All Intermediate articles – Page 88
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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Identity swap
This activity is good for practising questions and listening to the answers - which students don't do all the time!
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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Weekend game
Students find out as much information about their partner’s weekend / holiday as possible, then tell the rest of the class and answer questions.
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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: The lying game
Is the teacher telling the truth or lying?
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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Toilet paper information
A short activity about sharing personal information.
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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: True sentences
This exercise can produce a lot of language from the group with the minimum amount of effort from the teacher. It is designed to practise yes/no questions using various forms of the past tense.
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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Weekend
I've used this activity many times and have found that my students thoroughly enjoy not telling the truth!
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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Mystery guest
The idea for this activity came from an old game show. It is important to note that it can only be done at the very beginning of the first class in a new group. It is essential that the students do not know each other.
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Exams: A recipe for success
The aim of this lesson is to get the students to describe how to make a dish from their country. It practises using sequencing words, imperatives and food vocabulary.
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Exams: FCE exam speaking practice
To practise part one of the First Certificate speaking exam. Highlights and works on persistent errors in students' oral work.
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ArticleTeenagers: Preparing teenagers for the exam: Reading
This section contains useful suggestions for preparing teenagers for reading components in the exam.
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ArticleTeenagers: Preparing teenagers for the exam: Grammar and writing
This section contains useful suggestions for preparing teenagers for writing and grammar components in the exam.
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Teenagers: Preparing teenagers for the exam: Speaking
This section contains useful suggestions for preparing teenagers for speaking components in the exam.
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ArticleMinimal resources: Everyday objects
Jonathan Marks gives us some ideas for activities that make use of everyday objects that people carry around with them.
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Intermediate: Have you ever?...
An American English worksheet to practice the present perfect and past simple.
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Skills: responding to real-life events
When there is a tragic event in the world teachers often feel the need to address it in some way in classroom time. Finding a way to do this appropriately and sensitively can sometimes be hard. Help is here.
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Minimal resources: The immediate environment
Scott Thornbury offers some valuable tips and ideas for using your immediate environment to make imaginative language lessons.
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Tastes in entertainment
An American English worksheet to discuss personal tastes in entertainment.
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Grammar and vocabulary: seven ways to help students enjoy grammar
Seven suggestions of ways to help students enjoy grammar.