This is an excellent article from FluentU to help get into simple conversations beyond “Hi, how are you?” “My name is…”. Perfect for everyday and social events like dinner or parties. Practice with a partner or in a chat on ESL Space Buddies. Click here to skip to the questions. Be More Outgoing with These 13 […]
An easy way to learn or remember parts of speech. You say it like a poem. Practice until you know it by heart. Three little words you often see Are ARTICLES: a, an, and the.A NOUN‘s the name of anything, As: school or garden, toy, or swing. A PRONOUN replaces any noun: he, she, it, […]
by YULIYAGEIKHMAN 20 English Phrases You’ll Hear All the Time in Winter It’s getting cold outside… are you ready for winter? You might not be prepared for the cold, but your English can be! Get ready for the winter months by warming up your English with some hot new sayings, phrases and idioms that you can […]
ESL Discussions.com 13,520 English Conversation Questions * 676 discussion topic handouts – That’s a lot of discussion! * Everyday themes and more controversial issues. * Ready-to-print Word and PDF downloads. via ESL Discussions: English Conversation Questions / Debates: Speaking Lesson Activities.
Proverb Communication Activity by Chris Gunn Materials: Student Activity Sheet Proverb Quiz Proverbs with Explanation Hard Proverb Crossword (Optional) Purpose and Audience: This activity is a retelling activity where students communicate common English proverbs to each other. Every student is given a proverb to communicate to the class. They are […]
Updated: Nov. 4, 2014 What do you think? Are those adults or children? What are they doing? And why? Are they happy? Why does the boy have his hands on his ears? What else do you see? via What’s Going On in This Picture? | Nov. 3, 2014 – NYTimes.com. This week’s image comes from […]
Nice set of lesson plans with handouts and activities, including Survival English. Lots of verbal work for students, with emphasis on comprehension. Lesson Plan Archive. from BogglesworldESL.com: Natural Wonders Superlative Communication Activity A Retelling Activity Students are given a fact card about the natural world. They communicate the fact card to other students. […]
Gerard Nolst Trenité (1870-1946), who wrote under the pseudonym of Charivarius, was a Dutch writer, traveler and teacher. In 1922 he wrote The Chaos (also often known by its opening line, Dearest Creature in Creation) which is a poem featuring around 800 of the most awkwardly and counter-intuitively spelled words in English as a way […]