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4 Jan 2011Dictagloss is an activity that works with many short texts/passages. I've used it over the years and it seems to motivate and "work" because there is a built in task -- the task of reconstructing the original text.
1.Let students listen to you or a higher level student read a selected text or story. (don't make it too long, depends on the level but I'd say no more than…
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30 Dec 2010This is a very easy activity. Easy to prepare and easy to do. Howvever, it is very efficient to evaluate sts listening skills and to get some creativity in the listening area in your class. I actually modified it from another activity I read in this site posted by David.
Objective: To evaluate sts listening skills by picking out words from a song.
Steps:
1. Choose a song with vocabulary that suits your…
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11 Sep 2010I use this game with my students to check spelling of vocabulary introduced in the previous lesson.
Divide class in two teams, A and B. Divide the board in the middle. Mark each side of the board for each team.
On each side of the board draw:
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12 Jan 2010
Extensive Reading: Voice Diary
This recipe works best if you combine it with Extensive Reading. It builds confidence and teaches reading, speaking, and listening
Encourage your students to make a voice diary with their cell phones. Its listed under the “Voice Memo” Feature. First you need to provide a high interest story to your students.
1. Have them read the story once quietly
2.  …
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25 Nov 2009
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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16 Aug 2009
This is an excellent activity for students to gain awareness of pragmatical competency and pronunciation problems they may have.
In pairs, students silently "mouth" very slowly, the questions from a handout. Simple questions. Go here for many lists - use the simple ones like "Favorites" or "Getting to know you". The other student responds with one or two simple sentences.
Students see if…
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25 Jul 2009This is a variation of the famous "Telephone" game.
Write a word on a slip of paper and show it to a student. This student must whisper it to the second student. Then the second student must draw a picture of what he or she heard, and show it to the third student. The third student, then, writes the word that represents the picture and shows it to the fourth student…
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21 Jul 2009
1. Get all the students to sit in chairs in a circle except one person who does not have a chair. This person stands in the middle of the circle.
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