Dear All,

Among many other things I have prepared recently for my students about “Restaurant Vocabulary and Dialogues” there is also the following spelling activity which covers 13 basic words related to restaurant also to everyday life at home and school.

I must confess preparing teaching material is a very tiring and time consuming process for that reason I wanted to share it with you in case somebody would like to use it and saves time and energy as it happens to me when I find something prepared by somebody else.

This activity alone can be used

•   as a warm up
•   as a leading activity
•   as a controlled activity
•   for revising the vocabulary
•   for revising alphabet letters

For a Vocabulary Lesson with a Sub-skill Practice -Writing/Speaking :

• Cut the photographs and copy them in bigger size to use them as flash cards to pre-teach vocabulary, in that way you will have vocabulary input. Follow the steps E C D W!
• Continue with the spelling activity which is a control activity.
• Add a freer personalized activity.  (i.e. Preparing a poster or writing a shopping list for a new kitchen or discussing how to renew their own kitchen or talk about their favourite objects in kitchen etc.)

In that way or adopting it in a different way you may survive a lesson of 40 minutes I guess.

I would appreciate your feedback.

Enjoy!

Evridiki DAKOS

Click on the picture for its actual size

Click on the picture for its actual size

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The Little Book Of Directions

I have prepared this little e-book of directions for my students at Private Zografyon Greek High School in Istanbul for teaching purposes.

All pictures are Googled and they do not belong to me!

You may use it in your classes. I will appreciate if  you do not delete my name and if you give me some feedback.

Enjoy!

Evridiki Dakos – 2012

Here are a few pages to give you an idea:

Here you wil find the whole book:

Learning and Teaching Styles

What if your learning style determines your teaching style

and

your teaching style determines your destiny as failure or success?

It is very important to know what your own predominant learning style is, because when you teach, you may unintentionally prefer your learning style and neglect other types of learners in the classroom.

In this hands-on ELT course of NLP the tutor will guide participants to identify their own predominant learning style through a test and a thorough in put session on learner types; Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic (VAK). The tutor will also guide participants to explore and apply a variety of teaching techniques that enchant and reinforce language teaching addressing the needs of each type of learner.

If you are not sure of your teaching style join me to find it out through your learning style(s)! Also to explore and apply a variety of teaching techniques that enchant and reinforce language teaching addressing the needs of each type of learner.

Evridiki Dakos

Details

Date: 6th – 20th April, 2012 (Three Fridays)

Time: 17.30 – 20.30

Place: Taksim – Istanbul

Price: 250 TL (including snacks, beverage, certificates and all materials)

Deadline: 23rh March

Number of participants: 8 

Registrations will be accepted by advance payment and on first come first served basis.

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What is a FRESH APPROACH?

A great opportunity for the ones who want to satisfy their curiosity on the subject!

Fresh Approach Conference will take place in Istanbul in cooperation with Trinity College-London, Express Publishing, İnkaş Aş and Anabilim College.

Details:

17 MARCH 2012  @10.30

ANABİLİM EGİTİM KURUMLARI
Şenol Güneş Bulvarı İkbal Cad.
Kahraman Sok. No:1
Çamlık K. Ataşehir – İSTANBUL

Deadline: 9th March, 2012

For reservation write to info@inkas.com.tr

Do not forget to state the area you will  get the schedule bus!

WebSite

Facebook Page

A QUOTE FROM THEIR WEB SITE

Currently in its 4th year, the Fresh Approach conferences have been inspiring teachers around the world to explore new ways of engaging learners. Our conferences look at the wide range of resources available to language teachers today and explore how to make the best use of them.

You’ll take away with you a multitude of new ideas for your lessons, from the latest Internet-based activities to tried-and-tested techniques that require no materials at all! We’ll also examine the philosophy behind our Fresh Approach to language teaching.

Led by our dynamic Fresh Approach Team, our events are useful, enjoyable and highly interactive. We look forward to sharing with you our ideas for bringing learning to life!

Romantic Souls and ELT Teachers!

Are you ready for Valentine’s Day Workshop?
For an afternoon full of art and craft, funny activities and games?

We will meet on Saturday, on 4th February 2012 at my office in Taksim (3 mins walk from metro station).

Time 14.00-17.00

Fee: 50TL (includes all materials)

Deadline: 1st February, 2012

Participants will be awarded with a certificate of attendance and will leave the session having added lots of  creative and educational ideas and materials in their teaching repertoire.

Number of participants will be limited. Reservations will be accepted by payment in advance and it will work on first come first served basis.

For more details please write to me.

Evridiki Dakos
EFL Teacher
Teacher Trainer
Author of Sparkle Course Books For Young Learners

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A POST OF CHRISTMAS SONGS AND CAROLS FOR MY STUDENTS OF ZOGRAFYON HIGH SCHOOL.

Hi!

I thought it would be easier for my students to chose from the ones I have chosen  instead of getting lost on internet by searching for something good losing precious time as in my case.

Please feel free to share my blog post with your students if you like my collection and if you know any other Xmas songs or carols worth using in ELT classes I will be very happy if you share them with me!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Evridiki

MP3 Christmas – Carols – Jingle Bells

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Funny Indian Jingle Bells

Turkish Version of Jingle Bells

Another great song to teach in ELT Classes, this time for upper levels. I find it worth teaching for its meaning and its language as well as for its soft calming tune.

Below you will find the lyrics, the karaoke clip and the worksheet in Word an PDF files, also a Certificate of  Teacher Appriciation.

Enjoy!

Evridiki

Teacher Appreciation Song Lyrics

YOU HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE
(aka Teacher Appreciation Song) © 2009 Brian Asselin and Eric Dissero,

This song is for those, who inspire us today;
Who always lend a helping hand, to help show us the way.
This song is for those, who see their students through;
The tough times in their lives, for that we say thank you.

CHORUS
You have made a difference, You have shaped our minds;
You have changed the world, one child at a time.
You have always been there, in everything you do;
I hope that you’re as proud of me, as I am proud of you.

This song is for those, who heard the silent cries;
Who stepped in to wipe the tears, from the children’s eyes.
For those who gave us, a safe place to grow;
A place for us to call our home, forever we will know . . . that

[CHORUS]

This song is for those, who taught us right from wrong;
Who taught us much more than their craft, to help our minds grow strong.
This song is for those, who guide us through and through;
So that we can make a life, for that we say THANK YOU.

[CHORUS]

As I look back on my life, into the path within my reach;
I hope I can change a life, of those that I teach…
I can make a difference, all I do is try;
Try to see a different world, through the children’s eyes.

And I will always be there, in everything I do,
I hope that you’re as proud of me, as I am proud of you.
And I will always be there, in everything I do,
I hope that you’re as proud of me, as I am proud of you.

KARAOKE

WORD FILE Teacher Appreciation Song

PDF FILE Teacher Appreciation Song

 Certificate of  Teacher Appriciation

 “Hello! Goodbye!” Song By Beatles

It is a song we can use for Beginners in ELT Classes for teaching;

Greetings “Hello, Goodbye” and a few opposites such as “high X low, stop X go, yes X no, goodbye X hello”.
This song besides of being a very good input activity, it is also a good model and a drilling opportunity of word stress and intonation.

It can be used for many porpuses; as a warm up, lead in or a filler activity etc. I have used it with my 6th graders as “a prize” after a good work of two hours’ lesson but also for ear training and for input-acquisition purposes where they had to fill in the blanks and sing it afterwards.

Below you will find the lyrics and the fill in the blanks worksheet of the lyrics as well as a few videos of the same song.

Hope you enjoy the song in your lesson!
Evridiki

THE BEATLES   Word File  “Lyrics and Worksheet”

THE BEATLES   PDF                     “          “            ”

Both of them are called Beatles   

HAPPY TEACHERS’ DAY!

My Workshop at Dogus University ELT Conference

November 26th-27th, 2011 – Istanbul

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 ZORBAS’ DANCE “SIRTAKI” THROUGH TPR

“If that is Greek to you, join the session to have more!”

In this workshop the presenter will guide participants through the steps of a TPR lesson in Greek and she will end the session with a mini show of famous Greek dance, Sirtaki performed by participants.

The aim of this workshop is to introduce a demo lesson of TPR in a real situation by using a foreign language, Greek, giving also the opportunity to participants to feel how learners feel when they are learning a foreign language. Another aim of the workshop is to emphasize that learning can take place when there is a goal, a reason to learn, in other words when there is “a need”.

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“THE MUSIC OF ZORBAS IS A MUSIC OF LIFE
AND TO LIVE LIFE FULLY YOU MUST ALWAYS LOVE!”

Anthony Quinn

A short video from my session.

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