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TED Talk Lesson Plans

TED Talk Lesson Plans
Image credit: ted.com Follow me on twitter @RobbioDobbio This is a lesson plan for C1+ students on the topic of bad habits based around a TED talk by Judson Brewer and an article from Yahoo Health. You can find the TED talk, students’ handout, reading text and teacher’s notes below: TED Bad habits sts copy – Students handout TED bad habits teachers notes Common Bad Habits – Reading Text TED – Breaking Bad Habits – Teacher’s Notes Step 1: Expressions with habit What do you think these expressions mean? He’s been smoking since he was 15 years old and he just can’t kick the habit. When my grandad retired he didn’t stop getting up at 6am and putting a suit on. I could never go backpacking I’m too much of a creature of habit, I can’t stand changes to my routine. I’ve always written my essays at the last minute and I normally get good marks. Kick the habit = give up/quit a bad habit Old habits die hard = it’s difficult to stop a habit you’ve been doing for a long time Why break the habit of a lifetime? Related:  Inspiring movies for ESLLesson plansEnglish 4 Adults

nordeniskolen Tekst-dialog til klippet (sesong 2, episode 1): VILDE: Det er så sykt at de er blitt sammen!En av de peneste i Pepsi Maxhar fått kjæreste.De faller jo litt i kurshos Penetrator-gutta, da!Dere!Jeg har en helt fantastisk nyhet! Tekst-dialog fra sesong 2, episode 2: Diskusjonen om hvordan jenter bør fremstille seg selv fortsetter mellom Noora og Vilde. VILDE: Skal vi bare være grå mus? Screenshot fra Nooras instagramprofil 'loglady99' på kvinnedagen 8. mars: Logga in för att se mer Proficiency It’s that time of year again! No, not Thanksgiving or Christmas, time for Collins Dictionary to choose its word of the year for 2023! And time for Suzy Ratcliff to write another great guest post on the topic! Download the student handout and teacher’s notes below: While you’re here, check out Suzy’s company English Boost and follow her on Linkedin for more teaching materials. Blog post The acceleration of AI and other 2023 trends 1st Nov 2023 Did you worry quite so much about a robot takeover before the advent of ChatGPT? The revolutionary AI-powered language model burst into the public consciousness in late 2022, wowing us with its ability to mimic natural human speech. Collins defines artificial intelligence, for which AI is the now-familiar abbreviation, as “the modelling of human mental functions by computer programs”. Until we find out the answer to that question, though, life carries on. After all that heavy stuff you might like to sit back and enjoy watching a sedate game of cricket.

Zoo Animals Lesson Plan Notes: This lesson helps to build up animal vocabulary (especially if done after the Farm Animals lesson) and introduces the phrase "Let's go to ...". Lesson Procedure: Warm Up and Maintenance: See our "Warm Up & Wrap Up" page. New Learning and Practice: 1. 2. 3. You’ll need two sets of zoo animals flashcards per group. If you have completed the Farm Animals lesson previously, you can include the farm animal flashcards in this game. 4. Lyrics for the "Let's Go to the Zoo" song Chorus: Zoo, zoo, Let's go to the zoo, What will we see at the zoo? Zoo, zoo, Let's go to the zoo, What will we see at the zoo? Verse 1: Lion, we will see a lion, Elephant, we will see an elephant, Monkey, we will see a monkey, Let's go to the zoo! Chorus Verse 2: Tiger, we will see a tiger, Snake, we will see a snake, Birds, we will see some birds, Let's go to the zoo! (download MP3 here) Gestures for the "Let's Go to the Zoo" song The gestures are fun and mimic the animals being sung about: 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. Wrap Up: 1.

TEDxESL | ESL discussion material based on TED talks Travel - Our favourite inspirational travel videos Type “travel” into YouTube.com and you get 2.5 million results. Do the same in Vimeo.com and you get 88,000. From old-school projector-driven slideshows to photo albums to viral videos, we’ve always found a way to document our travel experiences through images. The moments captured in these images are the stories we will be telling our entire lives. With all the focus we’ve given to photography this week, we wanted to give a much-needed nod to travel videography. The Longest WayFrom 9 November 2007 to 13 November 2008, Christoph Rehage walked 2,887 miles across China, from Beijing to Ürümqi, passing through the Gobi desert. Fifty People, One QuestionWhere would you wish to wake up tomorrow? Move, Eat, LearnPerhaps more so than any other videos on this list, the series of short films Move, Eat, Learn will make anyone want to get up, get out there and experience the world. Splitscreen: A Love StorySplitscreen: A Love Story is one of the most creative travel films we’ve seen.

Ten Videos to Teach English Here are ten videos which can help students learn English writing skills. This is a process writing project. Students will need to draft and rewrite at least two versions before a satisfactory piece of writing can be completed. These videos are appropriate for high intermediate to advanced levels students. Writing interesting and reflective pieces that summarize the content and the students’ impressions will require some ability to conceptualize abstract concepts. Most videos are about 4 minutes in length. ESL Video Lesson Instructions Explain the writing objectives. Choose a video for the lesson.Briefly review key words such as plot, character and setting.Watch the video once.Students write first draft of a summary which is factual a description of the plot, character and setting.The second part is student input. 1. Room 8 is a wonderful, clever video prompt because it can stimulate interesting and philosophical questions about the meaning of life. 2. 1. 2. 3. 1. 4. 5. Teach writing.

Lesson Plan: Crime and Punishment Yay! It’s March! One of my fav seasons! This lesson plan about Crime and Punishment has been on my to-make list for a long time. This lesson plan is intended to fill a four-hour lesson or maybe a bit more. Day 1 Day One is a bit more boring than Day 2. Step 1: Lead-in. 1. Write Crime on the board and ask students in pairs to write down as many different crimes as they can think of. Ask for feedback and write them on the board. Example: they write kidnapping, and they also get kidnapper and to kidnap 2. Do you know anyone who has been burgled/ mugged/kidnapped/ stopped by the police while drunk-driving? Step 2: Introducing New Vocabulary. 1. Procedure: Divide the class into Team A and Team B. The idea is to facilitate learning, so after the game do the exercise again with the whole class, this time trying to focus only on the pictures and quickly saying the crime. Introduce the term “white-collar crimes” also called “corporate crime”. Want to go the extra mile? 2. 3. Step 3: Speaking. Day 2

Six Ways to Use TED Talks Effectively in Your Classroom Through Video By guest blogger Swaroop Raju, co-founder of eduCanon The motto of TED—ideas worth spreading—appropriately encapsulates the value behind these talks for your classroom. By bringing together the best and brightest in a broad spectrum of fields, TED helps us pause and listen to the percolation of ideas in fields we may know little about like art, engineering, technology, music, and more. TED talks are less about the absolute dissemination of information on a subject and more about their potential to incite a classroom conversion through the diverse voices and questions that TED talks raise. You’ll find that speakers cover topics through broad strokes as opposed to parsing through subject matter in-depth (like you would see in Khan Academy or LearnZillion videos, for example). For that reason, the talks are not necessarily the best for preparing for the next standardized test, but they are perfect to help get students thinking critically. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. See also:

Rants and Raves - Planning an excursion This activity provides short listening practice based around a conversation between a customer and sales person. The conversation is to enquire about excursions. In this lesson, students will listen to a dialogue in a travel agents. They will put the dialogue in the correct order and listen to check answers. Aims: To practise listening skillsTo improve students’ vocabulary and speaking skills Age group: Adults Level: CEF level A2-B1 Time: 30 minutes plus time for developing the theme Materials: The lesson plan, transcript and student worksheets can be downloaded in PDF format below Related resources you may like Round the World Travellers This lesson offers a variety of activities based on British round-the-world travellers; a cyclist, a running granny and a teenage sailor.

Best Short Films By Country Vertical Menu with CSS3 Css3Menu.com The best short movies by country or continent. Watch the best shorts from USA, Europe, India, Asia, Canada, Australia, South America and Africa! Pixels by Patrick Jean (2010) (France) (2m) * Though set in New York, Pixels is an example of the best from Europe and France. The Black Hole by Williams and Sansom (2008) (UK) (3m) * Written and directed by the British pairing of Phil Sansom and Olly Williams, The Black Hole is a deceptively simple story that places a fantastical discovery in a mundane world. Spin by Jamin Winans (2005) (US) (8m) * Written and directed by Jamin Winans, Spin is one of those drama short films that prove you can be a little bit differnt. The God by Konstantin Bronzit (2004) (Russia) (4m) * Russian animator Konstantin Bronzit was nominated for an Academy Award in 2009 with his simple, hand-drawn animated film, Lavatory Lovestory.

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