Can B1 Learners really handle a TED Talk?

Watch Keynote authors Paul Dummett and Lewis Lansford show how TED Talks can be used just as successfully with B1 learners as they can with higher level students.

Why is reading so important?

Studies have shown that students who read extensively for their own enjoyment both in and out of the class not only have higher vocabulary and fluency but do better in all subjects against national standards.

Reading extensively offers an antidote to small granular bits of information that are so prevalent in social media

Creating a reading habit early on can open up a world of enjoyment for your students for life.

We’ve experienced significant change to our daily lives across the world over the last weeks. One of these, is the move from face-to-face teaching in the classroom, to teaching online. Kate Brierton is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Wellbeing & Special Educational Needs Governor at Impington Village College. She presents and blogs for Cambridge University Press on compassion and wellbeing in education. This time, she’s sharing her 3 mindfulness tips for teachers facing big changes in their everyday work lives.

According to Mark Twain “Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words”. However, this is not a common thought among teenagers, who generally believe that writing is something complex. This way of thinking means we can be met with bored faces whenever students are asked to write in class. What are the reasons behind it? How can we help turn those expressions into smiles?

We have borrowed this term from business and home construction and we use it metaphorically to illustrate the steps a FL school Owner/Director needs to take before the beginning of the new school year so that in late August-September his/her school will be in ready-to-operate condition.

As we see it, there is a specific procedure and a number of steps/projects that need to be planned and carried out starting right after the end of the current school year in June and going up to the beginning of the following year in September.

Οι άνθρωποι παλαιότερα αντιμετώπιζαν την επιχειρηματικότητα αυστηρά και αποστασιοποιημένα. Πίστευαν πως τα συναισθήματα ήταν χάσιμο χρόνου και πως δεν προσέθεταν στην ανάπτυξη. Αντίθετα όμως έχει αποδειχθεί πως η συναισθηματική νοημοσύνη έγινε απαραίτητο κομμάτι του σύγχρονου "επιχειρείν".

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Answer: That's fine. Most of us decide that we'd like to use an activity, other than the ones in our Christmas repertoire, just about the last week before the holidays.  And we've got just the one.

PROCEDURE

TITLE: A Christmas Wreath

LEVEL: A2-B1

SKILLS: Writing, but mainly learning to be grateful

TIME: 10-15 minutes

So many moments, all come together,

like a big train, to form what we call life...

And strangely so many lives,

coincidentally come together, to form

what we call a moment.

Ashutosh Mishra

Wishes for many memorable moments of love, friendship and harmony,

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