One intresting on-line game

This game could be usefull if You want your students to have a brainstorm in their vocabulary

http://www.postitgame.co.uk/

Conference "Teachers` Network"

We invite teachers to participate at the conference, which will take place on 28th November, 2009 in Lasnamäe Russian Gymnasium in Tallinn, at 23, J. Koorti

The practical workshops are aimed aimed at teachers, professional networking and support.

The topics of the seminars include:

A blog in teaching
SMART board at the lessons
Various computer classroom
Web-based learning tools (Google Groups, friendfeed, blogger, etc.)
Teachers from all over Estonia will share their experiences in e-teaching.
The programme of the conference
Registration for the event is untill 20th November here
The working language is Russian.
The conference participation is free for everyone.
The event is supported by Tiger Leap Foundation.

Lyudmila Roždestvenskaja,
conference organiser

Learning English with Audio / Video?

1. Have a look and listen to a beautiful ABC Song-Lets Start Smart original alphabet song - quite a 'refreshing', colourful educational item (You can also find some other items, sources of this kind here - at YouTube.com).
2. Another interactive methodological technology-related Web-materials' collection is the English with Jennifer site with "a bulk" of different (Not random,but logically presented!) grammar, vocabulary, etc. topics.

That is more visual, aural professionally and simply introduced add to regular classes in order to make learning / studying more effective, practical, and also - interesting, lively.

It can be used in class - the only question is to plan your time: 'when, where and why' to insert this material, who is the "target audience"- and it works, reduces the boredom, formality of regular classworks.

Enjoy

American and British English

Visiting Meeri`s blog I came across an interesting video, which can be used at the lesson. Why not discuss how it could be done and what tasks for the students might it have.

About the Podcast

Grammar Grater® with Luke Taylor

About the Podcast

Grammar Grater® is a weekly podcast about English words, grammar and usage for the Information Age. Because we live in a time of e-mail, blogs, instant messaging, even online product reviews—everybody's a writer. And with the global nature of communication, there's not a single style guide everyone uses. To help sort through some of the confusion, host Luke Taylor and the Grammatis Personae Players™ take linguistic bugbears and put 'em through the Grammar Grater.

To subscribe, click here or paste this URL into your podcast software:
 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/tools/podcasts/grammar_grater.xml 

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/podcasts/grammar_grater/

"Twitter and teachers a mini workshop"

Twenty Five Interesting Ways To Use Twitter in the Classroom

View more presentations from Michael Sauers.

A Teacher's Guide To Web 2.0 at School

A Teacher's Guide To Web 2.0 at School

View more documents from Sacha Chua.

EATE Summer Seminar 2009

It was very useful to hear the latest news about ELT in Estonia, buy the newest books, practice some useful things and just refresh your English in Parnu!
The materials of the seminars could be found here

“Cool Tools for Schools” and “Getting Tricky with Wikis” – Two Exceptional Resources

As an educator interested in creating engaging wikis, you’ll want to keep resources like “Cool Tools for Schools” and “Getting Tricky with Wikis” handy for your Web 2.0 needs.


Read more

How Mindmaps can help you learn a language

Tony Buzan, inventor of MindMaps, explains how this memory technique can help you master learning a language. This time you will remember!


A short video showing the laws of Mind Mapping.

Google Web Elements

Listening Activities

Dear colleagues!





Look through, listen and use the 10 Top Listening Activities.

Virtual excursion

Dear collegues! Could you suggest your ideas about using this video at the lesson? (grade? level? task types? questions?)

We Think

A new book by Charles Leadbeater, 'We Think' explores the potential of the latest developments of the internet

Year 12 Exam Preparation Tips

Dear colleagues!

It's a bit late, but yesterday I found the Hungarian branch of the British Council with quite interesting guidelines how to design the speaking tasks (as tips for the state exam - http://www.examsreform.hu/Media/TaskDesign.pdf) and Speaking Tasks Samples (http://www.examsreform.hu/Pages/SampleTasks.html).

Also feel free to examine their topical Situational Tasks (http://www.examsreform.hu/Pages/ST_SitTasks.html) ... may help :-).

Enjoy!