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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

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

I’ve been travelling this November – to Bielefeld in Germany for the annual BESIG conference, and to Paris for the annual colloquium of TESOL France. Entirely by chance, I ended up planning visits to destinations traditionally associated with the old Germanic tradition of the Christmas market. I

If you can cope with the slightly risqué title, this blog is quite a fun way to stretch your students’ vocabulary muscles. It contains hundreds of different pictures that you can have hours of fun describing. They are sometimes shocking, often old and almost always mysterious.

It could be fun

MEC Trainer, Joanna Trzmielewska, writes:

Teachers always aim towards establishing their students’ skills to use language freely. They want students to be able to express themselves, their thoughts and personalities in the language students study. The question that often arises is how we can create a background for

MEC Trainer, Joanna Trzmielewska, writes:

I came across a website which might help you to change the dynamic of introducing, drilling or revising vocabulary with your students. GIFUP.com is a personal animation and avatar generator. You can capture a photo with your webcam, upload

Joanna Trzmielewska, MEC Trainer, writes:

We know that images and stories help to establish and revise vocabulary and grammar. We often do storytelling with young learners, who are always very excited about the idea of listening to and creating a story. However, the question is how to

MEC Training Coordinator, Sarah Milligan, writes:

Here’s an idea:

1. Ask your students to bring in a photo of themselves on a usb, disc or saved somewhere on the internet

2. Get your students to go to Photofunia and choose one of the many backgrounds and effects to add their photo to.

MEC Trainer, Joanna Trzmielewska, writes:

Nowadays, images play an important part in our lives. Pictures and photos help us to create associations, and thus make it is easier for us to remember people and places.

If your students find it difficult to remember idiomatic expressions or phrases,

MEC Training Coordinator, Sarah Milligan , writes:

If you’re looking for some inspiring images to use in class why not go to the National Geographic website . There are loads of amazing pictures of nature at work that you could use to start up