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Nowruz conventions   As you know, we are right now in the middle of the 13-day celebration known as nowruz– the celebration began the moment the earth crossed the veal equinox, and continues through Wednesday April 1st– we’ll bring you more information about the significance of this day early next week, but for now, here are a few things you should be doing this week to celebrate: deed o bāz deed– this literally means ‘to see and see again’. During the 13 days of the begiing of spring, the tradition is to go visit all of your friends and family, and they in tu have to come to your house to see you. Everyone is ready to be a gracious host this week, supplying guests with plenty of sweets to ring in the new year, and also tea and fruit of course (what Iranian household doesn’t have a giant bowl of fruit ready at all times?). It’s customary to visit elders of the family first, and then make your way through the list of all close family, friends, and even acquaintances. wearing new clothes– generally Iranians will be prepared this week to wear at least one set of new clothing, all the way to the underwear. Because spring is a time for freshness and newness, this is symbolic of letting go of the old and displaying the new. haft seen– during this week, Iranians have a special table set up in the house called the haft seen table- filled with symbolic items that represent spring, and seven items that begin with the Persian letter ‘seen’. These include items that represen CLT...ادامه مطلب

6Categories Students will beg to play this game once they get the hang of it! It’s a great way to fill up the last few minutes of class, too Have students draw six columns on their paper and write a category at the top of each column. You can choose categories that fit what you’ve been studying in class or go with some basics. Popular categorie CLT...ادامه مطلب

Introduction Grammar is an aspect of language about which leaers have different opinions. Some leaers are very interested in finding out or leaing grammar rules and doing lots of grammar exercises. Others hate grammar and think it is the most boring part of leaing a new language. Whatever opinion you have, however, you caot escape from gramm CLT...ادامه مطلب

Getting students to use English in the classroomis one of the biggest challenges of teaching At first you might get frustrated when students speak their own language in class. Keep this checklist in mind and it may helpAlways present yourself as an English speaker, right from the startDon’t be tempted to lapse into the students’ language to explain, reg CLT...ادامه مطلب

Nowruz conventions As you know, we are right now in the middle of the 13-day celebration known as nowruz– the celebration began the moment the earth crossed the veal equinox, and continues through Wednesday April 1st– we’ll bring you more information about the significance of this day early next week, but for now, here are a few things you should be d CLT...ادامه مطلب