Concerned and worried about the huge drop in registrations in a failing/failed Greek economy, reducing the number of compulsory coursebooks, workbooks and the like, is beginning to be a consideration for some foreign language school owners locally. The parents of younger pupils can no longer afford the high cost of […]
Η ανησυχία για τίς εγγραφές που όλο και μειώνονται, για τους μαθητές που οι γονείς παύουν να στέλνουν στα συνοικιακά κέντρα ξένων γλωσσών – άλλοτε φροντιστήρια – αλλά και τα παράπονα για τα πολλά και ακριβά βιβλία που αδυνατούν πλέον να τα αγοράσουν οι γονείς, άρχισαν φαίνεται να βάζουν σε […]
Φοβάμαι ότι η φιλοσοφία του ‘μοιράζομαι’ απουσιάζει από πολλούς εκπαιδευτικούς. Ετσι λοιπόν σκεπτόμενοι, αντί να παράγουμε πολίτες με κοινωνική συνείδηση, τους περάσαμε το μήνυμα ότι καλό είναι ότι ξέρεις να το κρατάς για τον εαυτό σου, μήπως σου κλέψουν την ιδέα ότι έχεις, κράτα το για τον εαυτό σου – […]
Summary of #ELTchat on January 25th 2012, 21.00 P.M. GMT By Toula Sklavou/@toulasklavou I recently completed and passed my Delta Module 3 assignment which involved designing a syllabus for a one-to-one exam prep course, so I felt that I would be able to contribute to this #ELTchat in a positive […]
Does this look familiar?? To –ing or not to –ing……that is today’s question! One of my students asked me last month why we use the –ing form for blogging, networking, computing…..Good question! My answer? Because technology is constantly changing and plus usually these actions are constant, happen often, plus they […]
Olha Madylus teaching vocabulary necessary for her revision of the past simple with our elementary students [vodpod id=Groupvideo.10723618&w=450&h=325&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] 1st collector for An Elementary class at CELT Athens – Part 1 Follow my videos on vodpod These are the first fifteen minutes or so of a 60 minute lesson observed by […]
Warning!!!! This post may upset you but it is based on fact, not fiction. It first appeared in a local ELT publication and it is based on the evidence of a *notesbook and the learner’s testimony about the methods this teacher used to get him through to the First Certificate. Three failed attempts later, this teacher decided […]
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 11,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 […]
Here is a short animated Christmas card I made for all readers, friends, trainees and PLN! Wishing you all the happiest of Christmases, peace, good health and prosperity in the year to come! This has been an incredible year which has made my life richer through wonderful connections with colleagues […]
This is the summary of a very lively discussion held on Twitter. By Alexandra Koukoumialou (@AlexandraKouk) and Dina Dobrou (@DinaDobrou) #ELTchatters gathered on 9th November to discuss wikis. As usual a wealth of ideas and links were shared. But let’s just start by defining what a wiki is: A wiki […]