Closed for the Summer

Closed for the Summer

My summer break applies to classes and to the blog as well. I do not know if I am more stimulated to blogging when I am teaching but I do know it feels right to take a break (both for me and my readers).

Here are my suggestions for the summer holidays:

1. Read: you may find something that suits you here or here. If you are looking for teen or young adult literature, click here and here 

2. Listen to English; podcasts are a good idea: try here and here. Songs are also great to practise both listening and pronunciation; have a look here. By the way, besides making you feel good, singing songs is encouraging as for English learning: have you noticed people have accents when they speak English but not when they sing? Isn´t it weird?

Here´s a video that shows what a podcast is and how it works:

3. Play some games online. Try this one: Placefy – fun geography game, twitter game, travel game. 

4. If you are willing and able, you can take a special summer course; you can choose any of these:  an elephant camp in Thailand, learning ice-cream making in Italy, learning Senegalese drumming and dance traditions in Senegal… for these and many more, click here 

5. Watch films or documentaries in English. You will find some very interesting ones in this link, SnagFilms

6. Dream: if you cannot go anywhere, dream of the day when you´ll be able to travel and visit places like these:

Teachers as superstars:

At Harlem Village Academies, Mr. Jackman auditions for his toughest role yet: not auditioning.

If you need me, send me an email or write a comment in any of the entries…
If you miss me, browse through the pages of the blog…
Happy Holidays! I will be back in September.