All articles by Jackie Holderness and Annie Hughes
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Young learner topics: Where is the house?
A game using prepositions, questions and possessive your to describe location, available at three difficulty levels.
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Young learner topics: Treasure map
A game using directions where students have to find the treasure on a map, available at three difficulty levels.
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Warmer/FillerYoung learner topics: Travel survey
An activity to conduct a survey and use language for transport.
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Warmer/FillerYoung learner topics: Holiday photo album
An activity to relate general knowledge about travel and places and associated language points, available at three difficulty levels.
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Young learner topics: Haiku poems
An activity to practice short poems and associated language points, available at two difficulty levels.
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Warmer/FillerYoung learner topics: A holiday week
A listening activity to introduce and practise language for days of the week, colours and places, available at three difficulty levels with accompanying audio files.
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Warmer/FillerYoung learner topics: Don’t forget your toothbrush
A listening activity and chant to practise holiday vocabulary, times and family vocabulary, available at two difficulty levels.
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Young learner topics: What's in your suitcase?
A card game to practice clothing vocabulary and associated language points, available at three difficulty levels.
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Warmer/FillerYoung learner topics: Holiday passport
A writing and speaking activity to practise filling in a simple form; using where, when and to in questions and would like in answers; and using months and seasons.
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Warmer/FillerYoung learner topics: Holiday fun
A board game to practise town and leisure vocabulary, following directions, the alphabet and numbers 1–10, available at three difficulty levels.
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Young learner topics: Parts of the body
A card game to use language for parts of the body as well as the language of games, available at three difficulty levels.
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Warmer/FillerYoung learner topics: Make a puppet
An arts and craft activity to introduce/practise language for parts of the body, available at three difficulty levels.
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Warmer/FillerYoung learner topics: Food and drink
A listening activity to introduce food vocabulary and talk about likes and dislikes, as well as whether food is healthy or unhealthy, available at three difficulty levels with accompanying audio files.
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Warmer/FillerYoung learner topics: Fitness quiz
In this lesson, students carry out a personal fitness quiz and read about fitness.
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Warmer/FillerYoung learner topics: The body song
A song to practise vocabulary for parts of the body, available at two difficulty levels with an accompanying audio file.
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Young learner topics: The farmer wants a wife
A simple song to help students practise singing a song in English, available at two difficulty levels with an accompanying audio file.
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Warmer/FillerYoung learner topics: My family
A listening activity to introduce vocabulary for members of close and extended families, available at three difficulty levels with accompanying audio files.
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Young learner topics: Family chants
In this song activity with accompanying audio, students read and recite a chant about a family, then write their own chant and draw a picture to accompany it.
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Young learner topics: Family chain
An arts and craft activity to help students use family names and understand instructions in English, available at three difficulty levels.
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Warmer/FillerYoung learner topics: Family card game
A card game to practise using and saying names for members of the family, available at three difficulty levels.