If you're a LEGO® fan and a teacher of English (and not just to children, mind!), there are two guest posts on Barbara Sakamoto's excellent Teaching Village blog that you simply MUST see:
More Than Five Things to do with LEGO® in the EFL Classroom [ Part 1 ] (by Emma Herrod)
More Than Five Things to do with LEGO® in the EFL Classroom [ Part 2 ] (by Emma Herrod)
The writer of these posts, the wonderful Emma Herrod, is an English teacher who actually used to work for the LEGO® company. Talk about qualifications! But aside from the fun and creative aspects many of us have come to think of as being synonymous with LEGO, a look at Emma's activity ideas reveals excellent pedagogical principles for language learning as well - an excellent example of fun and games with genuine language development payoff as well.
My favourite activity from this series is called by Emma "English bricktation" - an activity and a name that will remain in my head forever.
These are outstanding and exciting ideas, and I'd really like to thank Emma for putting them together, and Barbara for hosting her.
Great stuff!
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