Anastasia Paraskevoulakou, an English teacher from Greece, participated in a one-week Erasmus+ teacher training program in Edinburgh, England. The training focused on effective communication skills, fluency, teaching methodology, and Scottish arts. Teachers from several European countries attended workshops on lesson planning, resources for teaching English, and using technology in the classroom. The training provided opportunities for networking, cultural experiences in Scotland, and renewing skills in teaching English.

1. Erasmus+ 2015
• Sender: Model Experimental Ionidios Junior High
School, Peiraus- Athens Greece
• Host institution: inlingua language Center,
Edinburgh, England
• 1 week training (10-14 August 2015)
Teacher participant:
Anastasia Paraskevoulakou, MA (English teacher)

2. Erasmus+
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
SKILLS AND FLUENCY PLUS
TEACHING METHODOLOGY
An introduction to Edinburgh and
the Scottish Arts

3. inlingua language center

4. www.inlingua-edinburgh.co.uk

7. The map of UK

8. Eat fish and chips!

9. With teachers from Germany,
Bulagaria, Hungary, Italy and Spain

10. Preparing a lesson

11. With Linda, teacher co-ordinator

12. In the red room

13. spoken performance

14. Looking out

15. Web Resources
Downloads
• www.breakingnewsenglish.com – Created by Sean Banville, this site
contains current affairs lessons with a lot of materials. Also has a
sound clip of Sean Banville reading the news.
• http://www.famouspeoplelessons.com/ - Lessons based on famous
people. These include reading, listening, gap fills, spelling, etc.
• http://lessonstream.org/ - Created by Jamie Keddie, this site uses
pre-made videos and bases activities on them.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/ - Many teaching
resources. BBC videos have a direct download facility. Includes
phonemes pronunciation videos.
• http://keepvid.com/ - This facility allows videos to be downloaded
from the internet and stored on a computer. This is done by copying
the web address of the video and pasting it into the keepvid
download box.

16. Audio and Video
• http://www.lyricstraining.com/ - A site that allows you to play songs and lets
the students see the lyrics in real time, so that they do not get lost. For gap
fills, the song will not continue passed the gap until it has been filled, unless
skip or repeat is selected.
• http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/; http://
learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/;
• http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/ - Free websites from the British
Council with games, stories, listening activities and grammar exercises, e.g.
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/fun-games/trolley-dash
• http://www.genkienglish.net/ - a collection of games, songs and ideas for
use by teachers of languages to children and adults, e.g. http://
genkienglish.net/milliondollars.htm.
• http://improveverywhere.com/ - Funny videos of scenes improvised in public
spaces.
• http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/ - Viral video of Matt Harding dancing
badly around the world. Great for countries, cities and travel themes in
general.

17. Games and Projects
• http://www.dfilm.com/moviemaker/index.html - Allows
students to make their own movie with the MovieMaker.
Good for project work.
• https://animoto.com/education/ - Good website for
making presentations using videos, photos, music and
preloaded backgrounds. Free for educational
establishments if registered through a works email
address. Can be used to present class trips, grammar
points, etc…
• http://edu.glogster.com/ - A site where you can create
posters and make displays with sound. Free for
educational establishments if registered through a works
email address.

18. Creating Materials
• http://teachya.com/ - Links to websites for studying English. Divided into
topics and levels.
• http://www.puzzle-maker.com/ - Wordsearches and crossword puzzles
which can be downloaded ready made or custom made.
• http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/?
CFID=13725570&CFTOKEN=94041981 – Make your own word puzzles.
• http://www.spellingcity.com/ - A website with some free content. Allows
teacher to enter some words and produces a variety of spelling exercises
instantly.
• http://www.teachers-pet.org/index.php - An application developed by a
teacher. It can be downloaded on to a PC (not an Apple) and used to
create editable worksheets in Word or Open Office.
• http://www.wordle.net/create - Simply enter text to create word clouds.
• http://tagxedo.com/app.html - Word clouds in different shapes.
• https://b.socrative.com – create online quizzes for your students to complete
on their mobile phones or tablets.

19. For Students
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/so
unds/ Previously on the BBC learning English website, but now
archived, the phonemic table with instructions for south of England
pronunciation, demonstrations of pronunciation and practice
examples.
• http://www.ozdic.com/collocation-dictionary Collocation dictionary
• http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlist/english/oxford30
00/ Words which should receive priority in vocabulary study due to
their importance and usefulness.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/ Online lower intermediate
course, 6 minute vocabulary, 6 minute English listening activities.
• https://www.youtube.com/ Lyrics, videos (e.g. The One Show), short
listening activities… and so much more – the sky is the limit.

20. Some tips!
• It was fun!
• We refreshed out teaching skills!
• We had a great experience on the
Scottish culture!
• We socialized and exchanged
experiences!