All Pre-Intermediate articles – Page 66
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Skills: teaching listening in English
Modern coursebooks provide some excellent recorded material, but it can be exciting to supplement this with more unusual sources of listening work. Here are some ideas.
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Pre-Intermediate: Where's the English Language Institute?
An American English worksheet to follow directions and to fill in details on a map.
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Pre-Intermediate: Where's the Park School of English?
A British English worksheet to follow directions and to fill in details on a map.
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Lesson Share: Energizers: The hot potato
There is no particular linguistic aim for this activity but it works well as a brief warmer and to encourage students to use mime and facial expression.
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Lesson Share: Energizers: The knot
This activity probably works best as a way of energizing a group, particularly after lunch!
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Lesson Share: Energizers: Shout!
I teach in Hong Kong, where the classes can be very quiet, and take lots of warming up. This one is great for quiet classes, and hugely versatile (no preparation!).
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Lesson Share: Energizers: Stand in line
You can use this activity as an icebreaker at the start of a new course when the learners do not know each other or simply as a warmer at the start of the day.
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Vocabulary: plural noun endings
Rules for the use of /s/, /z/ or /IZ/ as the ending for plural nouns.
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Elementary: What are they doing?
An American English worksheet to practice asking and answering questions using the present progressive.
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Elementary: Question line up
An American English worksheet to practice the present simple and past simple.
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Elementary: Once upon a time
An American English worksheet to practice describing a sequence of events in the past.
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Imaginative materials: teaching resources: sound effects
Sound-effect CDs are an exciting teaching resource. These are recordings that have hardly any words on - but instead contain a sequence of noises such as crashes, bumps, bangs, whistles, screams etc. Here are some ideas for using sound-effects in the classroom.
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Skills: teaching resources: sound effects
Sound-effect CDs are an exciting teaching resource. These are recordings that have hardly any words on - but instead contain a sequence of noises such as crashes, bumps, bangs, whistles, screams etc. Here are some ideas for using sound-effects in the classroom.
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N, S, E, W
A British English worksheet to complete a compass by filling it in with the missing words.
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Minimal resources: Drilling
Philip Kerr gives us some useful tips and ideas for using drilling in the classroom.