09 October 2019 - 11:24

Do you want to communicate effectively during an online lesson? The British Council's Graham Stanley shares advice from his book Remote Teaching.

Make eye contact by looking at the camera lens

Look directly into the camera lens rather than at the screen. Learners will feel you are looking them in the eye.

Ready to roll with Marbles: a whole-child approach to connect the classroom with the outside world. In this session Herbert Puchta discusses how we can blend real-life topics with exciting stories, videos and songs to bring fun into the primary classroom, engaging the children, and keeping their motivation levels high.

QUESTION: I have heard about poetry writing activities in the EFL classroom.  I would like to use some with my learners. Could you suggest activities for young learners as well as for adolescents/teenagers? And, if I use them, would I be taking time from more "important" language practice activities?

Οι απλοί συνεργάτες κάνουν ότι τους πεις, οι καλοί συνεργάτες κάνουν αυτό που χρειάζεσαι χωρίς να πεις τίποτε! Οι άνθρωποι που μπορούν να σας βοηθήσουν περισσότερο και πιο αποτελεσματικά είναι οι άνθρωποι που είναι πιο έξυπνοι από εσάς – στον τομέα τους. Οι σπουδαίοι επιχειρηματίες αφιερώνουν πολύ χρόνο στο να στελεχώσουν την κατάλληλη ομάδα για την επίτευξη των στόχων τους.

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ANSWER: The First Day of Class is the most important day of the school year. We would like to suggest an activity which would help B1+ learners to tell you a bit about themselves and to express their expectations of you, of themselves, their fellow learners, as well as their dreams for the future.

We strongly recommend that you use it as a poetry writing activity, as it is much more motivating.

TITLE:  “I come from. . .”

LEVEL: B1+

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