Two for the Price of One

Posted: July 19, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Advert, lesson plan, Talk | Tags: , , , , , | 2 Comments

4835856136_64711a6e38_zMarshmallow Nightmares!! by katerha on Flickr

As many people, like us, are finishing up summer courses before holidays, we thought we’d round off the academic year’s posts with two activities to both start and finish your last week of class. The first activity for Monday is a quick warmer involving some creative thinking and an advert for Starbucks. And as a final activity on the Friday, try the famous Marshmallow Challenge. Our classes loved it and it practically guarantees going out on a high. Have a great August everyone and we’ll be back with more in the autumn.

Click here for the Teacher’s Notes

Storytelling at TESOL Spain 2013

Posted: March 11, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Talk | Tags: , , , | 4 Comments

Had a great time in Sevilla this weekend and all credit to the organisers of TESOL Spain for a fantastic conference.  And special thanks to all the people who came to my talk, both this weekend and in Madrid last month. You know who you are! This is a slightly shorter version but it includes all the main points and is my first experiment with PresentMe so comments welcome…

https://present.me/embed/53450-storytelling-presentme-version

Food for Thought at TESOL Spain 2013

Posted: March 10, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Talk | Tags: , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Thank you to the TESOL Spain team for organizing a great conference. As usual, I wish I could have split myself into two or more parts to get to all the talks I wanted to….

Here’s the handout for my talk. Thanks to everyone who came – I hope you enjoy using the activities.

TESOL France 2012

Posted: November 18, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Talk | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

A big thank you to Beth Cagnol and all the TESOL France team for organizing a brilliant event.

Thanks to everyone whose talks I went to, and to everyone I hung out with in talks, between talks and after talks. I’ve come back inspired and full of ideas and exhausted.

Thanks to everyone who came to my talk – here’s the handout . I hope you enjoy using the activities.

Steve’s Talk at TESOL France

Posted: November 5, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Talk | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Thanks to everyone who came to my talk. As promised, here’s the handout:

Tried and Tested TESOL France

Steve’s Talk at TESOL Spain

Posted: March 14, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Film clip, Talk | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Here’s the handout from my talk at TESOL. Thanks to everyone who attended.

Tried and Tested Handout