Debating societies. The Noisy Classroom - How to prepare a debate with a class. Divide the class into four groups Give each of the four groups one side of one of the topics to prepare Give each member of the class some sticky notes to write on Follow the five steps Step 1: Brainstorm ideas Individual brainstorm – allow five minutes silent time for individual brainstorming – the pupils should write one point on each of the sticky notes. Step 2: Organise ideas The group then need another sheet of paper on which they write 1-9 down the side. Step Three: Structure the speeches Introduce the idea of the speech structure on the board: Introduction – who are you and what do you stand for?
Step 4: Prepare your speeches Introduce the Idea of developing your arguments by “Making Them REAL” Reason Evidence Analysis Link Choose the first speakers in each group and allow them some time to think about how to make each of their points REAL. Choose the summary speaker and either a chair or timekeeper from each group Step 5: Prepare the rest of the class. Free Corpus Linguistics Software. Tools for Educators - free worksheet templates, printable game templates, 100% customizable worksheet makers with images! Public Domain. Open Sankoré | Le portail du logiciel libre Open-Sankoré.
Inklewriter. Interactive Phonemic chart by Adrian Underhill - Macmillan English. Interactive Phonemic ChartCreated by Adrian UnderhillThis excellent teaching tool gives audio examples of the English phoneme set. Click on the phonemes to hear the sound and a sample word. Find out more about how the chart works and how it can help you in the classroom in a series of exclusive videos with Adrian dedicated to teaching pronunciation skills.Adrian Underhill is the series editor for the Macmillan Books for Teachers and author of Sounds Foundations, the inspiration behind the award-winning Sounds: Pronunciation App. More about Adrian Underhill Pronunciation Skills Videos. TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC. Using music to motivate and engage teenage learners: The story of the Jean Monnet Broons Cup Song project. In June 2013, during the end-of-year party, a group of girls performed a cover of the Cup Song in front of all the members of our school.
They had been inspired by Anna Kendrick in the film Pitch Perfect which started off an internet craze of 'Cup Songs'. These students brilliantly showed how they could manage to play percussion with plastic cups while singing along. We were all quite impressed, to be honest, and I thought I might as well use it in one of my English lessons. A few months later, in November 2013, after I had seen other Cup Song videos on the web, I decided to set up the project but on a larger scale. The linguistic part of it was central. As a musician myself, I knew how good it felt to sing and to take part in a collective experience. All of a sudden things changed. First of all, we needed cups – but not just any cups.
Then rehearsals started and lasted for about five weeks, mostly at lunchtime and in break times. But once again the magic happened. Watch the video below: Simplebooklet.com. Make in minutes, share online. Build a web booklet from your own content or convert an existing PDF. Our design tool is code free, drag and drop simple. One click publishing to multiple locations on the web and a curated classroom web booklet gallery.