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Maria Theologidou has been working as an
EFL teacher and translator since 2004. She
graduated from Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki in 2005 and also holds an MA
in Audiovisual Translation from the
Summer holidays are just around the corner, so
it’s time to celebrate and welcome the new season
in our lives. As we’re all trying to wrap up the year
in the most memorable way possible, here are
some ideas on how you can introduce the summer
mood in your lessons!
University of Surrey. She's interested in
promoting creativity and fostering critical
thinking in the classroom and has
presented workshops in TESOL seminars
in Thessaloniki and Athens, Greece. Maria
is a passionate blogger apart from her own
blog,
https://mariatheologidou.wordpress.com/.
She also blogs for British Council's
Teaching English:
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/
maria-theologidou/my-teaching-journey-0.
She now serves the TESOL Macedonia
Thrace board as Secretary General and
E-bulletin editor.
Give your students a piece of paper and ask them
to imagine being somewhere on holiday. Ask them
to draw the place and add details to their drawing
that should answer the 4WHS (Where are
they?,When are they there?, Why have they
chosen this place?, What are they doing there?).
Now, ask them to write a letter/postcard to
themselves giving them advice on how to have the
best summer possible. For older students/adults,
ask them to bring pictures of past summer
holidays and compare their summer holidays now
to how they used to spend summer in the past.
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