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Warm Up Activities Using Authentic Materials, ESL lesson. Create new words: Procedure Pair, group or individual work.

Warm Up Activities Using Authentic Materials, ESL lesson

The learners should write as many words as they can using letters in the words JOB ADVERTISEMENT. They can use fewer letters but not more. Examples: men, read, red, advent, tea, a, an, the, tear etc. The teacher can decide on categories such as nouns, verbs, adjectives and learners have to write words that fall into the category or the topic is given such as PROFESSION, HOBBIES, TRAVELLING etc. and learners should write words that would fall under the topic label.

Fill in words: Procedure: Individual/pair or group work. The teacher writes words job advertisement on the blackboard like this: Apply (an example) Experience (an example) These letters are initial letters of words learners must write. The learners can check their words with each other or in dictionaries. Jobs around us: Procedure: Individual work leading to class work. Example: Accountant, Businessman, Correspondent, Designer, etc. Sing-along Songs. One of the most fun group participation activities for family and friends is to engage in sing-along songs.

Sing-along Songs

The essence of a sing-along song is that it has a simple enough melody and memorable lyrics for everyone to easily learn. Many of these popular songs have been around for over a century and are taught to children as part of their grade school music education. "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" is a very well known sing-along song. It was a traditional folk song written in the 1860s that became a huge hit in the early 1960s by The Highwaymen.

The following sing-along songs are widely known and appreciated by all ages. She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain Not many songs over a century old are still as popular as "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain," which originated in the late nineteenth century by an unknown composer. What A Wonderful World The song "What A Wonderful World" was first popularized in 1967 by Louis Armstrong and in 1999 was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame. Warm Up Activities Using Authentic Materials, ESL lesson. Teen Advisors & Velocity - Live Real, Really Live. Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom. If this is your first time here, then read the Teacher's Guide to Using These PagesIf you can think of a good question for any list, please send it to us.

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English songs for ESL kids

Singing traditional kids' songs can be a great and fantastic way to teach English to young learners. With the help of amusing, easy to remember songs they learn new words, expressions and pronunciation quickly, and have fun at the same time. Here you will find a small collection of the most popular English songs for kids and Christmas carols.

Choose your favourite one, then listen and sing! Christmas carols » This section contains our small collection of lyrics and music clips for some of the best loved Christmas carols in the world, including Jingle Bells, Silent Night and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. English songs for children. Nursery rhyme - abcteach. Tongue Twisters - Free English Videos for Students and Teachers. Warm-up: ett kul sätt att starta lektionen. Speaking. Welcome to EnglishClub.com Speaking for ESL learners, to help you learn and practise the skill of speaking English.

Speaking

Speaking is the second of the four language skills, which are: 1. Listening 2. Speaking 3. Reading 4. Writing What Is Speaking? The Importance of Speaking Practice Speaking to yourself can be "dangerous" because men in white coats may come and take you away!! Improve your speaking with MyEC! Find English learners and teachers to practise speaking with on MyEnglishClub. GreetingsHow to say hello in English. "What should I call you? " Telephone EnglishIn this lesson we look at some of the words and expressions that we use for telephoning. Presentations & Public Speaking Learn how to give a presentation or speak in public in English. Speaking about the Weather Even strangers discuss the weather. Small Talk What can we say in casual conversations with strangers or colleagues we meet in the lift?

Speaking vs Writing (article) Negotiating Meetings. Speak and spell. Speaking Activities. On these pages you will find ideas for classsroom activities which involve speaking.

Speaking Activities

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