Practise English grammar and vocabulary

Creative Book Report Ideas for Every Grade and Subject Reading about other people and perspectives helps kids learn beyond their own experiences. Students don’t need to dive deeply into every single book they read, but occasionally showing them how to dive in can help them view reading in different ways. Digging into characters (or settings or themes) from the books they read can really help them learn how to look beyond the prose. Here are 22 creative book report ideas designed to make reading more meaningful:

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229 FREE Pronunciation Worksheets Pronunciation - sometimes known as “pro-nuhn-see-EY-shuhn” - is one of the simplest ESL topics to explain, at least in theory; and also one of the hardest for students to get exactly right. As you know, there’s a big gap between grammatical fluency and native-sounding speech - and even long before that, in ESL levels one and two, it’s crucial to make sure students pronounce their vocabulary words in ways that’ll be easily understandable to native speakers. But sometimes, they just can’t seem to hear the difference between their pronunciation and yours - which can be a tough barrier to break through. Depending on the level of your class, you might take any of a number of different approaches when teaching pronunciation.

Micro role play – future conditionals and time expressions This game is designed to help students practice vocabulary as well as grammar. The lesson below was made for upper-intermediate students, but the same strategy could be adapted for various levels and ages. This is a ‘micro role play’ where students speak from the point of view of someone with a particular job for a single sentence. Preparation English Language Teaching Your Space Your Space is a three-level course designed to motivate students as they change and grow. Learn More ‘Aloud’ or ‘Out Loud’? To read out loud and to read aloud mean the same thing, but in the old days, aloud was the only cultured option. In the early 1900s, usage guide writers looked down their noses at out loud and called it “colloquial.” Today, out loud and aloud are both fine, although aloud still feels more high-brow and formal. Which word people use seems to vary depending on the context and the exact phrase.

English through Yoga: Lesson #1 CC Flickr Yoga by GO INTERACTIVE WELLNESS This is actually my second lesson inspired by yoga; the first was called Past Continuous Yoga and was designed for eight to eleven year olds. It was my maiden shot at writing a lesson for YLs and it won the Trinity College London’s lesson plan contest held at the Teacher Educator Conference in Hyderabad earlier this year. Trinity has compiled a sample of the entries into a document. I’ll post a link to that when they publish it online.

Test Takers - Test Sample Academic Reading sample materials The Academic Reading test is 60 minutes long. It has three sections with 40 questions to answer. Here is a sample of one section. (Note that candidates for IELTS Academic do a different Reading test to IELTS General Training) ... The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne Lesson Plans The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is the story of an innocent and ignorant boy whose father is the commandant of the concentration/death camp Auschwitz in Nazi-controlled Poland during World War II. Though the book is written in third person/omniscient point of view, the author has Bruno use his unknowing voice, calling Auschwitz “Out-with”, and the Fuhrer (Adolf Hilter) “the Fury”, to show his true misunderstanding of all that is actually happening around him. For more information about teaching The Holocaust, see our History of the Holocaust Teacher Guide.

5 of My Favorite English Games for ESL Students I saved the best for last. My students requested this game more often than any other game we ever played. It's based on the old drinking game "Ring of Fire," modified for the classroom. Materials needed:A standard deck of playing cards, a whiteboard, 20-30 small slips of blank paper, and a bowl. The setup:Almost none!