Sparknotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides 10 ways to use tongue twisters in your class! I LOVE tongue twisters! Sometimes I am pretty good at them. I feel like I have an agile frog's tongue attacking sounds as they come. Other times I get so tangled I feel more like I have the dog's tongue, a useless appendage that just hangs from my mouth. OK, so we all know what a tongue twister is, but how can we best use them in class. Dictoglosses (Higher Level)I’ve mentioned using them in dictoglosses and that can work well. Divide your class into small groups (of two-three students is perfect)Post tongue twisters on the wall around the classroom (as many tongue twisters as there are groups).Explain that one person at a time can run to a tongue twister and then run back to the table. If you are looking for another oldie but goodie in the EFL world try Telephone. Have students illustrate a shorter tongue twister. and Tongue Twisters for Kids are free to download from Amazon. What about you?
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How in questions -ENGAMES The word “HOW” is one of the most productive words in English. It helps us create meaningful questions and sentences. The word “HOW” combines with many other words to create these questions. In this post I try to introduce the basic phrases “How much”, “How many”, “How often”, “How well”, “How long”, “How far” and “How old”. How in questions – mindmap Here the students can practise the basic usage of the word HOW in questions. The way you can create questions with how. In the first game your task is to complete the questions with the correct word. Teacher Invaders In the second game you should choose the correct answer and shoot only the BAD ducks. Shooting game I hope that by now you know all the basic usages of the word HOW.
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