Sunday, December 3, 2017

How to Create a Timeline in Google Slides

Many teachers have discovered the value of using timelines. Timelines provide a visual tool for studying a brief period of time -- a day, a year, or an individual's life -- or for examining a topic across the centuries. Researching and creating timelines appeals to students' visual, mathematic, and kinesthetic intelligences.There is a tutorial by Richard Byrne on how to create a timeline in Google slides, I find It very useful and accessible tutorial:

TEACHING FOR SUCCESS: LEARNING AND LEARNERS( Week 2)

Week 2 of my online courses by BRITISH COUNCIL is over. I`ve already wrote about these courses as one of the ways for modern teacher to improve their knowledge and develop professional skills. These week the course was about  the question "what teachers need to know in order to teach English". Different types of knowledge were under consideration as well as the language  research techniques.


Saturday, December 2, 2017

What is KAHOOT?



Create a fun learning game in minutes – we call these ‘kahoots’. You can make a series of multiple choice questions or try our new game – Jumble. The format and number of questions are entirely up to you. Add videos, images and diagrams to your questions to amplify engagement.Kahoots are best played in a group setting, for example, a classroom. Players answer the questions on their own devices, while games are displayed on a shared screen to unite the lesson. It creates a ‘campfire moment’ encouraging players to look up and celebrate together. Besides creating your own kahoots, you can search among millions of existing games.https://kahoot.com/what-is-kahoot/ it is a link to official site where You can find out more about this useful app and learn how to use it in Your classroom.

Friday, December 1, 2017

Innovative Methods of Teaching English Language

"Innovative Methods of Teaching English Language" is an article by Mr. G. Anburaj, G. Christopher, Ms. Ni Ming: "This paper analyses the innovative and quite interesting methods we have in teaching English language. We may have a number of teaching methods in between traditional and modern. Everybody has their own understanding and conclusions on teaching English language. But this paper portrays combining this two types how we can make our teaching very effective. We have been completely bounded with traditional methods of teaching and understanding where the present day learners felt uncomfortable a bit. Learner’s mind will never be static it is ever growing and ever changing. Whatever the teaching methodology can be, but teaching must be leaner’s centred. However, this paper scrutinizes the difference between traditional and practical teaching and thereafter learning. This treatise practically examines that how learners are being affected by the traditional methods of teaching as well, besides it has portrayed that how learners expect teaching and learning process. There has been a misunderstanding between traditional methods and practical methods always. Somehow teachers and learners should agree eachother in order to fill the gap between the generations of these methods". Main point outlined in the article are: problems with current methodologies,enacting the stories,teaching through conversations, teaching through games,word games, competitions,help from the multimedia.
http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol19-issue8/Version-4/M019846265.pdf