EVERYTHING EFL

Where to begin? Will? Going to? Actually, that's exactly right.

In this 2-parter about future forms (easing you in gently), I'm covering the basics - clearing up any confusion between form and meaning and throwing some activities your way.

You may need a pen and paper for this one.

Materials referenced:

Intermediate Grammar Games, Jill Hadfield, Longman

Games for Grammar Practice, Maria Lucia Zaorob, CUP

https://www.englishgrammar.org/difference-present-continuous/#:~:text=The%20present%20continuous%20tense%20is%20mainly%20used%20to%20talk%20about,to%20get%20a%20new%20job.

700 Activities, Seymour and Popova, MacMillan

Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate Teacher's Book, Activity 4B Helen Barker, Longman

https://www.teach-this.com/grammar-activities-worksheets/future-plans-arrangements

www.islcollective.com

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This week I’m joined by the delightful Laia del Barrio.  She presents 5 gorgeous activities to use in your classroom to bring some reflection and well-being to your students in any kind of classroom.  Grab a cup of herbal tea, sit back and breath it in!

This episode uses Laia’s slideshow on Zoom so it’s best to watch on one of the following:

Youtube @https://youtu.be/wLanL3G6RXA

IGTV @everything_efl_pod

Get Laia’s slideshow: https://b43dcd8c-ba49-44ec-83e1-d3fc5882f636.filesusr.com/ugd/f2294c_0eae3889f50c4e49b20d8f52f399b420.pdf

Laia del Barrio became an English teacher in order to give back to society and to contribute to this Earth.  Her classes are dynamic and full of reflection.  Laia has a reputation for making students think about life, about how to become better people, about the world that we live in and relates these activities to grammar and  vocabulary while working on reading, writing, listening and speaking.    

Her objective is to make the classroom a place of safety and sharing, free of judgement and full of life and English learning.  Her studies in Life and Executive Coaching have given her tools to implement during her classes.  Laia’s background in the Hospitality industry has taught her to treat each student as a unique guest.

Book:

Title: 100 Top Tips: Ideas for English Teachers from the Irish ELT Sector

by New Way Press Publishing

http://www.new-way-press.com/publications/4594889354

Ho'oponopono Meditation:

Ho'oponopono meditation comes from Hawaii and it says that we create our own life, and with this meditation, we take responsibility for whatever we have created or been through.

Ho'oponopono Circles (Hawaii-Aloha) Meetup group

https://www.meetup.com/Hooponopono-Circles-Hawaii-Aloha/

Ho'oponopono Ireland - Aloha Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/Hooponopono-Ireland-Aloha--104989901439714

Connect with Laia @https://twitter.com/laiadelbarrio

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What can make you more creative and in turn, a happier person? I can’t promise I have all the answers but I hope something I say will resonate with you and give you some warm feels. You don’t have to be a teacher to listen to this one. Share the love, guys.

Honorable Mentions:

Follow Erin Myres @ erin.myres on Instagram and check out The Educator’s Mindset Podcast

Follow Anjalee Beverly @mrs.cleverly.beverly on Instagram

Follow Melinda Thomas @newteachersconnect_ig on Instagram or @new teachers connect on Facebook

Check out Jonathan Brookins’ podcast @https://www.buzzsprout.com/970804 or wherever your preferred platform is.

Follow him @jonathanxbrookins on Instagram

Watch the Creative Brain on Netflix. Here’s a trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gSmcL1CJMQ

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I asked some of my Instagram followers to, quite literally, ask me anything. So they did. I did a bit of research and here we go. Feel free to add your own ideas on social media!

Svetlana from edsvets_english:what strategies are there to teach non-verbal conventions to students?

Sabby from High Street English: should young learners be asked to focus on grammar mistakes?

Sarah from elamodelteacher: do you have a simplistic way of teaching students a method to capitalize the I pronoun?

Erin from erin.myres from the Educator’s Mindset Podcast: random stuff about me.

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It's good be back!  Happy new year.  Just easing you in with something short and sweet.

Shane has left the building.  On with the show!

Have you ever received a complaint?  Most teachers have.  Here are my thoughts on why this isn't the end of the world (even though it feels like it) and how we can use the opportunity to improve ourselves.

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Just a quickie this week: we discuss the stuff you'll never find in a course book.  Do you have any colloquialisms from your country that you never find in print?  Do you teach it?  Let us know!

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In part 2, we share our favourite Christmas activities for all levels and Shane wrongly predicts greatness for the Year of 2020....

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Shownotes:

All I want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmUWWVZw28E

For Christmas activities:

https://bogglesworldesl.com/

https://kahoot.it/

Gingerbread Man:

https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/skill/writing/gingerbread-man/103732

In the second part of our Christmas extravaganza, we share some of our favourite festive activities.

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Shownotes:

12 Days of Christmas:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyEyMjdD2uk

www.kahoot.it

Graham Norton and Jon Bon Jovi - approx 13 minutes in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJZKZf-6cH0 

Build a gingerbread man:

https://www.googooenglish.com/gingerbread-man-esl-lesson-plan/

Here is the first of 2 Christmas episodes.  In Part 1, we give you a couple of Christmas classroom song activities to get your students feeling festive.

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Shownotes:

John Lennon - Merry Christmas (War is Over)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8hdZVoLHrk

The 12 Days of Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyEyMjdD2uk

mentor, Anjalee Beverly, who shares culturally responsible teaching strategies, inclusion tips and ways to teach multiple narratives for every classroom. 

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Shownotes:

Anjalee Beverly is a twelfth year elementary education teacher. She currently teaches fourth grade but has also taught 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 11th, and 12th grades in California. In addition to teaching. Anjalee is also the Project Based Learning Coordinator, Lead Teacher, Founder and teacher liaison of the African American Parent Advisory Council and happily hosts a weekly yoga club. Anjalees’ motto is trust before standards and she seeks to bring joy and rigor to every class session. She believes relationship building with students and their families is a crucial part of the learning process. Her ultimate goal as an educator is to teach her students to love themselves as they are and to find liberation through academic excellence. You can find her on instagram as Ms.Cleverly.Beverly. 

Recommended reading: Pushout: the Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, Monique W Morris, The New Press

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