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Tag Archives: ELT
preparing for a grammar lesson (refreshing passive voice in an applicable way)
Last time I checked, there were not too many materials for teaching Passive. I mean, for teaching Passive adequately, and in a practical and possible-to-take-out-of-the-class manner. Somehow, speaking about animals, doing a geography quiz or discussing a process of coins … Continue reading
using Realtimeboard for teaching English online
I want to share an absolutely fantastic tool for online use: Realtimeboard.com As I already told, now I teach online, using Skype. When I was preparing for my first online lesson, I was feeling very uneasy – first of all, … 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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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
2 talks from BESIG Prague
I’ve had a great chance to “attend” (even if only online) 2 great talks from BESIG in Prague! One was by Christina Rebuffet-Broadus, called “Yes, and..”, and the second was from Marjorie Rosenberg, on learning styles. Both talks were amazing, … Continue reading
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Tagged BESIG, BESIG Prague, ELT, ESL, improvisation, Learning styles, professional development, reviews, speaking, teaching English
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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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ways to finish a lesson – so that the students take something away with them
There are lots of ways to start off a lesson beautifully, maningfully, logically, etc. For example, to talk about how your students spent their week (here are 2 worksheets to help), or to ask about their plans, or to discuss … Continue reading
Posted in intermediate, lesson plans, lesson starters, materials writing, teaching higher levels, teaching lower levels, useful links
Tagged #lessonplans, #teachingenglish, coolers, Education, ELT, ESL, finishing a lesson, lesson plan, lesson structure, printable worksheets, students, teacher recources, teaching English, TEFL, TESL, vocabulary, warmers
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superlatives for elementary
A nice short speaking activity on superlatives! To practice phrases like “the best book/ the most interesting film/ the most difficult in a conversational manner, at an elementary level. for me and my group it work as a good finalising … Continue reading
Posted in grammar, grammar games, lesson plans, lesson starters, materials writing, teaching lower levels
Tagged Adjective, adjectives, comparatives, elementary, ELT, ESL, speaking, Superlative, superlatives
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