Capturing “Flying Minds” in the ESL Classes
Capturing “Flying Minds” in the ESL Classes

Summary/Abstract: The current paper is meant to throw light on one of the hardest tasks of the English teacher: captivating students’ interest up to the point where they give up any other distractions and get involved in the teaching act. For surely, this is not a new topic, on the contrary, it is as old as the teaching profession; only that, nowadays, it has become a „real” burden. How can a teacher be the focus point of the students when there are so many modern gadgets that provide endless opportunities of “virtual entertainment”? How can the teacher compete with such delightful ways of spending the time? This mod ern era has brought a wide range of attractive digital activities that catch the interest on the spot. No wonder the lessons don’t appeal to students anymore unless they are really ready to put up with modern, new, up to date methods. The aim of the presen t paper is to shed some light on all these aspects and make suggestions on how such barriers can be overcome.

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