What do you do when you are for the first time in front of your new Year 6 class, and you realise that, whereas some pupils understand something, the majority of them don’t have the faintest idea of what you’re talking about? Well, what I did was starting with classroom expressions, greetings, and not least […]
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The Hand That Feeds Me – A Lesson Plan
1. For a warm-up start with the crosswords below. After you’ve completed it, hit the ‘start over’ button and play it again (you’ll get a new set of words). 2. For those of you who don’t have the text with you, you can download it again here. Now, read the text again and underline the rhetorical […]
South Africa – A GeoGame
South Africa has been the focus of global attention since the beginning of the FIFA World Cup. The match venues are spread throughout this country, which with its national parks, Kalahari Desert and its impressive coastline is considered to be one of the most beautiful countries in Africa. Brush up your knowledge on South Africa […]
How to Build Your Own Vocabulary: Creating Videos!
When learning a foreign language a tedious task is learning and training new vocabulary. You can do this by means of rote memorization or you might want to build up your own word bank in a more creative way. Some might use a web-based flash cards builder and tester, such as Quizlet or Ediscio. The […]
Wikipedia Websites!
The Internet encyclopedia with more than 3 million articles is often a subject of debate. Many people question its reliability although some studies indicate accuracy of the content and writing style in Wikipedia articles. Still, Wikipedia remains one of the most popular websites even though the original idea of universal collaboration has changed (see an interesting […]