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The Teacher’s Survival Kit for Lesson Planning! Tips & 1000s of Free Lesson Plans

Posted by Shelly Terrell on Saturday, August 18th 2012 2 Comments

Goal 16: Plan An Engaging Lesson of The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. – Socrates Lesson planning is stressful and time-consuming, but is important in giving us an action plan for the entire school year. The way we design our curriculums and the activities we use will determine how successful our Read full article »

category: 30 Goals, Cool Sites, English Language Teaching, English Lessons

tags: #30Goals, ELT, ESL, ESOL, free lesson plans, lesson design, Lesson planning, The 30 Goals Challenge

Interview: Tyson & Rocco Seburn & the Klingon Scandal

Posted by Shelly Terrell on Thursday, May 19th 2011 18 Comments

Tyson Seburn (@seburnt) is an incredibly multi-talented ELT star in our Personal/Passionate Learning Network! In Canada, he stays busy running his own website, CourseTree, managing an industry book distributor, conducting webinars, and teaching in the International Foundation Program at University of Toronto. Avid tweeter and blogger, his current area of interest is purposeful integration of online technology in the classroom. Read full article »

category: Interviews

tags: celebrity dogs, ELT, ESL, interview

Just Some Good Ol’ ELT Pedagogy & Practice #TESOLFr Highlights

Posted by Shelly Terrell on Thursday, December 9th 2010 No Comment

Part 2 of 3 TESOL France Highlights The TESOL France conference was one of the best conferences I have attended and so full of information that it's taking 3 posts! A great thanks to TESOL France president, Bethany Cagnol (@bethcagnol) and the other conference organizers for planning such an amazing line-up of speakers! In this post, I focus on pedagogy and classroom Read full article »

category: Conference Highlights, English Lessons, What Works for English Language Learners

tags: drama, ELT, English as a foreign language, English language teaching, music, storytelling in ELT, Tesol France

Animating Your Lessons with Some Drama: 20+ Resources

Posted by Shelly Terrell on Monday, November 29th 2010 8 Comments

Part of the Cool Sites series Every Friday I am presenting free webinars thanks to American TESOL! We have an incredible time. Recently, we shared ideas for integrating drama in the classroom. Teachers do not have to be skilled in acting. Instead, the webinar was away to introduce teachers to different games that get students to tap into their creative juices Read full article »

category: Cool Sites, English Lessons, What Works for English Language Learners

tags: creativity, drama, EFL, ELT, english language learners, ESL, improv games, TEFL, yl, young learners

How Do We Animate Lessons? Interview with Ken Wilson

Posted by Shelly Terrell on Wednesday, November 24th 2010 3 Comments

Interview 12 of Twittering for Education The majority of classrooms have curricula based on coursebooks. Many teachers might feel that teaching from a coursebook kills creativity and makes learning boring especially when coupled with multiple choice tests. However, in many schools teachers are required to teach from a coursebook. A coursebook is just a tool. We can still teach fun lessons Read full article »

category: Interviews, Interviews- Twittering for Education, What Works for English Language Learners

tags: Animation, creativity, drama, ELT, ESL, interview, Interviews- Twittering for Education, ken wilson, Professional Development, TEFL

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