Latin America Teaching Collab Project by multiple Latin America ETAs It’s time for our first Lesson Resource of 2018! Fulbridge started as an initiative driven by Fulbright ETAs placed in Asia, so thus far many of our featured materials have been largely Asia-centric. However, we are continuing to expand and…
Lesson of the Week: My Winter Vacation Comic
Happy Holidays, everyone! As we enter the final days of 2017, many of our students may be losing focus with the excitement of winter vacation approaching. (Yay, no school! No English class!) When they return to class in a couple of weeks or months, one of the best ways to…
Lesson Resource of the Month: Bomb Games II
Bomb Games II by multiple contributors For our last Lesson Resource of the Month for 2017, we have decided to supplement one of our most popular lesson catalog blog posts from the past: Best Bomb Game Templates. If you have access to a computer and projector in your classroom,…
Lesson(s) of the Week: Winter Snowflakes & Snow Day
Winter Snowflakes by Amelea Kim (South Korea ETA) & Snow Day contributed by Czech Republic ETAs We’re heading deeper into December, and in many parts of the world (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), that means the weather’s getting pretty chilly. With this colder weather, there’s also a strong potential…
Lesson Resource of the Month: Pen Pals
Pen Pals by multiple contributors Did you ever have a pen pal when you were younger? The decades-old practice of sending letters back and forth with a friend whom you may never have met in real life has faded out as we have moved deeper into the Age of the…
Lesson(s) of the Week: Thanksgiving & Hand Turkeys
Thanksgiving & Hand Turkeys by Robert Haley (Taiwan ETA) & Alex Ford (South Korea ETA) It’s November, which means it’s the unofficial month of the turkey in the USA. Cartoon caricatures of the bird that was once so close to becoming our country’s national symbol will cover stores and classrooms…
Lesson Resource of the Month: Student-Appropriate Music Videos
Student-Appropriate Music Videos by Cara Mooney (South Korea ETA) Have you ever wanted to play a music video in class, only to find out to your chagrin (and perhaps too late…) that it perhaps a bit more racy than you had initially believed? Music videos can be a wonderful resource…
Lesson Resource of the Month: Card Games for the Classroom
Card Games for the Classroom by multiple contributors It’s mid-September, so it’s time for another Fulbridge Lesson Resource of the Month! Almost all ETAs will agree: incorporating games into lessons is one of the most effective ways to engage students and get them to use the English which they have…
Lesson of the Week: Famous Asian Americans
Famous Asian Americans by Grace Lee Fulbright ETAs teach in more than 15 countries throughout Asia. These ETAs are from diverse ethnic backgrounds, but all too often those who do not fit the blonde-haired, blue-eyed stereotypical image of Americans which people have come to expect from consuming American popular…
Lesson Resource of the Month: First Day Lesson Planning
First Day Lesson Planning by multiple contributors And we’re back! For many ETAs, the beginning of the grant year is approaching or already upon us, which means that soon classes will be starting. It’s a daunting experience, walking into the classroom on the first day and meeting the eyes…