Amalia GavinaListen to the first 10 minutes of Malala’s interview and answer the following questions: 1) Why do they call the Swat valley a paradise? 2) What type of relationship has she got with her father? 3) What does she think about the role of women in Islam? […]
Amalia GavinaI have very recently come across one brilliant and creative idea to help students write their first poems. It appears on a blog by Andreas Lund which focuses on poetry writing by ESL students. I thought about adding some pre-task activities that could enable students […]
Amalia GavinaTechnology has come to stay and proof of that are the numerous applications being used in learning, both in and outside the classrooms. As far as language learning is concerned, apps used to create and learn vocabulary units seem extremely useful. The best example I know, as […]
Amalia Gavina1) Listen to the story and answer the following questions: Where did this story take place? Why were these men gathered? Why did they argue and fight? What’s the moral at the end of the story? How can we apply this to our lives and reality? 2) […]
Blogs are powerful language learning tools and not just for teachers but also for students. The way I see it, student blogs can serve different purposes: They can help students integrate knowledge. They can work as one big mind map, connecting topics, expressions, theory and practice, […]
Being a French language learner has been a tremendously satisfying experience for various reasons. The first one is discovering that I can communicate my ideas and thoughts, with some difficulty at the beginning, in another language that has always been a pleasure to hear. Secondly, […]
PRE-TASK: – Who is Pope Francis? What do you know about the Catholic Church and its beliefs/dogma? – What do you know about the Theory of Evolution and the Big Bang Theory? TASK: Read the article (here’s the link) and answer the following questions: a) […]
Amalia GavinaPre-task: How often do you change your mood? Does this affect your relationships with others? How? How many different roles do you play in your life? (mother, wife, sister, etc.) Task: – Listen to the song (click here for the link) and answer the following […]
As most language students know, the level of exposure we have in the target language is a key factor in language learning. Exposure means listening, reading, and interacting using the target language. Exposure doesn’t necessarily mean, as many people believe, living in the […]
Amalia Gavina1) How often do you stay at a hotel? Have you ever stayed at a hotel in an English-speaking country? 2) Complete the next conversation at a hotel in the USA. Receptionist: Good morning, welcome to the Continental Hotel.__________________? Guest: ________________, ___________________ is Tom Sanders. […]