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Language Dominoes generator – EFL Summer School. This Language Dominoes generator can self-generate games with different phrases and collocations: Language Dominoes generator If you click on the Data tab and leave the area under Enter your data here blank, it will auto-generate a set of dominoes for you.

Language Dominoes generator – EFL Summer School

Click on the Dominoes tab to see your auto-generated phrases. If you want to change the phrases, click f9 and the Dominoes will change. Vocabulary Menu.pdf. 5 Fun Word Games for Vocabulary Practice. 18 taboo cards on clothes 2 pages clt communicative language teaching resources conv 80169. 18 taboo cards on animals 2 pages clt communicative language teaching resources flas 80160.

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The football pitch. Henningsvær, in the north of Norway, is a small fishing village located on several small islands off the southern coast of the large island of Austvågøya, in Lofoten archipelago.

The football pitch

And on one of these tiny islands, there lies a football pitch. Lead-in 1. Sports. Clothes. THE ALPHABET GAME 3 KEY third term. Recurso ACTION VERBS. Frayer model. Food. 3 fun ways to revise vocabulary with almost zero prep time. Around the house. Nine ways to revise English vocabulary using slips of paper. What can teachers do when classroom technology stops working?

Nine ways to revise English vocabulary using slips of paper

Cristina Cabal, latest winner of the British Council's TeachingEnglish blog award for her post on pronunciation, suggests nine activities for revising English vocabulary using simple slips of paper. Nowadays, it seems very simple to plan a lesson that makes use of the many tools available online, especially as more and more of us have access to the Internet in our classrooms. But while technology is increasingly part of our teaching, there are times when it can cause problems and frustrations for teachers, such as when the Wi-Fi stops working or the computer shuts down, leaving you with a one-hour lesson to teach and no plan B up your sleeve.

One of the best ways to deal with this situation is to use slips of paper – a resource available to every teacher in any given situation. Six low-preparation vocabulary activities for the English classroom. Cristina Cabal, winner of the British Council's TeachingEnglish blog award, has new and improved games for revising English words.

Six low-preparation vocabulary activities for the English classroom

Turning passive vocabulary (the words you know) into active vocabulary (the words you use) is one of my main concerns when teaching. To do this, I keep three key words in mind – internalise, retain and retrieve. Learners need to first learn the new language, then feel confident using the new structure, expression or word. TO Increase Something (verbs).. Free, Easy, Adaptable ESL Activities - eslactivities.com. Irregular verbs Battleship. DOBBLE food & drink. 20 Clever And Funny Illustrations Showing The Literal Meanings Of Idioms. When we use language we don’t often notice what some words mean if taken literally, but when you actually pause for a second and think about what some expressions literally mean, you’d be surprised how you didn’t notice that before.

20 Clever And Funny Illustrations Showing The Literal Meanings Of Idioms.

The words that we use every day are so full of joy and wonder and a lot of fun if taken out of context and played with. And that’s what Keren Rosen did. Karen is an Israel-based graphic designer who loves to play with words and put them in humorous illustrations to show their double meanings. For her last project, she went after idioms and everyday expressions to illustrate their literal meanings and the result is a funny batch of witty and funny illustrations that make you both laugh and wonder about the craziness of the English language.

Eliciting vocabulary before writing narratives. Play a game of word association.

Eliciting vocabulary before writing narratives

The teacher gives one word and the student on the left must say the first word they can think of which is associated with it.Then the student on their left says the first word which they can think of which is associated with the previous word.This can be repeated around the class a few times.The teacher writes all the words on the board as they appear.

Eventually you should have a variety 20 or 30 words on the board, for example: tree, forest, countryside, city, buildings, offices, work, leisure, holidays, beach, sun, moon, night, dark, black, cats, dogs, friendship, etc. Eliciting vocabulary before writing narratives. Desert island. Adopt a word. Teenagers: game 8: making sentences. Find an English magazine or newspaper and cut out about 40 words ensuring you have a balance of parts of speech and stick them onto a sheet of paper in no particular order something like this: Give out copies of the sheets to students in groups of up to four.

Teenagers: game 8: making sentences

Print this set of words. They have seven (depending on level and complexity of task) minutes to create: one sentence with three words, one sentence with four words etc depending on level. Sentences may be like this: 3 words - Radio is free. 4 words - Most parents are happy. 5 words - Cows enjoy politics in April. Fun Game for ESL Students. Vocabulary Auction Game Are you looking for a fun way to help students learn new English vocabulary?

Fun Game for ESL Students

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