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Category Archives: lesson starters
Jennifer Aniston, Emirates and an English lesson
Tailoring your teaching to each and every student is fantastic, no doubt. And I am a big fan of course. But isn’t it nice to have something up your sleeve, something that would work for everyone? It’s not often the … Continue reading
Posted in authentic materials, ELT, intermediate, lesson plans, lesson starters, materials writing, Uncategorized, useful links, vocabulary
Tagged commercials, Friends, inspiration, movies, series, travelling
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Starting lessons in a new way
the right beginning of the lesson always sets the right mood for the rest of it, doesn’t it? So recently I got a little tired of just informal chit-chat during the first minutes of my one-to-one lessons, and it got … Continue reading
A Direct TV commercial to teach narrative tenses
Coming back to post about a commercial (or rather, a series of commercials) that can be used as a tool to train (or refresh) narrative tenses. The good thing about this commercial is that it describs and follows a chain … Continue reading
Posted in authentic materials, grammar, intermediate, lesson starters, teaching higher levels, useful links
Tagged commercials, commercials for ESL, EFL, ELT, English, English as a foreign or second language, fun activities, grammar, intermediate, minimal preparation, narrative tenses, one-to-one, storytelling, upper-intermediate, Video
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May holidays and an emotional worksheet
In my country the first 2 weeks of May are not really very busy: first there is the Labour day (1.05), then the is the Victory Day (09.05), and in between a lot of people take some days off. As … Continue reading
Posted in lesson starters, materials writing, speaking, vocabulary
Tagged ELT, ESL, fluency activity, lesson plan, lesson plans, printable worksheets, speaking
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getting our students to focus on success
next time I get a new student, I’ll add one more point to my long-established 1st class procedures. it will be the GROW model suggested in “from English teacher to learner coach”. GROW stands for: goal -the end point where … Continue reading
my favourite ways of revisiting vocabulary
I’ve recently come back to work! yes, for 9 month I was off work – at least I wasn’t teaching English to real people, that is. I was a blogger and materials writer. But now 2 times a week I … Continue reading
Posted in Business English, grammar, intermediate, lesson plans, lesson starters, lists, materials writing, Professional development, teaching higher levels, teaching lower levels, vocabulary
Tagged collocations, ELT, ESL, lesson plan, lesson starter, Skype, speaking, student, teaching English, teaching vocabulary, ways oа teaching vocabulary
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“lost interview”: a recreative activity to practise asking closed questions
here is a short but effective activity to train asking closed questions like are you…/ have you…/ did you…/ do you…?.- the ones that cause a lot of difficulties with some of our students… in this activity students are only … Continue reading
Posted in grammar games, intermediate, lesson plans, lesson starters, materials writing, teaching lower levels
Tagged activity, ELT, ESL, lesson starter, questions, teaching grammar
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multiple uses of newspapers & magazines for ELT
I love using real things for teaching English. By “real things” I mean something from real life – and not something specially developed for learning or teaching. That’s why I prefer usual movies (and not educational ones – they are … Continue reading
Posted in authentic materials, Business English, intermediate, lesson plans, lesson starters, lists, materials writing, Professional development, teaching higher levels
Tagged English as a second or foreign language, English language, First language, media, newspapers, Teaching English as a foreign language, Using newspapers for ELT, using newspapers for teaching English
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the Impossible Objects – and English?
I was going through my old materials&worksheets and came across an immense sourse of inspiration – or at least, of speaking. What i am talking about is a number of illustrations of Jacque Carelman’s Impossible Objects. My first encounter with … Continue reading
should we talk about how we learn?
Well, I think we should. Because I’ve seen many times that it does make a difference – when you share the responsiblity of learning and studying with your students. When you are not the only person who constantly tries to … Continue reading
Posted in lesson plans, lesson starters, Professional development, teaching higher levels, teaching lower levels
Tagged EFL, ELT, ESL, kinesthetic, Learning styles, learning vocabulary, lesson, lesson plan, Methods and Theories, planning education, starting a course, Visual learning, visuals
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