Creativity in English Language Teaching

Creativity in English Language Teaching
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An Easy No-Sew Teaching Apron.

Lovely! ❣️

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How many times do you walk backwards and forwards to your desk, or the whiteboard, or around in circles looking for that stash of Post-It Notes?

Imagine a cute little apron that could hold all of those important items you need at the tip of your fingers.

Here is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to create this gorgeous teaching accessory!

Materials & Equipment:

colourful tea towel

double sided sewing tape

hot glue gun

ribbon (avoid slippery satin ribbons
– I used grosgrain ribbon)

cute buttons or accessories

seemore at:

https://www.teachstarter.com/blog/an-easy-no-sew-teaching-apron/

Teaching Tools

Lesson Plans

Get inspired with 1,000+ teacher-created lesson plans.

• Each lesson plan contains everything you need. 
  - PDF attachments, PowerPoint slides, YouTube videos, and more
• Browse lesson plans by subject, grade, and skill.
• Get tips for changing a lesson to help kids above or below grade level.

#Tips for #teaching #English to senior #learners (60+)

Here are my musts when it comes to teaching older learners:

#1 Be patient  ....    #2 Be flexible  .....   #3 Be a good listener   ...    #4 Be old-fashioned .

See more at :    https://eslbrains.com/teaching-senior-learners-tips/

GAMES FOR LEARNING -TEACHING ESL KIDS

ESL Fun Interactive Games Teaching 

•  Grammar Games - Jeopardy, Hangman, Wheel Games, Snakes and Ladders and more>>>
•  Fun Games - Games for Teaching ESL Kids>>>
•  Vocabulary Games - memory games, maze games, Snakes and Ladders, Hangman and more>>>
•  ESL Online Games Directory - Have Fun Teaching and Learning English with your Students
• English Lessons for Children - For Parents & Teachers of Kids - We offer Video Tutorials, Games, Worksheets, Powerpoint, Flashcards, Placement Tests

Free Interactive Fun Games for Classrooms - Goodbye Classroom Boredom!

ESL Classroom Fun Games: They simply rock! Have fun with wheel of fortune, Quiz shows, Billionaire Games.

Revision Games for Level 1 - 6 Primary Learners - You have to try these games

Free Printable ESL Board and Card Games

Printable Board Games For ESL Classrooms

• Printable Card Games for the ESL Classrooms
• Make your own games with templates - custom create activities for you lessons

see more at:

http://www.english-4kids.com/games.html

Effective Teaching

Ask yourself each of the following questions to ensure that you are giving your students your best, after all, wouldn't you want to be a student in your class?

 I sure hope so, if not, you may wish to re-think your career.

1. What types of questions will I ask that will make my students think, reflect and engage?

2.  How will I give my students feedback? Feedback is what will push them into deeper and permanent learning - more so if they respond to the feedback.

3.  Do I maintain a healthy pace for each of my lessons? How do I know?

4.  Am I authentic? Are my students able to relate to the content?

5. Am I showing passion for what I am teaching? Do I keep it fun and worthwhile?

6.  Do I provide the opportunity for collaboration, problem solving and working together? After all, we rarely solve problems alone.

7.  Is there opportunity for movement? No student wants to sit at a desk all day.

8.  Is there a purpose for learning? Did I establish it with my students? Could my students answer the question "Why am I Learning this?"

If you can answer positively to each of these questions for the content you are about to teach, pat yourself on the back and share with others.

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Ideas

https://freecoursesandprograms.blogspot.com/2018/08/100-ideas-for-teachers.html

How to Teach Like a Pro

*How to Teach Like a Pro* 

*Series📚 25 books*

The Links ( Click to download )

TEACHING

TEACHING INVOLVES LEARNING AND LEARNING MEANS STEPPING INTO SOMEONE’S SHOES AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU KNOW AND LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.

TRY TO BE:

* NICE

* TOLERANT

* HELPFUL

* COLLABORATIVE

*  MAINTAIN A POSITIVE TEAM ATMOSPHERE

*  BUILD UP CONNECTIVITY

* SHARE A COMMON PURPOSE

*  FUN AND WE LAUGH A LOT

* BELIEVE IN LEARNING 

* WE CARE 

* LOVE WHAT YOU DO

USING GAMES TO TEACH

Attention getters are a great classroom management tool! Whether students are busy working in groups, on class projects, or are just plain chatty, these attention getters are not only fun, but are an effective way to get your class re-focused, so you can give instructions. 

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What is the best teaching method for learning English?

According to academic research, linguists have demonstrated that there is not one single best method for everyone in all contexts, and that no one teaching method is inherently superior to the others.

Also, it is not always possible – or appropriate – to apply the same methodology to all learners, who have different objectives, environments and learning needs.

Teach English with Song

Grammar Punctuation & Spelling Songs

Parts of Speech, Synonyms, Antonyms, Compound Words, Contractions & More

Music is a great language package that bundles culture, vocabulary, listening, grammar and a host of other language skills in just a few rhymes. 

Music can also provide a relaxed lesson on a hot boring day. It can also form the basis for many lessons.

Grammar Songs - General
4 Kinds of Sentences – Kathleen Wiley
10 Grammar Rules Song – Tim Pacific
A Simple Sentence – Music with Mar.
Complete & Incomplete Sentences Square Dance – Music with Mar.
Editor's Checklist – Learning by Song
Grammar Rapper – Dennis Westphall
The Language Police – Joe Crone
Parts of Speech Rap – Learning by Song
The Very Basic Grammar Song – Tim Pacific

Parts of Speech
  

 Nouns
Move For A Proper Noun – Music with Mar.
Nouns – Jack Hartmann
Nouns – Ron Brown
Nouns – Music with Mar.

   Verbs
The 36 Prepositions Song – Tim Pacific
Action Verbs – Jack Hartmann
Action Verbs – Songs of Writing
Am Is Are Was Were –Katherine Dines
The Ballad of Joey Bon Bon and Fuzzy Boo Boo – Brainchildren!
Grammar Tenses – MindMuzic
Helper Verbs – Learning by Song
King Verb – Jim Thompson
Lucky Socks – Brainchildren!
Phrasal Verbs and the Imperative – Learning English Through Song
The Verb Game – Music with Mar.
The Verb Rap Song – Earth Tone Enterprises 

Songs for Teaching

Music can be a great way to connect with your students. Even students who aren’t fluent in English often know the words of popular songs phonetically, which makes these songs ideal resources for teaching your students certain forms of grammar, as well as vocabulary. 

http://busyteacher.org/classroom_activities-listening/songs_and_lyrics/

https://tefltunes.com/songs-for-teaching-english-grammar/

http://www.songsforteaching.com/grammarspelling.htm

http://www.esl-galaxy.com/music.htm

Teach Write a Letter

Letter writing

Steps of writing an informal letter. 

1. Write the date and a salutation.
2. Begin the letter with some pleasantries.
3. Share news and personal details.
4. Discuss topics that are relevant to your friend.
5. Write a final paragraph sending your friend best wishes.
6. Finish off with a closing, then sign your name.

Beginning the Letter

1 - Date the letter. If you're taking the trouble to write a letter by hand, it's nice to add a date on the top left corner of the paper. Many people save letters for years to come, and they like to be able to see what day and year it was written to reminisce about earlier times. Write out the date - for example, "May 7, 2013" - or abbreviate it using only numbers indicating the month, day and year.

2 - Write a salutation. The beginning of a letter, whether it's handwritten or in the form of an email, is called a salutation. That's where you address the person to whom you're writing by name - for example, "Dear Emily" or "Hello, Skylar." Think about the nature of your relationship with the letter recipient, as well as your own preferences and style, and choose your greeting accordingly.

Absolute Beginner English

Teaching absolute beginners requires the teacher to pay special attention to the order in which new language is introduced. The teacher lesson plan plays an essential role in making sure that new grammar is introduced slowly and successfully. This 20 point program provides a syllabus to take students from speaking no English at all, to being able to fulfill basic communication needs including; giving personal information and describing their daily routines and the world around them.

Obviously, there is a lot more to speaking English confidently than these twenty points. This 20 point program has been designed to provide a strong base on which to build while, at the same time, providing learners with the most important language skills they will need to get going.

Word Clouds

Tagxedo turns words ------ famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters ----- into a visually stunning word cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text.

http://www.tagxedo.com/

Classroom Ideas - 11 ótimas ideias para você turbinar as suas aulas.

De planejamento a atividades práticas, o objetivo é que tanto você, quanto seus alunos tirem o máximo de proveito das aulas.

1. USE "PLANNING FILES" PARA ARQUIVAR SUAS AULAS PLANEJADAS 

Que tal ter seus planejamentos todos resumidos e guardados em um arquivo pessoal? 
A ideia é preencher fichas contendo os seguintes itens:

Games and Activties - 2

1. VOCABULARY DICE GAME

Para esse jogo, o professor seleciona uma quantidade de flashcards sobre o tema estudado. Esses flashcards podem ser confeccionados pelos próprios alunos. Logo após, os alunos sentam em círculo com os flashcards empilhados no centro. 

O primeiro aluno joga o dado e para cada número tirado, devem seguir as instruções:

Games and Activities - 1

O blog traz hoje uma postagem com ideias de jogos e atividades para tornar as aulas mais dinâmicas e animadas. 

1. COMIC STRIPS 

Tirinhas são super fáceis de encontrar. Que tal selecionar algumas, apagar os balões de diálogos e pedir aos alunos que escrevam suas próprias histórias? No final todas podem fazer parte de um comic book (revista em quadrinhos) coletivo.

2. FISH BOWL GAME

FARM ANIMALS - Teaching Topics

Teaching Topics

O professor pode iniciar a aula trabalhando com flashcards para introduzir o novo vocabulário 
(What's this? / It's a _____.). 

Você pode fazer os flashcards com seus alunos, ou imprimi-los de sites como o docstoc ou o eslprintables, que também traz várias atividades para imprimir.