The countdown has begun: the last 100 days to the start of the FIFA2010 World Cup. How can we, English teachers, deal with this interesting and soon-to-be hottest topic? In this post I’m presenting an idea of integrating the major football event in the English class in form of a (global) blog-project. The idea behind it draws upon Tourism […]
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Dictation Race Using Google Docs
Dictation race is a method that employs movement, short-term memory, listening, reading and spelling abilities. This video shows how dictation race can be used with Google Docs. Each group is given a different text section and they have to type it into the computer. After that you can merge the text sections and do various […]
Poems Writing!
This activity is about writing a special sort of poem called acrostic poem. 1. Look at the samples I put on these slides. 2. Figure out the structure of this kind of poem. 3. Write your own acrostic poem using the Acrostic Poems online writing tool. If you want to use any idioms (z.B. ‘Schmetterlinge […]
Spelling and Typing Games
There are loads of spelling games on the Web. Here is a short collection of such games you can play if you want to train your spelling and typing skills. 1. You can play Typeracer alone or against other online players. After choosing a nickname you can start playing. You will get a piece of […]