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

🎨 This week’s session will focus on the theme of Move to Learn: Energizing the EFL Classroom through Movement-Based Activities.

Guided by Angela Dadak, you’ll have the chance to watch and reflect on insights from Javid Rasooly. 
Prepare to discover innovative ways to energize your EFL classroom through movement and inspire your students during English lessons. Join us and share your insights and creative ideas!

⏰ Time: TODAY at 16.00 MSK
🔗 Learn more and register:  https://bit.ly/4ck92Sg

🔥 Summer Boost for Teacher Trainers: Enroll in the Professional Development MOOC! 🔥

Are you ready to elevate your skills this summer? The Professional Development for Teacher Trainers MOOC is here to help — whether you’re new or experienced!
🚀 Course starts: July 28
This course guides you through creating, presenting, and evaluating impactful teacher learning workshops. Gain practical methods to deliver engaging and relevant workshops that truly make a difference.

💡 Don’t miss this chance to grow your expertise and connect with educators worldwide!
Secure your spot and get ready to transform your teaching  this summer.

🔗 Enroll here: https://bit.ly/4jQjjI0 

✨ 📚 Join us TODAY! 📚 ✨

In partnership with the American Center Moscow, the RELO Office is thrilled to offer three, 8-week English practice courses designed for adult learners at A2/B1 proficiency levels. Don’t miss this great opportunity to improve your skills!

✨ Course Highlights: 🔹 Enhance your grammar, listening, and speaking skills 🔹 Focus on real-world English usage 🔹 Improve your skills in a supportive environment

🌟 Don’t miss this opportunity to practice and improve your English skills in a fun and interactive way!

Choose your course dates and register here: 
🔹 Course 1: June 24 – August 14, 2025: https://amc.timepad.ru/event/3377347/ 
🔹 Course 2: September 2 – October 23, 2025: https://amc.timepad.ru/event/3377448/ 
🔹 Course 3: October 28 – December 18, 2025: https://amc.timepad.ru/event/3377463/ 

🎉 Monday Teaching Activity Alert!

Whether teaching in person 🏫 or online 💻, here’s a fun activity that gets your students moving — and thinking! 🕺

✨ What’s the twist? Instead of reacting to simple commands like “stand up” or “sit down,” students: 👂 Listen carefully for specific language cues (grammar forms, vocabulary categories) 🧠 Make decisions based on language understanding, not just physical instructions 🤸 Engage both their minds and bodies, boosting deeper learning
📚 Keep your classroom energized and engaged!

🌍✨ Sunday Thought for English Teachers

📚 “Teaching a language is not only about vocabulary and grammar — it’s about opening a door to another culture and way of thinking.” — John A. D. Cooper

Language teaching is a powerful journey — one that invites students to step into new worlds, embrace different perspectives, and connect across cultures. 🌏💬

This Sunday, reflect on how your lessons open these doors:

• What cultural insights do you share with your students?
• How do you encourage them to think differently through language?
• What new perspective did you learn today that you can pass on?

🎸✨ Culture Saturday for English Teachers
🎶 This week's spotlight: The Blues — America’s Original Soul Music

Looking for a culturally rich, language-friendly way to bring U.S. history into your classroom? Take your students on a journey through the heart of American blues! 🌍

🔍 Explore 🧠 Learn about the roots of blues at EarlyBlues.org 🎤 Discover legendary voices like Lead Belly, Bessie Smith & Robert Johnson 📚 Use artist stories to spark reading, listening, and conversation tasks

🎧 Listen & Immerse 🎼 Smithsonian Folkways: https://bit.ly/43FGpw7 Classic Blues from Folkways – historic tracks with classroom potential 📻 24/7 Streaming: BluesRadio.gr – Live Blues Radio – a nonstop stream of traditional and modern blues for your ears and your students'

💡 Teaching Idea: Play a short blues track → discuss mood, theme, and repetition → connect to vocabulary (e.g. "hard times," "train," "lonely")

📖 #ForumFriday

What are the benefits and challenges of incorporating podcasts into teaching? Discover how students can create their own podcasts to boost language skills, creativity, and collaboration.

📖 Read the article “Innovative Student Podcasting” in the latest issue of English Teaching Forum: 🔗 https://bit.ly/45hcoUJ

👉 Use the Reader’s Guide on page 27 to support pre-reading and post-reading activities.
📰 Access the full journal here: 🔗 https://bit.ly/ETForum-63-2

✨ Meet Our AE Live Webinar Viewing Session Host: Angela M. Dadak ✨

We’re excited to invite you to join our AE Live webinar viewing session!

The webinar viewing session with American Center Moscow hosted by Angela Dadak “Move to Learn: Energizing the EFL Classroom through Movement-Based Activities” by Javid Rasooly will take place on June 26 at 4 PM MSK.

🎧👀 Join with a teacher community with American Center Moscow and Angela Dadak on June 26 at 4 PM MSK here: https://bit.ly/3FVOvHV 

Don’t miss this chance to energize your EFL classroom with movement-based activities!

📚 Just one week left until the course begins! 📚

In partnership with the American Center Moscow, the RELO Office is thrilled to offer three 8-week English practice courses designed for adult learners at A2/B1 proficiency levels. Don’t miss this great opportunity to improve your skills!

✨ Course Highlights: 🔹 Enhance your grammar, listening, and speaking skills 🔹 Focus on real-world English usage 🔹 Improve your skills in a supportive environment

🌟 Don’t miss this opportunity to practice and improve your English skills in a fun and interactive way!

Choose your course dates and register here: 

🔹 Course 1: June 24 – August 14, 2025: https://amc.timepad.ru/event/3377347/ 
🔹 Course 2: September 2 – October 23, 2025: https://amc.timepad.ru/event/3377448/ 
🔹 Course 3: October 28 – December 18, 2025: https://amc.timepad.ru/event/3377463/

✨ Meet our next AE Live Webinar presenter ✨

We are thrilled to welcome our next AE Live Webinar presenter, Javid Rasooly, whose webinar "Move to Learn: Energizing the EFL Classroom through Movement-Based Activities" will take place this week! 

🔗 Join on your own on Zoom on June 18 at 15:00 or 20:00 MSK here: https://zoom.us/j/96503218412 

🎧👀 Join with a teacher community with American Center Moscow and Angela Dadak on June 26 at 16:00 MSK here: https://bit.ly/4ck92Sg 

🤝📚 Self-Care Sunday Idea for English Teachers:

Organize a book swap with your fellow teachers! Sharing stories not only refreshes your reading list but also builds a supportive community. Plus, discovering new books can spark fresh ideas for your classroom lessons.
Take time this Sunday to connect, recharge, and get inspired—one page at a time.

🎷 Saturday American Culture Share: Jazz Music 🎶

Did you know that jazz is one of America’s greatest contributions to world music? Born in New Orleans in the early 1900s, jazz blends African rhythms, blues, and European musical traditions. It’s all about improvisation, individuality, and expression. Legends like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis helped shape jazz into a powerful cultural force. 

🌍 Jazz isn’t just music—it’s a story of creativity, resilience, and innovation.

📚 Learn more about jazz history Check out this great introduction from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History: 🔗 Jazz | Smithsonian Music

🎧 Where to listen (for free):
🔗 https://www.jazz24.org/ 
🔗 https://www.jazzradio.com/ 

📖 #ForumFriday

Do you use a guide when reading an article? What kinds of questions do you ask yourself before and after reading? 🤔
A good reading guide can help you slow down, reflect, and really understand the concepts—not just skim the surface.

👉 Check out this Reader’s Guide from the latest issue of English Teaching Forum:
🔗 https://bit.ly/4kOsuJN 

💥 It includes pre-reading and post-reading questions to help deepen comprehension, spark discussion, and support critical thinking in your classroom or learning community.
Whether you're a teacher or a learner, this guide is a powerful tool for making the most of every article you read!

📢 Scholarship Opportunity for English Teachers! 🌍✏️

Are you an English teacher passionate about creating positive learning environments? Apply now for the OPEN Global Online Course Scholarship for the Fall 2025 term!

You’ll learn how to support students with disabilities, explore real classroom examples, and pick up practical strategies you can use right away.
🎓 Course: Successful Classrooms for English Learners with Special Needs
🏫 Delivered by: University of Oregon
📅 Starts: September 23, 2025
💻 Format: 100% online 

👉 Apply by July 10 for a FREE scholarship:  https://forms.gle/S6NnqqDtxTg8uF158 

📚 Vocabulary Wednesday: Idioms Related to Books! 📚

This week, we’re sharing some useful idioms that come from books and reading. These expressions are pretty common in English, and learning them will help your students speak and write in a more natural way. Using idioms like these can also boost their confidence when they’re talking or writing in English, whether it’s in class, with friends, or even when watching movies or reading stories.

📚 #TeachingTipTuesday

Have you heard of the CAR strategy for building reading motivation? 🚗✨

CAR stands for Competence, Autonomy, and Relatedness — three essential components that drive students’ motivation to read, just like the body, engine, and tires are essential to making a real car run.
✅ Competence: Help students feel capable by giving them achievable reading challenges. ✅ Autonomy: Offer meaningful choices in what and how they read. ✅ Relatedness: Foster a sense of connection through shared reading experiences and discussions.
The best part? You can combine strategies to support more than one CAR element at a time, making your lessons more impactful and engaging!

💡 Want practical examples? Check out this insightful article from American English: 🔗 https://bit.ly/CAR-MotivatingStudentsToRead

👉📖 Materials Monday:

Looking for engaging reading materials for your intermediate English learners?
📚 Check out text and audio files for To Build a Fire and Other Stories by Jack London—perfect for exploring vocabulary in context! 🔥 🔗 americanenglish.state.gov/resources/build-fire-and-other-stories
Want to boost your vocabulary teaching skills? 🧠 Try strategies like:
• Word Wheels to explore word forms and meanings
• Organizing Meanings by grouping related words
• Contextual Guessing to infer meaning from the story

Learn more about these strategies in the article by Spencer Salas:
🔗 bit.ly/AdolescentReadersAndNewWords