How to improve

Make a good atmoshere Choose a challenging topic Give enough preparation time Present new needed vocabulary Leave as much as you can on students

How to begin Problem with

recalling words Poor wordpower Speed and

correctness of the speech

Topic Class Teacher Stress Lack of interest

Set a topic Revise old

vocabulary Teach new

vocabulary

Help to Revise Organize Include new Remember Learn Communicate

vocabulary

Involve mainly pupils

Are easily adapted to the way each pupil thinks

Include both hemisphers

Ease off stress and fear

Make the pupils work creatively

Mind Mapping is a powerful but simple way of using diagrams to show information in the same way you think.

Mind Mapping makes it easy to: understand remember communicate complex information.

start with a central topic

add branches radiating from the center, and then sub-branches

use your own words and connections that make sense to

you

Students first think before they speak They can learn new vocabulary in their

own way They work creatively It takes less time than writing the whole

text It is more effective than reading a

prepared speaking text They can have fun

Critic Students are passive Insufficient time for

everyone being at the smartboard

No interactive effect as was expected

One great advantage besides others that include various programmes for smartboards

Authentic access to the internet

You can use materials provided on the internet for teaching English

Great possibilities of pictures, music, texts,

You can use modern programmes like „novamind“ for teaching directly in the lesson

Merry Christmas Mistletoe Christmas tree Trimming the tree Christmas ornaments Turkey Christmas lights Manger Nativity scene White Christmas Stockings Santa Claus Christmas eve Christmas dinner

Reindeer Sleigh Wrapped gifts Eggnog Christmas carols Christmas cards The Holiday Season Christmas shopping Write a letter to Santa

Claus Christmas Wish list Sit on Santa Claus’s lap Santa’s helpers Carving the carp Christmas pudding