Showing posts with label English Without Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label English Without Books. Show all posts
Monday, 24 October 2011
This afternoon I am teaching a lesson in my new course "Anglicky bez učebnic" (English Without Books) and the topic is: Recommendations in a city. It is my own lesson which I´ve just put together and it´s based on English Out There´s
Saturday, 10 September 2011
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More and more foreigners come to study, work or just live in Brno so whenever you walk up the high street or go for a beer in one of the pubs/clubs downtown there’s no doubt you’ll encounter a foreigner.
I´m sure you can always run into one at Charlie´s or the Livingstone´s, the two popular hang out pubs/bars/discos where you can expect nice drinks, dance groove, great pub
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More and more foreigners come to study, work or just live in Brno so whenever you walk up the high street or go for a beer in one of the pubs/clubs downtown there’s no doubt you’ll encounter a foreigner.
I´m sure you can always run into one at Charlie´s or the Livingstone´s, the two popular hang out pubs/bars/discos where you can expect nice drinks, dance groove, great pub
Monday, 25 July 2011
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Every learner and teacher of English knows that prepositional phrases can be very tricky.
Here are 10 of them which my students often make mistakes in, with simple example sentences. Feel free to add your own in the Comments below!
TO GET MARRIED TO Tom had been going out with Jane for many years. Finally he got married to her last month.Why didn´t you get married to him, he was
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Every learner and teacher of English knows that prepositional phrases can be very tricky.
Here are 10 of them which my students often make mistakes in, with simple example sentences. Feel free to add your own in the Comments below!
TO GET MARRIED TO Tom had been going out with Jane for many years. Finally he got married to her last month.Why didn´t you get married to him, he was
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
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When I was 11, the Iron Wall came down and the Czechs could finally travel abroad. Well... to the West. I used to spend all my childhood vacations in Bulgaria so I couldn't have been more excited to cross the borders to the colourful world called Western Europe, 21 years ago.
But unlike most of my schoolmates' parents, mine didn't take me just across the borders, to Vienna. We
Monday, 20 June 2011
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Jean Kilbourne - Killing Us Softly
A while back one of the EnglishBrno FB page fans shared a very interesting documentary with us, called "Killing Us Softly". It is a 30-min talk on portrayal of women in advertising.
As I was watching I realized I wanted to plan my next lesson around this topic. So I did :
Level : intermediate +
Time needed : 2+ hrs
PRE-LESSON TASKOne
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Jean Kilbourne - Killing Us Softly
A while back one of the EnglishBrno FB page fans shared a very interesting documentary with us, called "Killing Us Softly". It is a 30-min talk on portrayal of women in advertising.
As I was watching I realized I wanted to plan my next lesson around this topic. So I did :
Level : intermediate +
Time needed : 2+ hrs
PRE-LESSON TASKOne
Thursday, 14 April 2011
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This is great news. It is now possible to share all English Central videos on your websites, blogs or social media platforms. I see this as a perfect opportunity for blogging teachers who can build lessons around these videos. They are all subtitled and you can record your voice reading them out loud.
If you´ve never heard of English Central, I bet you 1000 USD that you´ll love it. Watch
This is great news. It is now possible to share all English Central videos on your websites, blogs or social media platforms. I see this as a perfect opportunity for blogging teachers who can build lessons around these videos. They are all subtitled and you can record your voice reading them out loud.
If you´ve never heard of English Central, I bet you 1000 USD that you´ll love it. Watch
Sunday, 10 April 2011
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If you are an English teacher, you are a BUSY TEACHER.
Here is my personal pick of the top 10 websites which I find extremely useful in my teaching. Please, feel free to add your favourite websites for teachers in the Comments. They might be completely different!
Best resource websites - lesson plans/ideas for busy teachers
If you don´t know Onestopenglish.com, you are most
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If you are an English teacher, you are a BUSY TEACHER.
Here is my personal pick of the top 10 websites which I find extremely useful in my teaching. Please, feel free to add your favourite websites for teachers in the Comments. They might be completely different!
Best resource websites - lesson plans/ideas for busy teachers
If you don´t know Onestopenglish.com, you are most
Sunday, 9 January 2011
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How do you learn English in your free time? Do you attend a language course, do you meet internationals in cafés, do you use books, the Internet?
Whatever your method may be, when it comes to learning English, many people have realized they are not going to acquire the language just by sitting in classrooms.
We are in English learning heaven these days as thousands of
How do you learn English in your free time? Do you attend a language course, do you meet internationals in cafés, do you use books, the Internet?
Whatever your method may be, when it comes to learning English, many people have realized they are not going to acquire the language just by sitting in classrooms.
We are in English learning heaven these days as thousands of
Thursday, 25 November 2010
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Are you bored learning English from textbooks? Do you feel like you´ll never learn to speak English? Do you or your students need more practice with real people? I might have a solution for you... There is a new programme on the Internet called English Out There. It was put together by an English teacher and online professional Jason West from London. Jason owns a language school and
Are you bored learning English from textbooks? Do you feel like you´ll never learn to speak English? Do you or your students need more practice with real people? I might have a solution for you... There is a new programme on the Internet called English Out There. It was put together by an English teacher and online professional Jason West from London. Jason owns a language school and
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