St. Patrick's Day Idioms

Hello everyone!
Today is a very special day for the Irish people - it's St. Patrick's Day!
 So I wish you to find a pot full of gold ;) 
It's always interesting to learn some facts about traditions and customs of other people. So find out more about St. Patrick's Day here.
Let's learn some St. Patrick's Day Idioms

The great poet's words

On March 9 the Great Ukrainian Poet Taras Shevchenko was born. 

His voice talks to us through time and distance. 

His great poems are timeless.

What do the words seem?

Words and voice - and nothing more...

But the heart's beating, getting alive,

When it hears them.

They are from God,

That voice and those words... 

The Great Poet's voice and words...

Poems of Taras Shevchenko translated into English

(by John Weir).

Happy Women's Day!

Today is a special day for all women and I want to dedicate my post to the greatest women of all times.
So here are the inspirational quotes by the women who changed the world.

Hillary Clinton

Margaret Thatcher

Aung San Suu Kyi

Indira Gandhi

Julia Child

Master class "Using ICT as the way of increasing students' motivation for learning English

On March 6 I conducted my master class on the topic " Using ICT as the way of increasing students' motivation for learning English" at the English teachers' professional meeting.
I shared my experience of using educational software and  sites at my lessons.

I collected all the necessary information in my presentation:

 I had prepared a practical part for my colleagues, too:

ICT & learning English. Practice.

View more presentations or Upload your own.

1. We had learnt to create our own blogs;

2. We worked with the PPT trainers

3. Then I shared my experience of creating PPT trainers with my colleagues and they practised to create their own trainers, too.

I want to thanks all my colleagues for cooperation and good, creative work. 

World Grammar Day

On March 4 we celebrate World Grammar Day. 

The importance of knowing grammar is quite obvious. 

Grammar can be tricky 

and we should learn to be able to make it not messy.

So my students and I started this day with an anthem devoted to this special date

• March Forth: the Grammar Song – featuring Grammar Girl and friends!

Then we checked our grammar knowledge with the help of a special quiz.
In fact, this day was a good opportunity for my students to enlarge their knowledge and have some fun. 

To make our meeting interesting and exciting I used the materials from Dinternal - Book and "Word on the street" from  British  Council.

If you are a teacher you can find more interesting Free Materials for Classroom Fun and Learning here.

And why not check your grammar skills with this special test .

 

Hello Spring! ;)

Good bye winter,

So long snow...

It's time to watch 

The flowers grow!