Advanced Travel Vocabulary in English with Travel Stories Sharon’s Travel Story: A Staycation on a Tight Budget When I was younger, I had a real sense of adventure. I loved backpacking, camping in the woods, sleeping in tents and spending the evening next to the campfire. As a child, I remember trying to build a fire from scratch by rubbing two sticks together. But I do have such good memories of camping and hiking with my family. My mom would pack all the usual stuff: trail mix, fruit, marshmallows to roast over the fire, stuff to make sandwiches, etc. I haven’t camped for years! But last year we did do something a little fun, a little different: we had a staycation. We have some wonderful photos (and memories) of our picnic dinner watching the sunset on the beach.
8 Fun Activities for Teaching Verbs - Reach To Teach Recruiting Teaching verbs can be a pain in the butt for everyone. Regular and irregular verbs, past tense, past participle and past conditional… It’s confusing even for native speakers. When it comes time to learn or review verb tenses, you’ll want to find as many ways as you can to make it fun and intuitive. Here are eight great activities and games for teaching verbs to keep things fresh and actually make verb conjugations fun. Storytime Create a story that features the verb in many different conjugations. Charades Give students a time limit to act out a certain verb. Relay Race Write a list of pronouns on the board (I, you, he, they, she, it), and then have two teams line up at the board. You can switch tenses to make it more challenging. Mother May I A great game for beginners who need lots of speaking practice with verbs. Twenty Questions Teaching Verbs Edition One student comes to the front of the class and is given a verb. Verb Ball Toss Students stand in a circle and pass the ball around. Mad Libs
350 Good Questions to Ask - The only list of you'll need. Here is my ridiculously long list of good questions to ask. Use them to get a conversation going or as a fun way to pass the time with friends or loved ones. With 350 questions to choose from, I’m confident that everyone can find plenty of good questions to ask! Try to be creative as you can and have fun with the questions. I’ve also put a PDF and an image of all 350 good questions to ask at the bottom of the page. Good questions to ask 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134.
Top 8 ESL Games Every Teacher Should Know Whether you are teaching in Taiwan, teaching in China, or teaching in South Korea we have all been there. We have started our year with awesome games, but as the months draw on these awesome games start to lose their zing with your students. Time to shake it up a little, below I have compiled the top 8 games every ESL teacher should know. Teacher says We all know this one, it is basically a take on the game Simon says, except that we are replacing Simon with the teacher. How it works: Get your class up on their feet, you the teacher will give the students things to do by saying ‘teacher says …’ followed by an action. This is a great game to use for concept checking or even as a warmer. Hangman (Dice) Another one that everybody knows except I like to use a dice to bring in other rules. How it works: Split your class into two teams, give each team $500 to start with, and then write 1-6 on the board. What’s the time Mr.Wolf This is a great game to play when you have been learning about time
Happiness – “One question” – Generating Discussions. A designer lessons ESL Lesson plan developed by George Chilton I think this would be a nice way to start off a discussion. Thanks to Gemma Lunn for pointing me in this direction – there are several One Question videos on YouTube. This is a short post, but the looser the plan here, the better. Lesson Aims In Barcelona, they'd cut these up 'n rub them violently on to bread. DiscussionSecond conditional in conversationError correctionVocabulary building and listening comprehension Stage One Ask your students what they would ask if they could ask anything to the people of their city. Stage Two Ask students to write something down (they are willing to share) that would make them happy. *You’ll have to view it on YouTube as they don’t allow embedding. Students should put the following answers from the video in order. This is the correct order, though I have missed some out. Stage Three Possible discussion questions Did anyone say the same thing as they did? Like this: Like Loading...
An ESL lesson that always delivers for me One of my favourite lessons to do, either with new or established students is one that is called ‘Lost’, I don’t suppose that this is particularly original and I fail to recall now where I actually took the idea from in the first place. I have in fact amended it many times to keep it relevant to current news and world situations (like the economic crisis and political changes) but it works well, only requires a small amount of preparation and I have used it successfully with groups and individual students. I teach English as a second language in Italy and I have found that this is a good conversation starter, fires up the emotions, forces opinions to be shared and challenged, and can have a different result every time. It is also fun to do and is great at encouraging some of the more timid students out of their shells a little; it is solely conversation based and actively encourages students to engage in a detailed conversation, as well as using descriptive language skills. Lost!
ESL conversation questions – printable cards for adult learners Here you can find hundreds of engaging ESL conversation questions arranged around more than fifty themes, perfect for adult learners. Our questions are formatted as sets of cards for easy group work and interactive discussions. Boost Your Teaching Experience with Our Book: 50 Conversation Classes If you find these discussion questions valuable for your TEFL class, consider purchasing our book, “50 Conversation Classes,” which features 50 topic-based sets of questions and activities. Each set of questions comes with a complementary worksheet that introduces vocabulary items and related idioms for students to review before the discussion begins. Printable ESL Conversation Questions Grammar discussion questions Vocabulary discussion questions Effective Tips for Using ESL Conversation Questions in Your Classroom Maximize the benefits of ESL conversation questions in your class with these practical tips and ideas. Alternative ESL Conversation Question Activities
Intermediate Level: Passive Jigsaw Activity. To all our teachers: There are many language schools and other educational institutions closing now because of the Coronavirus situation. Please remember we have our Student Site. This interactive site will allow your students to continue their studies more independently. Visit our Student Site today. Intermediate Level >> Conversation Materials/Surveys/Pairwork Activities >> Students work in pairs and ask their partner questions in the passive to compete sentences. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. The Environment: a Lesson Plan for Upper-Intermediate Students As I thrust this lesson plan towards my students, I realize how little I know about what some environmentally-related terms mean. I know I have heard people talking about the carbon footprint and acid rain, but honestly, I have never given it much thought. I recycle. I really try to. I don’t eat meat and try to buy local products. I have promised myself two very simple things: to use reusable shopping bags and to cut down on the minutes I spend singing in the shower. I have just read in the The Guardian this list with 50 easy ways to save the planet. This lesson is aimed at students with a language level of B2 (upper-intermediate) and focuses on revising, learning and using vocabulary related to the environment and environmental issues through a variety of engaging activities which will help them improve listening and speaking. You can see this lesson in digital format here and you will also find it embedded at the end of this post Introducing the Topic This is a note-taking exercise.