This post marks the beginning of a new series–EFL Makeovers. Teachers have long recognized the value of games in EFL—as effective substitutes for drills, as authentic tasks for children, and for the joy they bring into class. We adapt games from our home countries, and we adopt games from the countries in which we find [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2010’
More Than Five Things to do with LEGO® in the EFL Classroom Part 2 (by Emma Herrod)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know If you missed the first half of this article, start here. Home Sweet Home This lesson makes for a fun way of working with language to do with accommodation and living spaces, as the students work together to build a large model house. The model [...]
More Than Five Things to do with LEGO® in the EFL Classroom Part 1 (by Emma Herrod)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know Firstly, I’d like to put this post into some sort of context. In 2002, I landed a dream job (at the time) working at the LEGO Company. The next five years were so much fun and those little coloured bricks became part of my everyday [...]
Intersection on an E-Ferry (a poem by Hamdi Erestreams)
Hamdi is a teacher I recently met on Facebook. He has taught EFL for 12 years in Tunisia and has recently begun to explore Facebook and Twitter as places to connect with other teachers around the world. Hamdi doesn’t have a computer at home, so he accesses the Internet at cybercafes and at school. In [...]
Never under-estimate what your students can teach you! (by Berni Wall)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know As an EFL teacher with a long career, I’ve been around the block a few times! I’ve taught all levels from kindergarten to mature adults and I think I’ve learnt one or two things along the way. However, for me, I think the lesson that [...]
Love and Respect (by Melania Paduraru)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know A few days ago, a much younger colleague of mine in her first teaching year was complaining about how difficult it is to be a teacher and how stressed she feels when entering a classroom full of 14 year-olds who sometimes give her a really [...]



