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Disappearing Dialogue

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13 Jul 2010 Download PDF
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I got this one from EFL Classroom 2.0. There is a ppt you can use to do dialogues which is cool. 

 

Disappearing dialogues is a very much used language teaching technique

1. Elicit and write the dialogue. Or use a prepared dialogue.


2. Students practice in pairs.

 

3. Once they are comfortable with the dialogue. Disappear some parts. Continue disappearing more...

 

4. Rebuild the dialogue together to…

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Great Projects to Learn English: Create your English Game

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26 Jun 2010 Download PDF
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MoTiVaTiNg PrOjEcTs To LeArN EnGLiSH: CrEAte YouR EnGLish GaMe Hi, there!,  



 

Last year, I asked my students to do the following project: CREATE YOUR ENGLISH GAME! It was a hard task, but so REWARDING!!!!!!! Because of that, I've just decided to share



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New Year’s Resolutions

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1 Jan 2010 Download PDF
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This is a great way to practice the future tense and learn about each other. Adapted from Jill Hadfield's "Communication Games".

 

1. Ask students about their resolutions. Put the target language on the board - "This year, I will / I resolve to / I'm going to ..........

2.  List some of the common resolutions as you discuss.

3.  Students write down 3 resolutions and then…

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X-mas Gift exchange

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12 Dec 2009 Download PDF
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First, come to class with some pictures you've cut out of a newspaper or magazine. Nice gift ideas. Tell the students it's Christmas and walk around the class giving items. Stop at a student, handing them the picture and say, "Merry Christmas! Students if advanced must reply with more than "you're welcome" and should use one of the ways to say "Thank you'…

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Great Toy Robbery

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10 Dec 2009 Download PDF
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This lesson is simple and a wonderful way to celebrate X-mas.Get more resources/ideas on EFL Classroom's Xmas resource page.

 

1. Watch The Great Toy Robbery. Put students in pairs and have one watch the screen, the other look away. Partner A describes what he is watching to Partner B who can't see. Switch part way through.

 

2. Watch…

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Angel vs Devil

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1 Dec 2009 Download PDF
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This is a great way for students to practice using sequential transitions (Firstly / Furthermore / last but not least).Great for just speaking practice but also presentation or debate classess.

Provide the class with a list of topics (City living / Exercise / Learning English / being single).  Model whole class. The teacher is the Devil and the students the Angel.

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Story Dominoes

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25 Nov 2009 Download PDF
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Telling stories is great in the classroom. Add a little "imagination" and chance and you have a great recipe!

Story Dominoes is a great concept. Just get a lot of varying pictures. Cut them up and students in groups of three/four, use them to tell "random" stories.

One student turns over a card to begin. Then the next, turns over a card and continues. Lots…

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Accents

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25 Nov 2009 Download PDF
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Exposing students to a wide range of accents of both native and second language speakers is a recipe that must be cooked up for intermediate and advanced learners.

One great place for this would be The Speech Accent Archive . There you can choose mp3 samples from speakers all over the world. They all read the same paragraph so students can just…

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Sentence Stretching

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25 Sep 2009 Download PDF
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This is an excellent writing exercise, getting students to increase the length of their sentences and beginning to use clauses.

Write a simple sentence on the board. Students copy it.

Ex. The dog ran. 

Ask the students questions and the students after each question must rewrite the sentence, answering the question.

Ex. Where? The dog ran .............

      What color of dog? The ........ dog ran to his…

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Torn Pictures…

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14 Sep 2009 Download PDF
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This is a wonderfully simple communicative activity.

Get a pile of nice magazine pictures. Next, tear or cut them into twos. Enough halves for the number of students in your classroom.

Then, give each student half a picture. They have to walk around the class describing their picture and finding their torn "match". Once they find their match, they can sit down.

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