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! Till The Hummingbird Project Silver Linings Playbook Away We Go Aftersun Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Emergency Licorice Pizza Adventureland End of the Tour TESOL Event Detail - Self-Study: Teaching & Assessing Adult Learners - More About This Course Learn appropriate methods and techniques for teaching language skills, vocabulary, and grammar to adult learners, and understand the appropriate assessments you'll need to measure progress. In this course, you will learn: the principles of adult education techniques and methods for teaching language skills, vocabulary, and grammar to adult learners in ESL and EFL contexts assessment approaches and tools to evaluate student learning. Upon completion of the course, you will be able to: discuss the types of activities that support adult learners’ language acquisition identify the key elements of effective adult ESOL instruction use different types of assessment tools for evaluating learners’ proficiencies in various skill levels The course is divided into six modules, each with several tasks and a culminating activity: Note: Self-study courses do not count toward the TESOL Core Certificate Program (TCCP).
TED Talk Lesson Plans Image credit: ted.com Follow me on twitter @RobbioDobbio This is a lesson plan for C1+ students on the topic of bad habits based around a TED talk by Judson Brewer and an article from Yahoo Health. You can find the TED talk, students’ handout, reading text and teacher’s notes below: TED Bad habits sts copy – Students handout TED bad habits teachers notes Common Bad Habits – Reading Text TED – Breaking Bad Habits – Teacher’s Notes Step 1: Expressions with habit What do you think these expressions mean? He’s been smoking since he was 15 years old and he just can’t kick the habit. When my grandad retired he didn’t stop getting up at 6am and putting a suit on. I could never go backpacking I’m too much of a creature of habit, I can’t stand changes to my routine. I’ve always written my essays at the last minute and I normally get good marks. Kick the habit = give up/quit a bad habit Old habits die hard = it’s difficult to stop a habit you’ve been doing for a long time Why break the habit of a lifetime?
KidsNews | A ready-to go literacy resource for teachers using current daily news stories for students in the classroom. 14 free resources for ESL lesson planning I couldn’t teach without | Teach Away So you think you can TEFL? And it’s true, you’ve got the certificate, you’re fully qualified and all set to teach English abroad or even teach English online. You’ve got some lesson ideas under your belt. There are days when churning out another TEFL lesson plan is going to feel like an impossible feat. I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to fill up two hours with fun activities for bored fourteen-year-olds… but it’s hard enough when they speak your language, let alone when you will be miming 90% of the time. I was also told the principal would attend these classes. The 15 weeks’ worth of lesson plans weren’t due by the end of the month – they were due the very next day. But let me tell you, I am not a nincompoop. I spent a dark, dark night planning those 15 lessons, the internet became my savior. Rather than go to bed and sleep it off like a reasonable person. All these resources are not created equal. So here are the best materials for teaching English as a second language. 1. 2. 3. 4.
Zoo Animals Lesson Plan Notes: This lesson helps to build up animal vocabulary (especially if done after the Farm Animals lesson) and introduces the phrase "Let's go to ...". Lesson Procedure: Warm Up and Maintenance: See our "Warm Up & Wrap Up" page. New Learning and Practice: 1. 2. 3. You’ll need two sets of zoo animals flashcards per group. If you have completed the Farm Animals lesson previously, you can include the farm animal flashcards in this game. 4. Lyrics for the "Let's Go to the Zoo" song Chorus: Zoo, zoo, Let's go to the zoo, What will we see at the zoo? Zoo, zoo, Let's go to the zoo, What will we see at the zoo? Verse 1: Lion, we will see a lion, Elephant, we will see an elephant, Monkey, we will see a monkey, Let's go to the zoo! Chorus Verse 2: Tiger, we will see a tiger, Snake, we will see a snake, Birds, we will see some birds, Let's go to the zoo! (download MP3 here) Gestures for the "Let's Go to the Zoo" song The gestures are fun and mimic the animals being sung about: 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. Wrap Up: 1.
ESL Listening Websites Listening & Speaking Top Sites Speak English Fast Over 500 conversations on 26 topics with audio for intermediate learners ESL Conversations 1,500 conversations under 25 topics with audio for speaking practice ESL Fast A huge free online English learning site For Beginners English Level 1 Simple present tense, 50-word passages with audio and exercises for English beginners English Level 2 Short passages with audio and exercises for English beginners English Level 3 Short essays for English beginners to improve reading and listening English Level 4 More short essays to improve reading and listening English Level 5 200-word essays for English beginners to transition to intermediate level English Level 6 250-word essays for English beginners to transition to intermediate level Classroom English Classroom English Common phrases used by ESL teachers in an ESL class Classroom Questions Listen and repeat questions and answers that occur in ESL classrooms American Songs Conversations Free ESL Software
Guide for New ESL Teachers: How to Teach English to Beginners By Camille Turner August 21, 2019 262 Shares Share Tweet Pin The idea of teaching English to beginners (who have little or no knowledge of English) can strike fear in the hearts of new TEFL teachers, especially if they don’t know the students’ language. What is the definition of a beginner ESL student? First things first – let’s start with an overview of student levels. There are also several popular, more in-depth classification systems, such as the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), which assigns students to six different categories. Beginner A beginner English student is focused on learning essential vocabulary, such as family names, household objects, basic adjectives, and place names. It’s worth noting that most students are not total beginners, as they have had some exposure to English, whether through movies and music or basic school lessons during younger years. Intermediate Advanced Is it difficult to teach ESL to beginners? Use Total Physical Response (TPR)
Lesson Plan: Crime and Punishment Yay! It’s March! One of my fav seasons! I’m basically ticking off the days in my calendar until March 31 when we turn the clocks ahead and get more hours of daylight. In case you haven’t figured yet, I’m a sucker for bright sunny days. This lesson plan about Crime and Punishment has been on my to-make list for a long time. This lesson plan is intended to fill a four-hour lesson or maybe a bit more. Day 1 Day One is a bit more boring than Day 2. Step 1: Lead-in. 1. Write Crime on the board and ask students in pairs to write down as many different crimes as they can think of. Ask for feedback and write them on the board. Example: they write kidnapping, and they also get kidnapper and to kidnap 2. Do you know anyone who has been burgled/ mugged/kidnapped/ stopped by the police while drunk-driving? Step 2: Introducing New Vocabulary. 1. Procedure: Divide the class into Team A and Team B. Introduce the term “white-collar crimes” also called “corporate crime”. Want to go the extra mile? 2. 3.
"The Future" English Reading Exercise - Learn English Online Beginning English Lesson 16 - The Future Reading On This Page Read an article about the future. Answer reading comprehension questions about the article. Write about the future on our blog. Robots When will we have robots? The Husqvarna company makes a lawn mowing robot called the Auto Mower. Cars are becoming robots now that many cars have GPS (Global Positioning Systems) on them. We even have robotic pets now. Practice Select "True" or "False" to answer each question. Recommend Passport to English to your friends! English Pronunciation Click on NEXT to go to the next page in the lesson.
ESL Lesson Plans, Printables, Games, Materials for Teaching English | ESL Lounge - Learn or Teach English Today Fun with Present Perfect! 5 Ways to Make Grammar Fun Let's face it, we're unlikely to catch our students sitting on the edges of their seats waiting for us to once again review that grammar point, relishing in its structure (and exceptions to the rule).No, we're more likely to get a 'we've done this before' or 'I want to move up now' response… March 22, 2017 In "engaging" 10 Activities - Using Pictures in Zoom! Teaching online these days? March 31, 2020 In "activities" 5 Fun & Festive ESL Activities So by now, you’ve untangled your lights, taken your baubles from storage, found Christmas decorations you’d forgotten you had and admired your Christmas tree from outside. December 9, 2014 In "Active ESL ideas"
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