshop on good classroom […]
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 […]
What is a Pecha Kucha? A “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, […]