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Author: Zafi Mandali

  • Zafi Mandali

    Former Head of the department of English at Ellinogermaniki Agogi

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    The Story of a Pencil                  
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    The Rainbow Crow myth
    17 camels and 3 sons
Storyland

THE CARROT, THE EGG AND THE COFFEE BEAN?

by Zafi Mandali May 22, 2025 0
Mum watched Anna looking puzzled and worried and asked. “What’s wrong?” Shrugging her shoulders, Anna shook her head with a…... Read more.
Storyland

THE DOT

by Zafi Mandali May 6, 2025 0
This story platform is for teachers who value the pedagogical and social principles underlying the storytelling approach in education. Teachers…... Read more.
Storyland

The Dot

by Zafi Mandali March 6, 2025 0
This story platform is for teachers who value the pedagogical and social principles underlying the storytelling approach in education. Teachers…... Read more.
Building Vocabulary, Featured Sections

Vocabulary Building in English

by Zafi Mandali January 14, 2025 0
Vocabulary is our language repertoire, words, phrases, chunks, idioms, lexical items in general acquired or learnt. Vocabulary acquisition is the…... Read more.
Education

Feeding Student Engagement

by Zafi Mandali October 8, 2024 0
Part one of this article highlighted the importance of combining interactive activities with learner-centered approaches to capture students’ interest and…... Read more.
Education

Feeding Student Engagement

by Zafi Mandali August 28, 2024 0
Getting students engaged in classwork in the age of omnipotent and ubiquitous technology is challenging. Learning nowadays happens in diverse…... Read more.
Featured Sections, Supplementary Materials

How Do We Supplement Our Teaching Material?

by Zafi Mandali April 26, 2024 0
When teachers go loosely with their book and sneak in supplementary material which is aligned with their teaching objectives, motivation…... Read more.
Featured Sections, Teaching Tips

LIMITING PASSIVE LEARNING THROUGH PROJECT WORK

by Zafi Mandali March 22, 2024 0
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away”, goes the saying and I would add that a project a month…... Read more.
Back to School

If I walked into a new class: Tips on unlocking engagement with a new class

by Zafi Mandali October 6, 2022 0
When we walk into a new class, we have “absolute musts” in mind. Some of my “absolute musts” is that…... Read more.

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