Happy St. Patrick's Day!

People all around the world celebrate "St. Patrick's Day" on Tuesday, March 17th. What do you know about St. Patrick's Day? Check out the links below to learn a little bit about this Irish holiday.

• The History of St. Patrick's Day (from Wikipedia, here)
• St. Patrick's Day (on the History Channel, here)
• A wee bit o' Gaelic (here)
• Irish Week Events in Moscow (here)

Enjoy the day and, Éirinn go Brách

Shaping the Way We Teach English Webinar 15.5: "Networking: Making Connections that Last"

Last Wednesday's informative webinar by Amy Pascucci talked about the importance of networking and offered several ways for participants to start networking within their own professional communities. After, we discussed several ways to apply this information to the Russia (and, more specifically, Moscow) context. 

I have included links to the webinar presentation, an article on networking tips and the notes from our post-webinar discussion. I hope you find them helpful! Happy Networking! 

Materials

Networking Presentation (Part 1)

Networking Presentation (Part 2)

"Ten Tips for Becoming a Connected Educator"by Elana Leoni

Post-Webinar Discussion Notes

Happy International Women's Day

C 8 Marta! Happy March 8th. I just wanted to take a moment to share a cool video created by the Club of International Friendship at my host university, NUST MISiS. In the video, young men from all over the world express their appreciated and respect for women in their native tongues. Pretty cool stuff! The video can be found here: https://vimeo.com/121569025

The pictures I've included are all graffiti that I photographed while living in South America. I thought they were appropriate images for the day! I hope everyone has a nice day off tomorrow, too :)

Workshop on Communicative & Creative Writing Activites

Hi all! I am posting the materials from my latest "Teacher 2 Teacher" workshop at the American Center here in Moscow. I had a great time presenting and the audience participation was excellent. I hope the theory and activities presented in the PPT are helpful in your classes. I designed the PPT so that there is (or should be) something for everybody. Please, don't hesitate to get in touch with any questions you may have. 

Materials

1. Communicative & Creative Writing Activities PPT
2. Communicative & Creative Writing Activities Handout
3. Valentine's Day Madlib

"Shaping the Way We Teach English" Webinar 15.4: Content and Language Integrated Instruction

Below, I have included links to the materials from Heidi Howland's great webinar on "Content and Language Integrated Learning and Teaching". Among the materials, you will find: her PPT, the different graphic organizers, cool websites and a text book. Enjoy! 

Materials

1. Content and Language Integrated Learning and Teaching PPT (by Heidi Howland)
2. Jigsaw Graphic Organizer
3. Information Gap Activities
4. "Create to Communicate: Art Activities for the EFL Classroom" (text book by American English)
5. Endangered Animals on the World Wildlife Fund
6. Smithsonian Student Science and Nature Page
7. Celebrate! Holidays in the U.S.A. (text book by American English) 
8. Post Webinar Discussion Notes