My Favorite Vocabulary Activities That vocabulary is a basis for language learning is a given. When people travel abroad, they take dictionaries and phrase books, not grammar guides. Therefore, every course we teach should have a substantial focus on vocabulary. The more vocabulary one knows, the more families are known, and the more one can both derive and express meaning. Vocabulary is infinite; grammar is not. So, how best to teach vocabulary? Part I – Activities Taboo - Taboo is one of my go-to activities for all levels. One variation I play is that, at the end of the game, students take the cards they have won and defines them for the group, or makes sentences with them. Though this game is simple, students have always been engaged and it seems to really help them recall vocabulary and gaps in their vocabulary. Hot Seat - This is a game I have been using more of lately with my students as a vocab review and warm-up. The Popcorn Game - This is an ELT variation of the Korean “Nunchi Game” (눈치게임). Part II – Techniques
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lesson plan: about jobs The aim of this class is to talk about different jobs and compare authentic job descriptions. The idea for this lesson came to me after stumbling upon this amazing website: I found the idea really interesting and decided to introduce my students to this community. The Task The lesson consists of two parts. Part 2 involves working with the website. Personal Experience My teenage students LOVED THIS CLASS. Materials Lifetramp Like this: Like Loading... Language tip of the week: damage In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are usually based on areas of English which learners find difficult, e.g. spelling, grammar, collocation, synonyms, etc. This week’s language tip helps with the noun damage: Browse the list under the ‘language tips‘ tag here on the blog for more useful language tips.
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.
Storytelling videos | Macmillan Readers Our storytelling videos are ideal for individual learning or in the classroom. You can read along while watching the video, or just sit back and relax. Each short story will be released chapter by chapter. The Mysterious card is a short story from the Macmillan Literature Collections Mystery Stories. Richard Burwell is on a trip to Europe and one night he visits a famous music hall in Paris. The Norwood Builder is a short story from the Macmillan Reader The Norwood Builder and other Stories. When Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr Watson are asked to investigate the disappearance of Mr Oldacre, they need to be quick: their client John Hector McFarlane is about to be arrested for murder! Watch chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3, chapter 4 Luke Vyner is a Macmillan author and language teacher.
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Lets talk institute for english speaking course, spoken english classes, personality development training, accent training, ielts test, corporate training, in mumbai, india Airport Questions and Answers in English Check-In Counter Vocabulary Going to an airport can be scary if you are learning English. Even if you know a lot of English, it can sometimes be difficult to understand all the questions and conversations in an airport. In this lesson, we will list and explain common questions and problems at the airport check-in counter. Click Here for Step-by-Step Rules, Stories and Exercises to Practice All English Tenses Going to an airport can be both fun and frightening when you are learning spoken English. In this lesson, we will cover these topics: Questions you may need to ask at an airport There are many questions you may need to ask at an airport. Questions you may hear at an airport check-in counter These are some common questions you may hear at the check-in counter. Problems at the check-in counter Sometimes, there are problems at the check-in counter. Read the other articles in this series:
Lesson Ideas | elt planning Here’s a great group task for retelling a story. I came across it during the British Council summer school here in Bangkok. My teen group were doing activities based on the movie ‘Jumanji’, but this can work for any movie, fairytale, etc. First, summarise your story in 100 words or so. Once you’ve got the text, write it out into a table so that each word is in one of 4 columns, Here’s an example for the first sentence: In 1869, two boys bury a mysterious and magical game – Jumanji. Here’s the important part. This term I’ve tried out a few different ways to introduce a lesson. Song lyric gap fill Example: 3rd conditional, regrets Do a short gap fill on part of a song related to your topic. Regrets, I’ve had a few… (1.19 – 1.30) (more…) I got so excited about this that I had to post it up! It’s really simple to do – just create your own story, type it in and click done… My students are still loving Star Wars at the moment so this got tonnes of laughs. my current chapter of Incredible English
Nomination Cards: Giving students a chance to speak – tekhnologic Nomination cards can be used in discussion activities as a way to give all students a chance to speak. It can be a difficult balance trying to facilitate and maintain discussions in the classroom. You have to think about dominant students, shy students, students who don’t know each other, students who feel that they belong to different social groups, students who feel once they have said something their part in the discussion is over and students who are reluctant to talk. It’s difficult and if the teacher involves themselves in the discussion, the students will look at them to lead it. Students need to learn how to nominate each other, how to ask each other for their opinions and how to involve everyone. You can assign roles to students, or give them an activity to practice these skills. I tried a nomination activity out and it worked extremely well. The activity is based on card games, not games like poker, but games that have special cards or cards that give the player an ability.
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