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Real English ESL Videos & Lessons. Real English is a Registered Trademark of The Marzio School. ESL Listening Comprehension Exercises: Movie clips to practice English | ELL/ELT REMEMBER: We post new listening comprehension exercises every week in the ad-free PREMIUM EDITION of our website. Here's what you do: Click on the video you want to watch below.Watch the video, and pay attention to it! (You can pause and rewind the video.)Answer the listening comprehension questions below the video.Check your answers. Till The Hummingbird Project Silver Linings Playbook Away We Go Aftersun Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Emergency Licorice Pizza Adventureland End of the Tour English as a Second Language (ESL) Lesson plans & ideas for teachers: eslflow index & home page

Writing to learn | close up This post was inspired by Dave Dodgson in Ankara, Turkey, and his account of using dictogloss with young learners. I’m a big fan of dictogloss* (or dictocomp as Marisa Constantides calls it in a comment on the same blog post) and this is one of my favourite dictogloss activities. *For a definition of dictogloss please scroll down to the bottom of the post) [Writer's block - image by flickrFelix - a creative commons image] I first used this activity with a group of Spanish students in Madrid. They all worked for the Spanish Heart Foundation and were attending a one week intensive refresher course. We had dipped into Clockwise Advanced for a quick gist listening. I had held back on the last story in the set. [by lynnmwillis on flickr - creative commons image] We brainstormed possible angles – one of which was, of course, the health angle – and they listened to the text to see which of their predictions (if any) was correct. This is the tapescript: (Clockwise Advanced Student’s Book , OUP 2000)

Listen to English and learn English with podcasts in English ► Level 1 For elementary and pre-intermediate students ► Level 2 For intermediate students ► Level 3 For upper intermediate students and above ► For teachers Lesson plans, teachers' information worksheets, how to find a podcast and much more! ► Pie plus Our monthly magazine with news, videos, information worksheets and our monthly competition. ► Extras Extra worksheet activities to support the podcasts ► Freebies Free sample worksheets for each of the three levels ► Travelogues Follow the pie team on their travels and learn English along the way Podcasts in English are not just listening activities for efl and esl students to improve their conversation. Many thanks to partnersinrhyme for the jingle on our podcasts and Philip Halling for the banner photo. Our partner sites: hire essay writers online at EssayPro Check your IELTS writing online - Boost your IELTS Band Score with IELTS Writing Pro, the most advanced IELTS writing checker. Essaypro.app - best app that writes essays for you Did you know..?

Video Teaching and Video Films. ESL Teaching Videos Google + Students really enjoy watching movies and TV for a variety of reasons. For one, they get exposure to natural language in a non-threatening setting. Secondly, movies and video provide common ground to students of any international background. Below you'll find both general teaching resources as well as fully-developed lessons on various films and videos. Ideas for Using Movie Previews Rent any video, and you're bound to get at least three or four previews before the feature film. Movie Lessons Each movie featured in this section includes both classroom worksheets and links to specific materials about the movie. VertigoAlfred Hitchcock's 1958 suspense classic. Bonnie and ClydeArthur Penn Warren's 1967 masterpiece.Classroom handouts for this movie include: For plot summaries, reviews, images and more great material to use with this movie, visit the International Movie Database's page on Bonnie and Clyde. All the President's MenAlan J. Video Lessons East of Krakatoa Classroom Handouts

Teaching ESL and English Conversation lessons. ESL Question and Conversation Cards and Lessons Google + We've created this page to provide resources, lessons, and ideas on teaching conversation. There are printable materials for classroom use, a discussion forum and links to other web sites about teaching. Ideas for Using Conversation Questions Lessons The Expert GameA fun, fast-paced conversation activity for high-beginner through advanced students. Find Out IfA conversation activity for intermediate and advanced learners. I've Never A conversation activity that's been adapted from a fun drinking game. Discussion Forums: Lesson PlanIntroduce your students to the world of on-line discussion forums with this two part lesson. Conversation Questions The sets of conversation questions at ESL PartyLand are intentionally formatted into tables to allow you to produce sets of cards for conversation practice.

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