Hi!

Hi! Before sharing my last assignment, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone. You have really impressed me with your ideas and I am so exhilarated that such wonderful teachers exist all around the world.
It has been a great pleasure to work with you all.

As for my assignment, this is a Word Association game for Young Learners. In fact, the actual words that I am using here have been chosen by one of my students who is only 7 years old. She liked the idea when I once played this game with her class so she volunteered to create a version of her own and I wanted to share it with you. You can always modify the game based on your students' level and the vocabulary that you want to teach.

Have a great summer holiday and I hope we will stay in touch :)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IwTYsyZhWn8hia-OZEa8j_NGZ_YTeUs8/view?usp=sharing

Where would you like to see yourself 12 months from now, in terms of being a materials writer?

Where would you like to see yourself 12 months from now, in terms of being a materials writer?

Lately, I have started creating worksheets based on the principles that we have discussed here and I can tell that it requires a lot of effort. Especially, what I find really challenging is the design. Now that I have the basics, I would like to continue and learn more about how to design eye-catching worksheets (just like some of you did in previous sessions). Then, after accomplishing that, in 12 months time, I would like to be able to create a variety of classroom materials and publish them so that others can use in their own classrooms.

Which one piece of advice would you give a teacher who wanted to create their own classroom material?

Which one piece of advice would you give a teacher who wanted to create their own classroom material?

I am quite new to the whole process of creating ELT Materials however, what I have noticed so far is that students like materials which are challenging enough, fun, and eye-catching (structure, fonts, colours, instruction). Therefore, my advice would be that when creating ELT materials teachers should be careful and aware if what they have decided to include in the material is proficiency-level appropriate. Moreover, teachers are always free to play with fonts, colours, and other materials' elements thus creating something which is attractive and fun. As a consequence, students would most probably be engaged and motivated to learn even more.

When using an authentic audio or video it is important to use only ‘native speakers’.

When using an authentic audio or video it is important to use only ‘native speakers’.

I think that the presence of both native and non-native speakers is highly important. English learners should be exposed to a range of English varieties as this would enable them to communicate and exchange ideas with people living in various EFL settings. Also, from what I have experienced so far, students love this variety and they get excited when they listen to an accent other than the one they have listened to before.

Hello everyone.

Hello everyone. Here is my week 3 assignment. As a visual I have decided to use one short storyboard which I have created myself using https://www.storyboardthat.com. Based on that, I have designed two worksheets and relevant activities for B1-B2 teenage learners.

Something to share: I found http://storyboardthat.com very useful as it is an online free tool which allows you to create your own storyboards. Moreover, you can ask your students to use it. They can create their stories and have fun with the scenes, characters and many other options that this page offers.

Your feedback is more than welcome. See you tomorrow :)


P.S If you wish, you can try and decode the text yourself and let me know if it was challenging enough :)


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k1iyfC92M5psv1DW8nNRn8QAVbFrYCB6/view?usp=sharing

Hello everyone!

Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing fine. This is my assignment for this week which includes the lesson plan and designed worksheets. The plan itself is not that much detailed, I just wanted to present the idea on how we can use a short video as an authentic material for teaching purposes.
Your constructive feedback would be highly appreciated. See you on Sunday :)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FC-H1l5YLy-KEp-lKMozilJp9pKbmBLq/view?usp=sharing

Hello everyone!

Hello everyone! Until now I have read many great ideas on the principles one should follow in order to create ELT materials and I have learned a lot from all of you.

Based on my experience as a teacher, I think that it is crucial for materials to be both challenging and simple. By challenging, I mean materials which are accurate and appropriate for the students' level but at the same time keep students engaged and motivated to learn even beyond that material. On the other hand, I consider simple materials to be the ones which are easily to be understood by everyone, have clear instruction, provide examples, and have a clear structure with interconnected and meaningful exercises.

These are the two main principles that I follow each time when I create teaching materials. Have a great time and see you all tomorrow :)

Hi everyone.

Hi everyone. Here is my idea on how one can use proverbs to teach some English vowel and consonant sounds. I have set the level as B1 however, this material can always be modified in order to meet the students' needs, their proficiency level, and/or teacher's objectives.
I am looking forward to you constructive feedback :)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bq3tP7rFhT8FgJi-FzRWNPvFSHXKfBHE/view?usp=sharing

Greetings everyone!

Greetings everyone!

My name is Ereza Mehmeti and I am from Prishtina, Kosovo. Currently I am pursuing my MA degree in Applied Linguistics with TESOL at University of Sheffield in Thessaloniki, Greece. I have been working as an EFL teacher for two years now at 'Britannica' school in Prishtina and I have had the opportunity to work with students of all levels. Despite being a teacher, I have also been a teacher-trainer for Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) as part of a training program organised by Kosova English Teachers' Network. I am quite excited to be part of this community as I think we will learn a lot from one another.

I am looking forward to starting the course :)