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“A picture is worth a thousand words”, but what if you can add the whole slideshow, words, sentences and accompany it with music?

Your students regularly post pictures on Facebook or Twitter and comment on them, so why not take their witty commenting skills into the English class. PhotoPeach.com is

Creative writing

I’ve recently noticed how technology is affecting my writing. I definitely cut down on writing using a fountain pen or pen, and I can see its effects as my handwriting quality has unfortunately started going down hill. It’s mostly because I tend to write more emails instead of letters and

And here we are again, it is the beginning of January we are all fresh, positive and ready to make big changes and promises.

Below you can find an infographic on how New Year’s resolutions are made, what goes wrong and how successfully complete your goals.

How to use it with students?

I think

With just under a year to go until Election Day in the United States, the New York Times reports that Barack Obama’s approval rating is at 46%. Funnily enough, his disapproval rating is also 46%. Ultimately, as many people approve of the current President of the United States as disapprove. It

This week London has seen the world’s fashionistas flock into town for its annual fashion week.  So how might you incorporate the festivities into your classes?  London fashion week has a great website that you can use as a jumping off point for a lesson about all things sartorial. 

Understanding and using clichés and idioms in a foreign language is a sign of great comprehension: it edges your language right up there with that of native speakers, and helps you communicate in a more realistic way. What is difficult about these aspects of language, particularly idioms, is that they differ

Zoos are for children only? Rubbish. A recent late night at the London Zoo took me back in time to one of my favourite childhood activities, and reminded me of how entertaining it is to look at animals (and at adults looking at animals).

Why not get your students to

For the 125th time tennis fans join the world’s top tennis players at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London, to witness the world’s most prestigious grass tennis tournament. Not only is Wimbledon a major sports event for tennis fans from all over the planet (go Federer!!),

Winnie the Pooh, the bear loved the world over, turns 90 this year which is a great excuse for a light-hearted lesson on Pooh, comics and children’s literature.  For a fun warm-up why not introduce them to the Pooh theme song.  Are you students brave enough to

This summer we have got an invasion of films based on comic books. First was Thor and we didn’t have to wait long for the new XMan. Next in line are Green Lantern and Captain America. Take some superpower back to class and get your students to transfer into super heroes

With an estimated 2 billion people watching Prince William and Catherine Middleton say ‘I will’ why not cash in on wedding fever and have a class that elicits some colourful descriptive language and really hones the use of comparatives and superlatives. With the eyes of the world on them the wedding

What’s the difference between dementia and amnesia? What’s an amygdala? Who is Simonides? And what’s a Schwarzenegger movie got to do with all of that?

Get your students to find the answers by using the brilliant new and shiny Web Project Marvellous memory on Macmillan English Campus.

Web Projects guide learners to a

The Daily Mail, one of Britain’s biggest selling newspapers, faced embarrassment this week when it misspelled one of its headlines.

Have a look at the image of the newspaper below. Can your students spot the mistake? (Hint: look to the country!)

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Glogster gives you a chance to challenge your students’ creative skills and knowledge when doing homework. GLOGS is an interactive online platform that enables you to create online multimedia posters with text, photos, videos, graphics, sounds, drawings, data attachments and much more!

Glogster can be adapted to any

Here’s a place where you can find free images to add to any kind of lesson material you are creating. Perfect for flashcards, powerpoints and handouts:

http://www.openclipart.org/

I discovered it while reading this interesting blog on teaching:

www.talktotheclouds.com

Which I found while browsing this blog aggregator:

www.onestopblogs.com

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