Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Where is the chocolate man? Places.
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Commercials are great for teaching English. Not just for teaching media awareness but for specific language study. They are the perfect “engager” and way to start off and focus a lesson on a central point/topic. Commercials are short and powerful and trendy. The perfect media to use to [...]
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
DOWNLOAD AND PRINT THIS OUT
WHY? Games are fun and motivational. They increase student talk time (production).
Visuals add context to the language learning. They are quick and [...]
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Teaching writing isn’t easy but despite being a “high order skill” it is an invaluable thing for any student who will work in an all English environment. Or for any second language speaker who’ll communicate online (or by snail mail – people still do that, you know!).
Fortunately there are many online sites to help teachers [...]
Listening! Activities galore for your classroom!
Listening is a very overlooked skill in our classrooms. It is as vital (or even more so!) in the beginning as speaking and we should treat it so. But too often, it is the poor cousin. No more! Here are the major listening activities grouped by type. I’ve provided a [...]