Listen and Write - Dictation
Randall's Video Snapshots: For ESL/EFL Students
The movie clips called Video Snapshots are designed to provide additional learning content related to other listening activities on my site. To learn more about this project, read the Frequently Asked Questions below: Current Videos (Click the picture to watch the video - Click the link below the picture to visit a related listening activity). You can also search by title below: Why did you create this section of your Website? How do you decide on the topics? Why are the videos short, between 30-60 seconds? Do you plan on adding other speakers on the videos? Do you realize there are some grammar mistakes in the videos? There is a lot of background noise in some the video, and it's sometimes hard to hear exactly what is being said. Which video format do you use? Randall's Sites: Daily ESL | ESL Blog | EZSlang | Train Your Accent | Tips For Students | Hiking In Utah
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English Profile - English Grammar Profile
The English Grammar Profile allows us to see how learners develop competence in grammatical form and meaning, as well as pragmatic appropriateness, as they move up the CEFR levels. This provides us with typical, world-wide grammar profiles for each level. Like vocabulary, grammatical forms often have more than one meaning. For example, the modal verb 'may' can be used with various meanings at different levels. The EGP teases apart these meanings, and tells us at which level we see learners of English using them correctly and appropriately - here's a sample of the results for 'may': Weak possibility: "The weather may be hot." Formal permission: "May I borrow your bike?" 'May well': "You may well find that this is not the case." 'May as well': "We may as well go home." Watch Mike McCarthy's introduction to the EGP below, originally featured on Cambridge English Teacher: How to access the EGP The EGP is available as a free, online resource. Feedback
15 top fun pronunciation games
1. Shadow reading Students try to speak at exactly the same speed and rhythm as the CD, then try one more time with the sound turned down in the middle of the recording to see if they are still in time when the sound is turned back up. 2. Syllables snap Students take turns turning […] 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Leave a comment...
BBC Learning English | Pronunciation Tips
Make your own Word Scramble Puzzle
This page allows you to create Word Scramble puzzles using your words. Please enter a set of words. When you are done, hit the "Puzzle" button to generate a word search puzzle. Once the puzzle is displayed, you can use the "print" button on your browser to print the page on your printer. The web page generated will remain on this server for about two months.
The Teacher's Corner - Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Activities
Music @ ESOL UK
Read the paper here for an introduction to the theory and practice of using music for language learning. Please note, many of these videos are high quality. For best performance, pause the video at the beginning and allow the video to progressively download onto your computer. Click the 'i' on each video to find lyrics and worksheets. Basic ideas: could start by doing some global listening activity which includes giving learners a few words from the lyrics and asking them to make a sentence, or fill in a bingo board and then listen to the song and check the words they hear. Use different tasks for the different stanzas which include: - audio gapfill, remove key words and listen - word choice, provide two options and students have to listen and identify; e.g. The emphasis is always on task-based learning. Adapted from Gabriel D'az Maggioli
» Teaching English through songs in the digital age – #ELTchat summary 12/01/2011
This absolutely fantastic summary was contributed by Vicky Saumell on her blog in 4 consective posts which I have merged into one single post. As Viky herself remarks below in her post, it is an amazing collection of resources all shared by you, #ELTchatters! What a fantastic resource this has turned into! And thanks to Vicky for an outstanding job!!! 1. In case you didn´t know, I´m an avid tweeter, especially for Professional Development and networking with colleagues all over the world. Yesterday, #ELTchat was about Teaching English through songs: activities, resources and benefits of using songs for teaching. 13 readings and resources,68 ideas for using songs,50 example songs with links,11 music-related web 2.0 tools All this information, which I have tried to digest for easier consumption, is too long to be posted in one blog post so I have divided it into 4 parts: 1. Some readers´suggestions that are worth sharing 2. Why use songs? Possible tasks 3. Specific songs and their uses 4.
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Students “Preparing for Cambridge English: First was really useful for me. My English improved a lot. Since that time daily life is much easier for me as I am living in a foreign country where the daily language is English, not my mother tongue.” – Gisela Raab, Germany “Oh, we were so proud to receive the prestigious Cambridge English certificates for our Cambridge English: Young Learners exam Teachers “Preparing pupils for Cambridge exams at an early age, with step-by-step progress and in a safe classroom environment, will empower them to succeed in all levels in the future. “The tasks are age-appropriate and fun enough for young learners to forget that they are being assessed.
Using pictures when teaching
Plenary by Silvana Richardson | IATEFL Online
The ‘native factor’, the haves and the have-nots...and why we still need to talk about this in 2016. It is often claimed that much has changed in the field of English Language Teaching since 1983, when Peter Medgyes first described the struggle of ‘non-native’ teachers for visibility and due recognition. But has it?
