Καλοκαίρι 2015 και στην Ελλάδα οι δραστηριότητες και οι επιχειρήσεις, δέχονται πολλαπλά πλήγματα από πολλαπλά μέτωπα.

Παρόμοιες οι συνθήκες και για τους μαθητές και τις μαθήτριές μας, τους γονείς, καθώς και για τους συναδέλφους μας στον κλάδο.

Can B1 Learners really handle a TED Talk?

Watch Keynote authors Paul Dummett and Lewis Lansford show how TED Talks can be used just as successfully with B1 learners as they can with higher level students.

Why is reading so important?

Studies have shown that students who read extensively for their own enjoyment both in and out of the class not only have higher vocabulary and fluency but do better in all subjects against national standards.

Reading extensively offers an antidote to small granular bits of information that are so prevalent in social media

Creating a reading habit early on can open up a world of enjoyment for your students for life.

We’ve experienced significant change to our daily lives across the world over the last weeks. One of these, is the move from face-to-face teaching in the classroom, to teaching online. Kate Brierton is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Wellbeing & Special Educational Needs Governor at Impington Village College. She presents and blogs for Cambridge University Press on compassion and wellbeing in education. This time, she’s sharing her 3 mindfulness tips for teachers facing big changes in their everyday work lives.

According to Mark Twain “Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words”. However, this is not a common thought among teenagers, who generally believe that writing is something complex. This way of thinking means we can be met with bored faces whenever students are asked to write in class. What are the reasons behind it? How can we help turn those expressions into smiles?

I was in London recently and had time to kill, so I decided to stop somewhere for a coffee. It’s not difficult these days. Everywhere you go, especially in the UK, there are places to get coffee  - from major chains to independent cafes. The rise and rise of coffee consumption globally is phenomenal, and the British drink more coffee than ever before. I don’t know if we now drink more coffee than the tea which our steroetype would normally demand, but I know it must be a lot.

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Κάθε χρόνο, τέλος Ιουλίου και όλο τον Αύγουστο, ετοιμάζετε τα έντυπα των Κέντρων Ξένων Γλωσσών σας που θα μοιράσετε τον Σεπτέμβρη για να κάνετε γνωστή την επιχείρησή σας στην τοπική σας κοινωνία και να στρατολογήσετε νέους μαθητές. Οι περισσότεροι πελάτες μου αναθέτουν την εργασία σε κάποιον γραφίστα. Σαφώς όλοι σας γνωρίζετε ποια είναι η δραστηριότητα ενός γραφίστα. Αυτό που ίσως δεν γνωρίζετε καλά είναι πόσο χρήσιμος μπορεί να σας φανεί ένας  κειμενογράφος και πόσο απαραίτητος είναι σε κάθε δημιουργία μακέτας. 

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ANSWER: Part of our year syllabus for our intermediate-and-above level teenage learners needs to focus on developing Study Skills Outside of Class. As we require parents' support to further this aim, it is important to encourage these learners to discuss their new study strategies with their parents.

Here we'd like to present activities designed to help teens make their homework practices more effective.

HOMEWORK --  KEEPING TRACK AND KEEPING ON TRACK:

ANSWER:  Here is a suggestion "In This Situation, What Would You Say and Do?"--a guided group work writing and speaking activity, in which intermediate level learners have the opportunity to write exchanges and short dialogues--appropriate to specific social situations.  There is minimal preparation and the entire 'double' activity should take approximately 20 minutes.

PREPARATION OF MATERIALS:

1. Prepare three sets of cards: