My Favourite Fun, Student-Generated Speaking Activity
Use this easy method to get the conversation rolling! Teachers want their students to talk as much as possible, since conversation practice helps students improve their pronunciation and listening skills, and allows them to put the grammar and vocabulary they’ve learned to use. Speaking is a fundamental part of communication in another language. But sometimes, getting students to speak is a real challenge! Textbooks, filled with written work and drill-type activities, aren’t always helpful.
Jolly Phonics - a child-centred approach to teaching literacy Jolly Learning
What is Jolly Phonics? Jolly Phonics is a fun and child centred approach to teaching literacy through synthetic phonics. With actions for each of the 42 letter sounds, the multi-sensory method is very motivating for children and teachers, who can see their students achieve. The letter sounds are split into seven groups as shown below. Letter Sound Order The sounds are taught in a specific order (not alphabetically).
Word Searches for Kids
We hope you love our word searches for kids and use them often. Here you will find puzzles for children of all ages and some of the harder ones, even teens will enjoy. These puzzles have so many benefits, yet are simple and fun to solve. They might not realize it, but word finds will encourage children to:
Fun ESL Activities for the Classroom
A fantastically fun review game that any age group of students will love that requires a little prep but no materials. Especially if (as in my class) the winning team gets a stamp, which translates into 1% of their final grade. Draw a grid on the board, marking one row with numbers, one with letters. I usually do 5x5 or 6x6 for a 20-30 minute game.
Another 10 Fun Classroom Activities to Help Students Practice Speaking English
Face Game If your students do not know already then first teach them the following parts of the face: forehead, chin, ear, eye, nose, mouth. Now, ask the students to make fists with both hands and touch their ears. On the first round, you play the role of the leader and say: ear, ear, ear – forehead (or a different part of the face from the list above). The third time that you say ear, say it more slowly, so that other players know that you are about to switch. When the new part is called out (in this example, forehead), everyone must quickly move both of their fists from ear to forehead at the same time.
Reading Comprehension - Free Worksheets
Home- English- Math - Reading - Research - Keys - Newsworthy - Links - Contact Reading Comprehension, Volume 5: Number 32, Word Meanings From Context Number 31, The Painting Number 30, Word Meanings From Context
Easy Sudoku Puzzles to Print
Ready to get started with some easy sudoku puzzles? Sudoku is an excellent way to exercise your powers of deductive reasoning and visual acuity. They are also just plain fun and entertaining! The puzzles you will find here are all rated easy. You will like them if you are new to sudoku or are just looking to take a break with an easy puzzle.
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Paperman
This EFL lesson plan is designed around 2 short films: Paperman an Oscar-nominated short by John Kahrs and Signs an award winning film by Patrick Hughes. Students write a narrative, predict a story and use adjectives to describe characters and emotions. I would ask all teachers who use Film English to consider buying my book Film in Action as the royalties which I receive from sales help to keep the website completely free. Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2.21) Learner type: Teens and adults Time: 90 minutes
ESL Speaking Activities
www.EFLSensei.com ESL Speaking Activities help students feel more comfortable with asking and answering questions and improve confidence. Jump to ESL Speaking Activities Semi-controlled These EFL / ESL activities are a great way for your students to use English in a semi-controlled environment.
My Daughter, The Fox
Jackie Kay's story My Daughter, The Fox gives the reader an unusual view of the mother/child relationship. As the title suggests, the narrator's daughter isn't human, but the feelings generated between mother and daughter are universal and so the scene is set for the paradox to be played out. Please Note:The teacher should take into consideration the age and cultural background of the pupils because several taboo words are used by the author. If those words are not acceptable in a particular classroom they can be replaced by milder equivalents (euphemisms) or obliterated with asterisks.
Idioms
Idioms and idiomatic expressions in English An idiom is a group of words in current usage having a meaning that is not deducible from those of the individual words. For example, "to rain cats and dogs" - which means "to rain very heavily" - is an idiom; and "over the moon" - which means "extremely happy" - is another idiom. In both cases, you would have a hard time understanding the real meaning if you did not already know these idioms!
You're it! Fun ways to choose who's it for games
Rock, Paper, Scissors Players make two fists and hit them on top of each other twice ... then the third time they make a symbol with their hand. The three symbols you can make are Rock, Paper and Scissors. Rock - Hand is kept in a fist. Paper - Hand is flattened out.
