Hitting the Bulls Eye: 4 Simple Steps to Fostering Accuracy in Your Students
ESL teachers must walk a fine line. Our goal is fluency in our students, and we design curriculum and lesson plans to meet that goal. We are excited when our students use language correctly and begin...
View Article9 Simple Tips for Keeping Your Students Motivated (Part One)
Anyone who has spent time in an ESL classroom knows teachers work hard to make sure their students are learning and progressing in their language studies. We design curriculum, present information in...
View ArticleTeaching English in Russia: 8 Things You'll Wish You'd Done Before You Went
So youāve renewed your passport, got your visa and been for a health check? Technically, all you need to do now is pack, but thereās a few extra things youāll really wish youād done once youāre...
View Article9 Simple Tips for Keeping Your Students Motivated (Part Two)
Are you looking for easy ways to motivate your ESL students in the classroom? Here are the final five classroom tips to help you do just that (Part One is available here). Motivating Can be Easy if You...
View ArticleAn American Summer
I used this presentation with secondary students in Spain. The vocabulary covers summer holidays, activities, cookout food/drinks, and weather. The last slide in my PP is copied and pasted from a...
View ArticleBritish vs. American English
I presented this PowerPoint with my British co-worker. The topics covered include the differences between British and American intonation, spelling, pronunciation, and vocabulary. It was a fun class...
View ArticleThe Flinstones
This is a two pages worksheet for first year students. It is an easy reading comprehension worksheet about the Flinstones, then they have some clues to write a short paragraph about Bam Bam. They also...
View ArticleConnectors; Elementary Worksheet
This is an easy worksheet for revising linking words at elementary level. There are 3 different activities in which students are asked to write a linking word to complete the sentences, find the...
View ArticleNew York City
My students were studying a unit that had information on NYC, so I made this presentation to talk about some of my favorite things about the city. This PowerPoint is made up of mainly photos. I talked...
View ArticleAmerican Football
I created this presentation to teach my students about American Football. This presentation covers the history of football, rules, uniforms, tailgating, rivalries, and traditions. I have included a...
View ArticleAmerican Slang
I created this presentation as a supplement to a lesson from the text on slang in general. This PowerPoint is a "quiz." I had my students guess what they thought the meaning of the slang word/phrase...
View ArticleSports Crossword
This is a picture crossword for teaching or revising sports related vocabulary at elementary level.Students are asked to place the words in the correct place of the grid and then match them with the...
View ArticleSports Picture Dictionary
This is a picture dictionary which can also be used as a classroom poster for teaching sports related vocabulary at elementary level.The file is available in both colour and black and white version.
View ArticleReported Speech Intermediate Worksheet
This is a 2-page worksheet for reviving reported speech. Recommended for pre-intermediate students who are asked to report the statements and the questions given.The answer key is included.
View ArticleWriting a Paragraph
This is a simple scaffolded paragraph writing activity based on the topic of a country a student would most like to visit. The task is suitable for elementary levels and higher (the higher the level...
View ArticleA/An/The PPT for Japanese Students
Articles is one of the most complicated lessons I have done so far. Hope this ppt would help other bilingual teachers.This power point is very simple to use asĀ I have added pictures and sentences to...
View ArticleFill the Adjective Man with Adjectives
Learn adjectives and fill the adjective man. Visit at below link to learn and revise adjectives while singing Happy Birthday Song :
View ArticleYou Know More!
This worksheet helps to enrich student's vocabulary. It gives synonyms for so often used words like "good" and "bad" and provides examples where and how to use them. At the beginning of the lesson you...
View ArticleAsk Questions
The ss are supposed to ask questions about the underlined words. It can be used at the end of a unit to check if the interrogative form is understood. It can also help the sls learn how to ask...
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