EFL / ESOL / ESL Educational Songs and Activities: Song Lyrics for Teaching English as a Second Language These EFL/ESOL/ESL lyrics are available from a variety of albums: Songs that Teach Conversational English and English Vocabulary Action Songs Around the World – Jack Hartmann Can You Move Like Me? – Caroline and Danny Circle of Friends – Ron Brown Family Dance – Dr. – Music with Mar. – Jay Cleveland Jump for Numbers 0-10 – Ron Brown Jump, Jump, Jump – Jeanne Nelson and Hector Marín Stand Up – Skip West We Walk – Music with Mar. Alphabet The ABC Rap – The Gum Rappers Letter Blender – Music Movement & Magination Letter Sounds A to Z – Jack Hartmann Who Knows the Alphabet Sounds? – ABC's & Much More Animals African Safari – Diana Colson Baboon Baby – Diana Colson Do You Know These Sounds? – Jeanne Nelson and Hector Marín Doing the Flamingo Walk – Diana Colson Elephants – Diana Colson Giraffe – Diana Colson Lion Pride – Diana Colson Mosquito – Jeanne Nelson and Hector Marín My Fish – Jeanne Nelson and Hector Marín My Pet Turtle – Jeanne Nelson and Hector Marín Please Say Cheese (Animal Names and Movements) – Dr.
The Best of the Language Learning Web--Poplingual | What's Popping in Language Learning! Past participle – divided according to the pronunciation ,ENGAMES Last week I taught passive and present perfect tense. I thought that I was well prepared but in both cases we encountered one big problem. The students could not form the past participles correctly. So now I know that we have to deal with past participles before we return to the two grammatical points again. Past participles – mind map Here I try to track some regularities in forming the past participles in English. Past participles are not as difficult as they seem. In this section of the post you can practise the 40 past participles in different games. The second game is called En Garde. Click Here to play the game The third game has already been presented on our site.
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48 Ultra-Cool Summer Sites for Kids and Teachers A good majority of northern hemisphere and international schools are winding down the 2011-12 school year, and doors will be closing as the students and teachers take off on their summer adventures. Here is a list of great sites for kids and teachers to keep you happily productive and learning this summer. These are in no way in any order of personal preference or coolness. Happy summer! 1) Magic Tree House If your students like The Magic Tree House series (and let's be honest, who doesn't?) 2) Toporopa Can't afford that summer vacation schlepping around Europe? 3) ReadWriteThink Printing Press ReadWriteThink creates a lot of great educational resources. 4) Spell With Flickr Spell With Flickr is a simple site that allows you to enter any word, and will then create a photo representation of that word using pictures from Flickr. 5) Freeology 6) Tagxedo Tagxedo is a Wordle-esque site that allows students to create beautiful word clouds. 7) Learn Your Tables 8) Virtual Sistine Chapel 9) Cool Math
EAP Speaking - Language Useful language Advising and persuading Agreeing Apologising Asking for clarification /more information Asking for information Asking for opinions Asking for permission Challenging Changing the subject/Moving on Checking that people are following Checking that you have understood Classifying / categorising Comparing Concluding Contrasting Controlling the discussion Dealing with difficult questions Defining Describing aims and objectives/Intentions Describing change Describing function Describing graphs and figures Describing objects Describing procedures Describing processes and developments and changes Disagreeing Expressing doubt and reservation Encouraging Emphasising a point Evaluating Exemplification - giving examples Expressing method and means Expressing certainty Expressing reasons and explanations Following up a question Expressing frequency Generalising Giving background information Giving further information Giving instructions Giving opinions. Giving, withholding & seeking permission Hypothesising Inviting Listing Time
Exam English - Free Practice Tests for IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC and the Cambridge ESOL exams (CPE, CAE, FCE, PET, KET) Sentence Examples Good-to-Go Projects for 2014 Image credit: iStockphoto When teachers ask how to get started with project-based learning, I acknowledge the "front-loading" that's part of project planning. Before students enter the picture, teachers need to consider the learning goals of a project, develop an assessment plan, and map out at least a rough calendar of the learning activities that will support the inquiry process. Those details may change once students dig in, but having a plan provides a roadmap for the student-directed learning ahead. Starting with a ready-made plan that you can adapt to fit your context can help you and your students get off to a faster start with PBL. The Happiness Project Is your community a happy place? These are among the intriguing questions that students will explore in a global investigation of happiness in 2014. Here's the big idea: The project is adaptable across subject areas and grade levels. Check out the project description and resources, and fill out a form to indicate interest.
My 10 favourite books about teaching English grammar Funnily enough, I knew absolutely nothing about English grammar until I first started thinking about becoming a language teacher. Actually, if you’re a native speaker of English, that shouldn’t really come as a surprise at all. What that means, though, is that my grammar learning career is just about reaching its fifteenth year now, with no signs of me mastering the subject yet! Here are the books that have helped me along the way, both in getting my head around what grammar is and in enabling me to teach grammar. 1. Real Grammar: A Corpus-Based Approach to English by Susan Conrad and Douglas Biber This is one of my favourite, if not best ever, classroom resources. This innovative, corpus-based grammar text uses the latest corpus research (as of 2009, anyway) to show how 50 grammatical structures and expressions are used in speech and writing. Real Grammar is an essential tool and can be used either as a self-study by students, or as a teaching tool. 2. by Scott Thornbury 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.