RELO Russia

🎉 Happy Forum Friday! 🎉

Looking for a way to build confidence, creativity, and communication skills in your students?

Start a Storytelling Club—where imagination meets language learning!

📌 Club Ideas: 📝 Create a “Story Circle” – each person adds a line 🎲 Use storytelling dice or cards for random prompts 🎭 Act it out – add drama, voices, even costumes! 📸 Record stories as mini podcasts or short videos

Are you interested in using storytelling as a powerful tool for language learning? If so, check out this article about storytelling clubs:
https://bit.ly/44o47ha 

See the entire digital issue of ET Forum 63.1 here:
https://bit.ly/ETForum-63-1

💬 “Everyone has a story to tell. Let’s help them tell it.”

🧠✨ Wednesday Wisdom for English Teachers

Brain feeling foggy? Your students' probably are too. 😴
Let’s face it - high schoolers need brain breaks just as much as younger students, especially during intense reading, writing, or exam prep sessions. 📝💭

Here’s a sneak peek at a few favorites:

🔄 This or That – quick decisions, light movement

🎵 Lyric Challenge – match the song to the quote

🤹‍♀️ Object Toss Storytelling – build a story one word at a time

🚶 Silent Line-Up – organize by birthday without speaking!

🧘‍♂️ Breathwork & Focus – a reset in under 2 minutes

✨ Brain breaks = better focus, better mood, better learning.

💡 Check out this resource: https://bit.ly/3EaDrWF 

✨ Save the Date! ✨

🧑‍🏫 Want to work with an American English language educator?

Join a mandatory webinar in May to learn how to submit a proposal to host a Virtual English Language Specialist or a Virtual Educator for Fall 2025!

✨ Don’t miss this opportunity to bring an expert into your virtual classroom! 

📅 Webinar Options

🔗 May 14, 17.00 MSK: https://bit.ly/421GGsr 

🔗 May 15, 10.00 MSK: https://bit.ly/4iT10SR 

✨ Join us TODAY! ✨

Remember to join us today for a FREE one-hour live webinar with English Language Specialist Tamrika Khvtisiashvili as we explore five actionable strategies to create engaging, empowering, and effective learning environments. 

⏰ TODAY, 17:00 MSK

🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/4iWhF85

📚✨ Teaching Tip Tuesday: Overcoming Student Reluctance 🧠💬

We’ve all been there—blank stares, folded arms, and the classic “I don’t know” response. 😅
So how do we break through student reluctance and get those minds engaged?

Reluctance often comes from fear—fear of being wrong, judged, or just not knowing how to begin.
Here are a few simple ways to help students open up:
✅ Celebrate effort over perfection – mistakes = growth!
✅ Create space for peer support before full-class sharing
✅ Allow choice – topics, formats, partners. Autonomy builds confidence!

📢 Tomorrow 📢

Join RELO Russia and American Center Moscow for a FREE one-hour live webinar with English Language Specialist Tamrika Khvtisiashvili as we explore five actionable strategies to create engaging, empowering, and effective learning environments. This session is ideal for educators seeking to promote student autonomy, increase participation, and make their classrooms more dynamic.

🗓️Tuesday, April 29 17:00 MSK

Register here: https://bit.ly/4iWhF85

📚 Materials Monday with Molodets 📚

Looking for ways to add authentic American cultural content to your EFL classroom? The Tsvetnik Guide offers practical suggestions and curated sources for weaving American life, and traditions into your language lessons — naturally and meaningfully.

 📥 Download the free guide here: https://bit.ly/44pWuGW 

🌸✨ Vocabulary Friday: Spring Into Idioms! 🌱📚

Spring is in the air… and in our expressions! 😄 Let’s brighten your students’ vocabulary with some fun spring-themed idioms.

💬 Try This: Have your students pick one idiom and use it in a creative sentence or short story. Bonus points for drawings or role-plays! 🎭🖍️

Happy Friday & Happy Spring! 🌸

📢 Today 📢

Join Us for an AE Live Series 22 Viewing Session! 🎥✨

🎨 These sessions will focus on the theme of "Artful Engagement: Crafting Motivation and Engagement in the Classroom." Discover creative, practical strategies to spark curiosity, sustain motivation, and keep your classroom buzzing with energy! 

🌍📚 Engage with fellow educators, gain valuable insights, and enhance your teaching skills.

⏰ Time: TODAY at 16.00 MSK

🔗 Learn more and register:  https://bit.ly/4ck92Sg

💸 Learn English with Molodets: Money in the USA

🤔 Do you know which motto is added to US coins?  

Molodets Module 3 explores the topic of Money in the Unites States. 

In Module 3, we dive into:
✅ Everyday money vocabulary
✅ Idioms like "Money talks"
✅ Synonyms for “rich” (ever heard of “rolling in dough”? 😉)
✅ A podcast episode to boost your listening skills
✅ Cultural insights + cool facts about American cash

Students can learn vocabulary related to money, listen to a podcast, watch short videos, and develop their reading skills. 

🔗 Materials Module 3: https://www.molodetsell.com/module-3 

🎞️ Video about idioms: https://bit.ly/44spZrJ 

✨ Meet AE Live Webinar presenter ✨

Meet Lena Shaqareq, whose webinar "Artful Engagement: Crafting Motivation and Engagement in the Classroom" will take place this week!

🔗 Join webinar on Zoom on April 23 at 15:00 or 20:00 MSK here: https://zoom.us/j/96503218412 

🎧👀 Join for an AE Live Webinar Viewing Session in cooperation with American Center Moscow and English Language Specialist Tamrika Khvtisiashvili on April 24 at 16:00 MSK!

🔗 Register for Viewing Session here: https://bit.ly/4ck92Sg

🎉 Great news! 🎉

🌟 Our Virtual Educators and Specialists projects are back! 🌟

🧑‍🏫 Are you interested in working with an American English language educator? Attend and learn how to submit a proposal to host a Virtual English Language Specialist or a Virtual Educator for the fall 2025 semester.

🗓️ Register now for one of the mandatory May webinars!

🔗 May 14, 17.00 MSK: https://bit.ly/421GGsr 

🔗 May 15, 10.00 MSK: https://bit.ly/4iT10SR

📢 Last Call: RELO Survey Deadline – April 21!

This is your final reminder to complete the RELO Survey before the deadline on Sunday, April 21. Your feedback is incredibly valuable and will help shape future programs and initiatives. Also, use an opportunity to become a RELO advisor TODAY.

✅ If you haven’t filled it out yet, please take a few minutes to do so now.

 🔗 Survey Link: https://forms.gle/veUwof6qicHJXj8j7 

Thank you for your time and insights!

💼 What is a subject skill that you put on your resume? 💻

English for Career Development is a five-module MOOC, requiring approximately three to five hours of work per module over the course of 12 weeks. This course is designed for non-native English speakers who are interested in developing the skills and vocabulary to advance in their careers in the global marketplace.

🗓️ Enrollment is open now and closes on June 23.

 Learn more and enroll here: 
🔗 https://openenglishprograms.org/MOOC