Professional Development

for English Teachers

The 30th P.A.R.K. Conference

Zero Preparation Activities

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Vendula Smith

A workshop for busy teachers! We all want our lessons to be useful, engaging, differentiated and fun, but do we need to spend hours planning? The answer is 'no'. I will show you a few practical activities which take (almost) no time to prepare and help children practice new language. All the activities are suitable for - and tested on - children aged 8 to 12, some will work with teenagers as well.

Vendula has been teaching for 20 years and while getting older, her students are getting younger. For the last two years, she has been working at ZS Didaktis, a primary school here in Brno. Her aim is to make English so much fun that children will want to learn outside the classroom as well. She tries to make her lessons engaging, student centred and differentiated so that every child can feel safe, happy and reach their full potential.