Hello, everyone! My name is Natalia Andreichuk. I'm 21 and I'm the student of foreign languages department at Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Western Ukraine. I've been studying English for about 13 years and there is still a lot of material for me to learn. 

        Nowadays people can't imagine their life without English and to learn this language is now the vital need.  When people start learning the language they do not know how to do it quickly and effectively.  

      I long for sharing with you some helpful tips concerning the learning process for beginners as well as for the advanced learners of English. In this blog you will also find many useful links to the articles,  lesson plans, various handouts, presentations etc. Follow me and I will show you the English world.

Prezi: Lesson Plan

       Finally I managed to create a Prezi on my own 😇 I want to share with you the results of my work: https://prezi.com/p/jf0agcscz1e4/

Handouts: People, Family and Social Life

            We all live in society and communication with other people is inevitable for us. This topic is exciting to be taught in English classes and if you want to make your students easily understand it, use the handouts from the links below. There you will find worksheets, examples of interactive exercises, activities etc.

https://www.pinterest.com/explore/social-work-worksheets/
https://www.education.com/worksheets/first-grade/social-studies/
https://www.education.com/worksheets/social-studies/
http://busyteacher.org/classroom_activities-vocabulary/everydaysocial_english-worksheets/

Presentation Tips for Teachers

        Many students get bored and sleepy during the lectures. Using presentations is a way to get students engaged in the class. But how to use them correctly and what the presentations should be like?
        The answer on these questions you can find in the video below.

5 Tips to Improve Your writing

        You are good at speaking a foreign language, grammar rules is not a problem for you but writing an essay or something like that in a foreign language scares you to death? If yes, I highly recommend you to watch the video below and start writing novels immediately😏☺

Teaching Reading

          I suppose almost everyone in his/her English classes got bored with reading texts as teachers usually made us just read and translate it.
         Mark Bartholomew descibes in his article new ways and techniques to teaching reading skills.
        Here is the link on the article: http://www.eflmagazine.com/where-are-we-going-wrong-with-teaching-reading-skills/

10 Classroom Management Hacks

          If you are a newly qualified teacher and you haven't experince yet how to organize the class if it's too noisy. In the video below you can find hacks that are highly likely to work in your class.

Handouts: Culture and Free Time

          Do you want your students to be culturally developed and well-educated? Then make your classes diversified using the worksheets on this topic. You can find them in the links below.

https://www.education.com/worksheets/community-cultures/
https://en.islcollective.com/resources/search_result?Tags=culture
http://busyteacher.org/classroom_activities-vocabulary/travellingculture_studies/customs_and_traditions-worksheets/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/432345632956515085/

Plugging ICT Into Any Lesson

           You know what ICT is but you still are not competent in its using? Then the artcile I want to share with you below is extremely useful. In this article Mike Britland tells about his top tech tools to bring class quizes, presentations, discussions etc. He mentions such tools as Edmodo, Socrative, Prezi, Wallwisher, Popplet.
          Want to know more about it? Then visit this website: https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2012/sep/25/top-five-tips-embedding-ict

Fighting Procrastination

         If you have problems with the first step to doing something and you postpone it until the very last moment then you obviously waste your time in vain. In other words you just procrastinate. Learning the foreign language and procrastination are not compatible.
        In the video below you can see the examples of procrastination and possible solutions to this problem.

Teaching Tolerance

         When children start learning the language usually among them there is a child who acquires the language better. If somebody makes a mistake then this child mocks at them and attempts to humiliate. The teacher's task is to control such situations and prevent them from happening.
         Corinna Keefe writes in her article how to teach tolearnce. It is necessary to read if you want to create kind and calm atmosphere in the class.
         Here is the link: http://www.eflmagazine.com/teaching-tolerance/

The Five Guiding Principles of Vocabulary Learning

           Yoanis Ulloa Tejera writes in her blog about 5 main principles of vocabulary acquisition: principle of cognitive depth, retrieval, associations, re-contextualization, multiple encounters. This article is useful for all learners at different levels. These principles will help you acquire the vocabulary much quicker and effective than you did it before.
           Here is the link for the article: http://www.eflmagazine.com/the-five-guiding-principles-of-vocabulary-learning/

 

ICT In The Classroom: Level Up

          The article I want to share with you is must read. The newly qualified teachers will be espeacially interested of improving ways of using ICT in the classroom. The article tells about ways the teachers can start with in their classes.

           Here is the link:https://elearningindustry.com/time-level-use-ict-in-your-classroom

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