
Teacher talk-Motivating students
A great tool for creating interactive content to use in your teaching
Fun Speaking Games for Language Learners
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Fillers and warmers from British Council Spain
Tips for better classroom conversation from April Lidinsky
“Anyone? Anyone?”: Tips for Better Classroom Conversation” You can read further from this web-site: https://community.macmillan.com/community/the-english-community/bedford-bits/blog/2019/03/20/anyone-anyone-tips-for-better-classroom-conversation

7 Fun Tasks for Classroom Debates from ELT-Connect
ELT-Connect is the winner of this month’s TeachingEnglish Blog Award 🎖
They have some great ideas to get the whole class talking –you can check them from this web-site: http://elt-connect.com/debates/

Quote of the week
Haim Ginott
“I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized.”

Free Online Courses for Teachers of English
Teaching English: How to Plan a Great Lesson: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/teaching-english-great-lesson
English as a Medium of Instruction for Academics: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/emi-academics
Teaching English Online: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/online-tutoring
Dyslexia and Foreign Language Teaching: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/dyslexia
Understanding IELTS: Techniques for English Language Tests: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/understanding-ielts
Learning to teach: becoming a reflective practitioner: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/education-development/learning-teach-becoming-reflective-practitioner/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab

Useful Videos
1. Teacher talk – Error correction: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/teacher-talk-error-correction
2. Encouraging speaking https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/teacher-talk-encouraging-speaking
3. Humour in the classroom https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/humour-classroom
4. Using songs in the classroom https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/using-songs-classroom-0
5. Presentation for teachers https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/presentation-teachers
6. Energising classes https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/energising-classes
7. Game-based learning https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/game-based-learning
8. Inviting Participation With Thumbs-Up Responses: https://www.edutopia.org/video/invitingparticipation-thumbs-responses
9. Building a Belonging Classroom: https://www.edutopia.org/video/building-belonging-classroom
10. Creating a Positive Learning Environment: https://www.edutopia.org/video/creating-positivelearning-environment
11. Scaffolding Discussion Skills With a Socratic Circle: https://www.edutopia.org/video/scaffoldingdiscussion-skills-socratic-circle
12. What’s Metacognition—and Why Does it Matter?: https://www.edutopia.org/video/whatsmetacognition-and-why-does-it-matter
13. 60-Second Strategy: Appreciation, Apology, Aha!: https://www.edutopia.org/video/60-secondstrategy-appreciation-apology-aha
14. The Power of Relationships in Schools: https://www.edutopia.org/video/power-relationships-schools
15. Demonstrating Self-Regulation With Tone of Voice: https://www.edutopia.org/video/demonstratingself-regulation-tone-voice
16. Encouraging Academic Conversations With Talk Moves: https://www.edutopia.org/video/encouraging-academic-conversations-talk-moves




