October 05, 2014 Activities Clips Ideas Lesson plan Lexis Video Vision Off Vocabulary Not a word was spoken (but many were learned) Video is often used in the EFL classroom for listening comprehension activities, facilitating discussions and, of course, language work. But...
January 05, 2014 Activities Collocations Grammar Lesson plan News Quiz Vocabulary News Quiz 2013 - Vocabulary Images by Tim Evanson , Gene Hunt & Alex Alishevskikh via Flickr As usual, as a follow up to the traditional end-of-year news quiz,...
December 30, 2012 Activities Chunks Collocations Grammar Lesson plan Lexis News Quiz Vocabulary Traditional end-of-year news quiz 2012 Photo by Sandy Millin via eltpics A bit less heavy on political news this year and featuring more sports, showbiz and gossip items, here is ...
April 29, 2012 Activities Honesty Lesson plan Songs Honesty Day April 30th is celebrated in the USA and some other countries as Honesty Day. To mark this day, Billy Joel's classic ballad was an obviou...
April 21, 2012 Activities Clips Conditionals Grammar IWB Lesson plan Listening Songs Video If I were a boy This activity based on Beyonce's song is suitable for older teens and adults at pre-intermediate level and up. The lesson plan is based ...
March 20, 2012 Background knowledge IATEFL Lesson plan Lexis Listening Research Vocabulary Before you listen, here are some words you may not know Pre-listening activities: what to focus on? At last year's IATEFL conference in Brighton I was at a presentation on teaching listening w...