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Teaching anything is never an easy process. Keeping things simple is possibly the best way to go about it. After all, if you can't explain something simply, then you don't know it well yourself. This booklet is my simple method of approaching teaching, learning, planning and assessing. This is the method which made my most complicated tasks doable, helped my quietest learners talk, my non-writing learners write, and my overwhelmed teacher trainees focus and grow. The method is applicable to any area of education, and examples are provided from my work experience. There are planning examples, as well as learning games.

Board Games

As a parent and a teacher, I can never stress the value and importance of using board games to improve communication on any level of human interaction. When I teach English, both the language and literature, board games are often used to revise vocabulary, grammar, but also, and more importantly, my learners' comprehension of a problem, their creative thinking suggestions and engaging them in a story to nurture empathy.

 

This is one of such games which I made for my little preschool learners to help them understand an old story about a greedy lady and a leprechaun, remember vocabulary and sequence of events. You think it was only used for preschoolers? Think again. The challenge was to also use it with high school learners but to stick to their level of English (B2)! Well, all I can say is we had lots of fun.

Another challenge? Have your kids make their own board game, any size they want. It is amazing!

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