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IATEFL 2014 On-line Coverage

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I am glad to announce that our EFL edtech blog, Informed Teachers is taking part of the on-line coverage of IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language). This year the conference takes place in Harrogate, England from April 1st - 5th, 2014. http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2014/ There will be a major the on-line conference coverage and our blog is one of the partners in this purpose. What a fantastic opportunity brought by technology! Knowledge and experience can be shared and inspire action and change in ELT classrooms all over the world! Carol Read, president of IATEFL, welcomes the on-line participants and gives more details on the conference: Watch :  Video_Carol Read Stay tuned ! Raquel Gonzaga @Rach_Gonzaga

Shop till you drop_an EFL lesson on shopping

Proposal: A class on the issue of Shopping which encourages students' reflection upon their own shopping habits and motivations. Target audience : Ranging from an Upper Intermediate to an Advanced group of adults, or mixed age groups. Resources : youtube videos, internet articles and QR Codes with communicative follow up exercises. Rationale The video and articles below can be used in contexts where the coursebook or school syllabus suggests the scope of shopping .  The main aim is to expand students’ perceptions of shopping within their own social context and encourage their reflections on the feelings and media mass manipulation which very often lead to consumerism. The resources presented are starting points in order to expand students’ collocations on the theme and give them opportunities to share their own views and experiences, as well as contrast their realities with the ones illustrated on both youtube videos. Both scenes illustrate binge-shopping

Have you tried infographics in your EFL class ?

Exposing EFL students to authentic materials since elementary levels can give them a fair chance to develop vocabulary, listening and speaking. As from this month I am part of the  TeachingEnglish Bloggers  team for which I am very glad and proud !  In this article I wrote for the British Council_Teaching English Blog, I share my experience on using  infographics  to expand pre-intermediate students oral production.  Using Infographics in the EFL classroom I hope this article can be a source of ideas to my fellow EFL colleagues.    Follow me on Twitter @Rach_Gonzaga