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4 Sep 2010Here is the link to a treasure hunt online which worked really well with my students. Hope it's worth sharing and you'll find it useful.
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13 Jul 2010I 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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26 Jun 2010Last 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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18 May 2010
Our dearest playwright SHAKESPEARE wrote in his play As You Like It, this:
"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages".
Maybe due to his quote, maybe because I love theatre and performing plays…
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5 Apr 2010Hi all,
This lesson is ideal for pre/intermediate classes to practice both future tense and comperatives/superlatives.
First start with a quick discussion on music and the Ss's favourite singers or bands etc.
Then, tell them they're going to organize their own music festival- a very special one to their own taste. Give them the following points to think about preferably in pairs. (the focus is on the future tense)
-What kind of a music…
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18 Mar 2010Hello,
I’d like to share my idea to present reported speech for the first time in the classroom. It can be used with all level students. You just have to modify it according to the level.
It is a fun way of teaching reported speech. Ideally it is the best…
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Objective – Depending on the level: Vocab. Building (Demographic Country Terms)
Describing a Country
Basic question formation
Procedure – Begin the class by drawing a big map of your country on the board. Put some cities in, roads, mountains, etc (This should take less than a minute). Ask the class what the country is called and what the thing you drew is (a…
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1 Jan 2010
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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12 Dec 2009
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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