Video listening quiz: Problems with English

European Day Of Languages

Yesterday we celebrated the European Day Of Languages with our students. First the teachers collected several frequently used proverbs and tanslated them into the languages taught at our school.

The teaching procedures differed from class to class. Some teachers asked their students to match the proverbs with their definitions, others wanted their students to match the first half of a proverb with its ending. I was lucky enough to sign up for the computer lab so that when I said a proverb in Croatian, my students had to search the Internet to find its English and German translations. I divided the class into two teams, which added a competitive feel to the activity.

The list of proverbs can be found on Google Docs. Feel free to edit it.

TED Talk: Sugata Mitra

I had the pleasure of hearing Professor Sugata Mitra at the Innovative Teacher Forum in Berlin in March 2010. In his splendid keynote he talked about his Hole In The Wall experiments and children from slums and poor, remote areas in India who acquire basic computer skills, even though they don't speak English and don't have a teacher to help them. They learn because they want to.

Food Game

Find the following food items in the kitchen! A game to practise food vocabulary (fruit, vegetables, drinks, meat, desserts...).



Check out our Food and Drink Vocabulary List.

Clothes Game

Put on your clothes before it starts raining! A game to practise clothes vocabulary (trousers, jeans, shoes, sweater, raincoat, gloves, underpants, socks, T-shirt, boots, hat, cap, belt, shirt, tie, jacket...).



Check out our Clothes Vocabulary List.

Prepositions of Place Game

Tidy up your room! Drag and drop each object into the right place. A fun game to practise prepositions of place ('in', 'on', 'under', 'next to', 'over') and general vocabulary (bedroom, furniture...).

Animals Memory Game

Flip the cards over and match the pairs! Test your vocabulary with our Animals Memory Game.



Check out our Animals Vocabulary List.