#LearnEnglish w/ Memes
Memes are becoming a growing part of our everyday life and popular culture, especially online. Many of us know memes as the pictures and photographs that go viral on social […]
@Coldplay – Up & Up – Awesome Image Description #LearnEnglish
Age: 15 -16 Level: Pre-intermediate Activity: 1. Tell students they have to write the descriptions of at least 7 images from the video (create captions) 2. Watch the video […]
The Great Depression (1929-1939) + The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Roaring Twenties In One Minute The Great Depression – Professor Chesterton What Caused the Great Depression? The Dust Bowl The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck During the Great […]
11 Alternatives to “Round Robin” (and “Popcorn”) Reading @Edutopia
Rather than intimidating young readers with ancient pedagogy, encourage and empower them with livelier strategies such as partner reading or the manic Crazy Professor Game. Round Robin Reading (RRR) has […]
Big Bigger Biggest – Comparatives Superlative + Guinness World Records
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What is the Average Speaking Rate? @6minutes
Definition of speaking rate, analysis of average speaking rates, and a discussion of factors which influence how fast you speak. A long-time reader asks: What’s the average speaking rate? Is […]
The Best Keynes Video
These are the results from the IISS J.M Keynes local school competition. Once Upon A Time Warp – 3°FL Finding Tortellini – II°EL Bononiae Me Genuit (Born in Bo) – […]
The Best Archimede Video
These are the results from the IIS Archimede local school competition. Bologna State of Mind – II°C The Strange Case of San Joe – II°D More Than Just a City […]
8 Italian Words We Should Be Using in English @Babbel
My relative unfamiliarity is not the only obstacle to the compilation of a list of favorite words – there are simply so many wonderful ones in Italian. I know, I […]
Why Schools Need to Do a Better Job of Teaching Speaking Skills @erik_palmer @EdWeekTeacher
Many people are afraid of public speaking. Why? Maybe because no one ever taught them how to do it, Erik Palmer writes. I got an email last week from […]
