Recording (32min): http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/p5wdb4zek9p/

Picture this: students gazing out the window, imagining, fantasising, sharing photos, eyes on their mobiles. Picture this: students who feel shy or inhibited when talking about themselves, at a loss for words. Picture this: heaps of ideas using photographs, either taken by students themselves or from resources like #ELTpics to keep your students in the picture.

Fiona Mauchline is a teacher, teacher trainer and materials writer based in Cáceres, Spain. She is the co-author of secondary school courses Interface (Macmillan) and Motivate (Edelvives), and she writes or runs four blogs (including macappella and Take a photo and…). She also co-curates the photo resource #ELTpics.