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What I learnt at IATEFL 2016

Posted on 17/04/2016 by fabenglishteacher

There’s nothing like a few days with several hundred English teachers to motivate me & get the ideas flowing. To ask my students “STOP-START-CONTINUE”, what do you want me to stop/start/continue doing? Birmingham is a great place for a conference: … Continue reading →

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Vocabulary cards

Posted on 07/04/2016 by fabenglishteacher

The final dissertation of my Masters TESOL with Sheffield Hallam will be on the subject of Vocabulary Learning Strategies. Every week we will be studying different ways of learning vocabulary. Today we wrote vocabulary flip cards (with L1 translation on … Continue reading →

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How to use Storytelling in the classroom

Posted on 19/03/2016 by fabenglishteacher

Once upon a time there was a group of teachers who were wary of using authentic story books in the classroom. They complained about everything. To start with, they said the vocabulary wasn’t of the bland, pre-packaged variety found in ELT books, … Continue reading →

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Creativity: what and why?

Posted on 06/03/2016 by fabenglishteacher

Today I wrote the introduction for the special supplement of ETAS’ summer journal on the subject of CREATIVITY. To help me I’ve read around the subject, joined the C group and even discovered my own creative outlet: As you can see, … Continue reading →

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Story Box 

Posted on 01/02/2016 by fabenglishteacher

The other day I was talking to a colleague who said “there’s nothing new in efl”. I didn’t agree, and told her about the wonderfully original story boxes we have created with my primary class…    They look like a … Continue reading →

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February To-Do list

Posted on 30/01/2016 by fabenglishteacher

Less of a to-do list than a “food-for thought list” but last weekend was spent in the company of hundreds of motivated, enthusiastic tecahers – heaven! As always after a conference I come home with my head full of ideas, … Continue reading →

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Ready, Steady, Cook!

Posted on 17/01/2016 by fabenglishteacher

Ingredients: various utensils nicked from home a bunch of empty cartons from the recycling box a pile of toy fruit & veg a pinch of suspense lashings of students Method: 1.Explain to students how the TV programme Ready, Steady, Cook … Continue reading →

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January to-be list

Posted on 05/01/2016 by fabenglishteacher

You may have noticed a slight change in title for this month’s list, again it’s an idea I pinched of the internet, but in the name of all things January and New Yearish I thought this year, instead of a … Continue reading →

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The last vocab test of the year

Posted on 23/12/2015 by fabenglishteacher

What sort of teacher gives a test on the last lesson of term? A very mean one, that’s who! However I’ve never had any complaints about this one, and the results are usually pretty good!   

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Pin the nose on the reindeer

Posted on 22/12/2015 by fabenglishteacher

I found this idea on twitter (sorry, can’t remember where), the pupils loved it!   

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