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Intonation – Simple Conversation in Different Voices Right now, I am enrolled in an English Grammar course at a Swedish university. Teacher’s license in Sweden = more English. Go figure… Write your story, change history - Brad Meltzer Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inner Circle, as well as the bestsellers The Tenth Justice, Dead Even, The First Counsel, The Millionaires, The Zero Game, The Book of Fate, and The Book of Lies.Jerome "Jerry" Siegel and Joseph "Joe" Shuster were the co-creators of Superman -- the first of the great comic book superheroes and one of the most recognizable of the 20th century.Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation is dedicated to realizing Alex's dream of eradicating childhood cancer. Learn more about their inspirational founder, how your donation can help, and why they're different.One afternoon in April 1928, a phone call came for Amelia Earhart at work. "I'm too busy to answer just now," she said. After hearing that it was important, Earhart relented though at first she thought it was a prank. It wasn't until the caller supplied excellent references that she realized the man was serious.

Reading: Into the Future (Advanced ESL Lesson Plan) ESL Level: Upper-Intermediate and Advanced Skill Focus: Reading comprehension, speaking via discussion, vocabulary Material Download: reading-into-future-advanced-13062016.docx Foreword: This lesson plan is based on a Facebook post by Udo Gollub, which has been shared widely on social media. I created this lesson plan for my students. I have made some grammar, punctuation, and spelling corrections to his original post though I do not own the copyright to it. English Dictation - Learn English Free Improve your listening skills, writing skills, reading skills, spelling and punctuation! You will need a set of headphones, somewhere quiet, a pencil and a sheet of paper. The sound files are large, so be patient. Instructions:-

Katherine Bilsborough: A simple idea - The Weekend Game A simple Idea For me, the best classroom activities are usually the most simple, requiring little or no preparation time and few or no materials. They are activities that can be adapted to use effectively with groups of different sizes, levels or ages and they can be used again and again even with the same students. The Weekend Game ‘The Weekend Game’ falls into all of those categories. Activities & Stories for Teaching Gerunds & Infinitives for ESL Class Language Focus: Verbs followed by gerunds and/or infinitives English Level: Intermediate, upper-Intermediate Jump to a section Activities for children Each activity will help children practise at least one of the skills we test in our Cambridge English: Young Learners tests – reading and writing, listening or speaking. They also include words taken from the word lists used to create these exams. The activities are divided into levels taken from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). As children move through the levels in this section, the activities will start to get more difficult.

Agreeing and Disagreeing in English This page is about words and phrases that we use when we agree or disagree with someone in English. Stating an opinion In my opinion...The way I see it...If you want my honest opinion....According to Lisa...As far as I'm concerned...If you ask me... Asking for an opinon What's your idea?What are your thoughts on all of this? Greetings Quiz Is there anything wrong with this page? Let us know ↗️ Is there anything wrong with this page? Let us know ↗️ What Makes a Good Presentation? – The Canswedian English Teacher So, you have told your class that they are going to do a presentation on something-or-other. You show them what should be included, how their Powerpoint should look, you even talk about how important it is to have proper grammar… But do we ever really teach them what it means to give a good presentation? I finally clued in to this last year. MAYBE I should be teaching them this important piece of the puzzle! How else are they going to learn about intonation, hand gestures and body language?

Speaking 7-9 ⋆ WebEnglish.se Talk, talk and talk some more Every spring the Swedish schools must arrange National Tests in English for all 9th graders to attend. An essential part of this test is speaking English. The students need to be able to tell something about themselves, their experiences and/or their thoughts, and also to discuss given topics with a… In "Teaching Matters" 7 Word Formation Games Fun classroom activities for prefixes and suffixes, especially useful for FCE, CAE and other exam classes. Word formation is the addition of affixes like -ly and semi- to make longer words and different kinds of speech. Although it is often included in EFL exams and higher-level textbooks, it still probably gets just a few percent of the attention of lists of similar vocabulary, let alone tenses. Perhaps one reason for that is the lack of fun things you can do with it, something that this article seeks to start redressing. Word formation brainstorming races Give students a couple of minutes to brainstorm words with a single affix, e.g. il- or –ity.

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