Your first impression is your last impression I suppose a lot of you are already enjoying your well-deserved summer break...some of you, however, might be getting ready to start working on summer camps....I belong to the latter group of teachers...I'll put my feet up in August, but in the meantime I'm going to have heaps of fun working with a group of wonderful teens from all over the world. Summer schools are usually dreaded by most students who'd rather stay home and do anything but study. That's why it's essential to begin your course with an activity that will simply wow your students and will make them look forward to your next class. What better way to make a great first impression on your students than starting with an exciting icebreaker on the first day of class! Looking for new ways of getting to know my students, I have asked other fellow teachers for recommendations of some icebreakers that have worked for them in the past. Since I believe in Karma, I have no other choice but to share my findings with you. I Am NOT!
Games for the language classroom: Blockbusters I‘m a gamer: I love using games in the language classroom. I find them such a great and versatile tool and, if used well, something that always goes down well with learners. I’ve discussed the role of games before on this blog and have probably summed up everything I want to say about the theory behind the use of games in my best-selling e-book ‘Using games in the Language Classroom‘ (by which I mean I’m not going to go into great detail about the how and the why of using games in this post; please click on the link to download the book – it’s free!). So, why am I returning to this subject? Well, my e-book on the theory of using games has proven to be so popular that I feel compelled to follow it up with a series of posts look at specific games. Let me start off with an old favorite… The classic, easy-to-use Blockbusters grid Blockbusters! OK, then, first things first. In case you need a little bit more, here are some directions on how to use this in class. What do learners need to know?
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English online grammar exercises Audi Holiday Campaign - one film, two techniques Finally, something for car lovers and groups consisting of boys mostly. I happen to have a few of them so I found it tempting to use this video during my Christmas lesson. This time we are not going to talk about 'ohs and ahs' of X-mas time. Quite on the contrary, we are going to talk about the things we dislike. sound vocabulary: bell ringing, engine rev, car brakes screeching, choir singing, car sensor beeping (door open), car keys beeping, shopping cart/trolley rattle, reverse parking sensor beeping etc.AGE:12+LEVEL: pre-intermediateAIM: to talk about things that annoy us with the use of the following expressions: -It really annoys me when........ -It's so annoying when......... The following film is perfect to present this technique. Tell your students that they are going to hear the sounds from the film. Students work in pairs and write down the sounds they have heard and discuss what the story was about. Ask the students if they would like to see the commercial. Class discussion.
Get Lost in these Free Adventure Games Adventure games are back in style! Okay, not really: the point-and-click genre peaked in the early ’90s, and is today mostly a niche. But it’s a pretty great niche! And with the recent re-release of cult classic Grim Fandango, the success of TellTale Games’ The Walking Dead, and the first episode Game Of Thrones game, adventure games are experiencing a renaissance right now. If you want to play some adventure games, but don’t want to pay, you’re in luck: the web offers a lot. Download These Free Classics For ScummVM If you love classic adventure games, you need to know about ScummVM, the emulator for classic point and click adventures on any modern computer. ScummVM’s website list of where to get games for the emulator includes a few classic titles that are now free. Beneath a Steel Sky is a sci-fi game set in a post apocalyptic Australia. Flight of the Amazon Queen is set in 1949. Note that ScummVM isn’t just for your computer: there are versions for Android, iPhone and more.
Burcu Akyol's Blog English Grammar Online - free exercises, explanations, vocabulary, dictionary and teaching materials Let it flow! How to develop students' imagination? Silent movies. Today is the last day of our Christmas film marathon. In just a few days I showed you 5 films that could be used as a warm up, filler or closer during the lesson. Some of them carried deeper emotions and could be developed into a whole lesson plan. No matter which option you have chosen, it was supposed to encourage you to use different films together with various video watching techniques. Who said that we have to watch films with dubbing? AGE: - any LEVEL: elementary + AIM: to develop students creativity and imagination to improve writing skills FILM ADDRESS: Divide your students into groups of 3-4. Ask students to retell the story in the groups. The aim of the activity is to write the script to the film. Each group gets the link to the film and can have one mobile phone to watch the cartoon again and again in order to complete the task. This activity can be used at various levels and it is the biggest advantage of it. Merry Christmas to everyone!!!
Adapting games – Drawful This is an adaptation of a fun and inventive game that was released just last year. While the original game is played on a computer, this adaptation for the classroom is played on paper. This is a perfect game for revising chunks of language. In this example my class are revising phrasal verbs. For the game you need a set of sentences (or phrases) that include the language you’re revising (guidance on how to choose your sentences will follow at the end). one of the sentences containing the target language.a sheet of paper ¼ the size of a sheet of A4.four small slips of paper (big enough to write a single sentence).a paperclip. Ask the students to write their sentence on one of the small slips of paper. Ask the students to attach their sentence to the back of the drawing (ensure your instructions are clear and demonstrate to make sure everyone follows). When students have finished their sentences they attach them to the back and pass the picture to the left. Like this: Like Loading...
Bites and Bits of English Illinois | It’s the birthday of a pronoun: heer, himer, hiser, born OTD in 1912 | Illinois Today's the birthday of a pronoun. On January 6, 1912, Chicago School Superintendent Ella Flagg Young began her talk at a meeting of principals saying, A principal should so conduct his’er school that all pupils are engaged in something that is profitable to him’er. [Chicago Daily Tribune, 7 January, 1912, p. 7.] According to the Tribune, the principals gasped. I don’t see how one can map out the work for the fifth or sixth grade when he’er has always done the work in the grades above or below. Young then explained that she had coined a set of what she called duo-personal pronouns, and she continued to use them throughout her speech. The absence of a common-gender, third-person singular pronoun, a word to use when gender is unknown or irrelevant, was noticed as early as 1792, and word coiners began trying to fill that gap as early as the 1850s. No one person can make any part of the language. On the plus side, Isaac K. But today’s the day for heer, hiser, and himer.
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! The activity:Before you start the game, hand every student two small slips of paper. The students will take turns pulling a card. Here are the actions I assign to cards and the penalties involved: K: Ask anyone. Q: Ask a girl. J: Ask a boy. 10: Ask your teacher! 9: Bunny ears! 8: Words. 7: Pick again. 6: Touch your nose! 5: Answer one question. 4: Ask the person on your left. 3: Ask the person on your right. 2: Answer two questions. A: Free card. Note: This is just an example of a setup I use for intermediate university level classes.