Tag Archives: YL

Social Distanced teaching

Posted on 07/06/2020 by fabenglishteacher

I wrote recently about the challenges of post-confinement teaching and promised you some ideas. They’ve taken a while coming, things haven’t been easy, as you’ve probably guessed; no handouts, no group or pair work (without students yelling at each other … Continue reading →

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An active way of looking at the passive

Posted on 20/10/2017 by fabenglishteacher

In class this week the 3èmes had the “pleasure” of tasting some yummy English sauces, after looking at some specific vocab (molasses, cauliflower, yeast, etc) they completed a worksheet saying what they thought the sauce was made of and more … Continue reading →

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Write a Letter!

Posted on 19/01/2017 by fabenglishteacher

One of the ideas I suggested in my presentation “30 things to do with a piece of paper” was to write a letter. This week the 6ème have been studying London and the Royal family, they had so many questions about … Continue reading →

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Webinar review – Charles Hadfield : Creative Grammar IATEFL

Posted on 12/07/2015 by fabenglishteacher

Another advantage of being an IATEFL member is being able to snuggle down of an afternoon and watch a webinar whenever I’ve got the time and inclination. I’d been meaning to watch this one for a while and was pleased … Continue reading →

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Activating Language

Posted on 08/06/2015 by fabenglishteacher

Another quick idea on how to literally warm up students’ language, simply give them a pen each and create a wordmap:   

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