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These activities are part of the sequence we are studying at the moment. They are based on oral comprehension. 1) listen to the following conversations and match the pictures and the dialogues. dialogue 2) Listen again and write the numbers of the photos in the correct order on your worksheet. Here is a colour copy of the photos : 3) Then you must answer the questions of the following webquest. American breakfast WQ 4) How do you understand this conversation? Click on that link, and then on « Listen to the dialogue ». You must do all the exercises related to this dialogue! 5) The next activity will tell you how to pronounce all these new words. Here is the list : Cereal / Oatmeal / toast / donuts / muffins / bagels / scrambled eggs / fried eggs / omelet / bacon / sausages / syrup / French toast / fried bread pancakes / waffles / orange juice “Good morning ! Waiters
Interactive Stories
Interactive Stories or Guided Stories is the name of an English language teaching technique developed by Mark White, a language teacher/writer. What is an Interactive Story? The technique consists of a story, which includes both sentences and questions so that as one student reads it to the other, the listener can respond to the questions and interact with the storyteller and the story itself by making it up as they go along. What are they for? The goal of an interactive story is to teach narratives in graded language (like graded readers), but orally and interactively. Learn more: Things you can do with an Interactive Story The Origin and Evolution of Interactive Stories Interactive Stories: An Interview with Mark White Examples of Interactive Stories: Advanced English The Banjo Player’s Brother Upper Intermediate English Love and Death World of Water The Story of Green WillowThe ObsessionTibetan StoryThe Children of Kenji Takeuchi Intermediate English The Secret of the Black Drink Asian Odyssey
CrestClean Poster Boy - Crest Commercial Cleaning Ltd
Cheeky little lad popular with schools. CrestClean has produced a set of four ‘Look After Your School’ posters which are distributed to our school customers. We wanted to promote positive messages aimed at kids. The posters add a splash of colour… and a serious message to areas like school notice boards, toilet areas and close to handbasins. CrestClean liaised with school principals to ensure the messages were on target and that the images would appeal to students. We have had many additional orders from our school customers and we intend to continue to have these posters available on request for any of our school customers as they need them. Click here for more information about New Zealand’s best educated School Cleaners
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
For Teachers
In this section I've been compiling a list of links to blogposts by myself and by others related to professional development. I've divide them into three broad categorises: THEORY: Skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking), Systems (pronunciation, grammar, lexis), Principles; PRACTICE:Skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking), Systems (pronunciation, grammar, lexis) , Exams and OTHER. This is a very subjective list of posts I've come across in the last couple of months. 1. a) listening some great advice for teachers tired with course book listening tasks by eflrecipes how to TEACH rather than TEST listening, and how to make your listening lessons more process-oriented: Let's bring back the TAPEs b) reading how to choose authentic materials and what to do with them by Rachel Roberts on elt-resourceful.com c) speaking d) writing 2. a) pronunciation b) grammar Life Beyond Gap-fill? c) lexis 3. a) Motivation: b) Lesson planning: c) Reflection: d) Learner Training e) Teaching 1-1 3.
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...
Classroom Freebies Too: Sorting Trash - An Earth Day Lesson
We are getting ready for Earth Day and we're learning all about recycling! Here is a FREE "Trash Sorting" activity that you can do with your class... no matter which grade! Come on over to my blog to grab yourself a copy :o) Valerie
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.
