School, university and education are great topics for ESL students because they spend a lot of time in classrooms and should be able to discuss these topics. There are now 190 worksheets in this section with the majority being back to school activities or exercises about the classroom. This is a fun activity for pre-intermediate learners. It is a little text heavy but you can adapt it to better suit your needs. As suggested in the worksheet description, this is a great introduction to talking about the rules at your own school. For more worksheets and activity ideas, take a look at the other worksheets in this section. There are also several back to school articles that can help you prepare for the new school year. Since school plays an important role in their everyday lives, students should be introduced to related vocabulary early on and be given the chance to talk about this topic from time to time. The majority of activities currently posted are for lower level learners but your advanced students and adults will certainly have some opinions about the education system in their country. Some topics of discussion might include the cost of university, public versus private school, and the quality of education children receive. Students may also find it useful to talk about whether or not students today receive too much homework or too many vacations. These topics will certainly lead to a lively debate.
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This is a PowerPoint presentation that contains questions about the film and several quotes that can be used as a starting point to debate important issues raised by "Detachment" (2011). Suggestio ...
Another Anglophenia episode, this time explaining the British education system, as compared to the American one. Watch the video (or better listen) and complete the gaps. Suitable for intermediate ...
A short reading explaining the cost of going to University in the UK (£9000 per year for English students but free for Scottish students) followed by discussion questions. I've used this sev ...
Remember turning 18? Feels like yesterday, doesn’t it? But you’re still young and haven’t graduated college, so technically you’re not a proper grown up yet. This ...
This is a simple vocabulary of common objects that children usually have in their school bags. It contains A3 document with a picture of a bag words and separated pictures to match. Kids should ma ...
It is known that learners encounter difficulties in speaking.To encourage them speaking, we must provide them with tasks in order for them to be able to speak and especially with each other. The s ...
This video worksheet is meant for school students (pre-intermediate/ intermediate). The previewing activities include a discussion on how the students get to school. The teacher may ask the stude ...
I use this ppt work when teaching my students the topic Education. This presentation tells pre-intermediate students about the best universities of the world. It helps them to learn more int ...
This power-point presentation presents the names and pictures of school supplies (books, paperclips, desk, crayons, ...). This is appropriate for young learners and complete beginners. First ask s ...
This PowerPoint includes the vocabulary items related to school subjects. Each slide contains the name and the picture of a school subject. It is appropriate for both complete beginner and element ...
The paper is numbered 1-6 with 6 basic classroom objects (book, rubber, pen, pencil, table, chair). Next to the words are pictures of the corresponding items but in the wrong order. Students need ...
There are twelve flashcards on such classroom objects as: a backpack, a pen, a pencil, a rubber, a sharpener, a notebook, crayons, books, a desk, a blackboard, a chair, a pencil case. They can be ...
Hangman Game with school supplies vocabulary. Have students select a letter of the alphabet. Click on the keyboard button with the appropriate letter on it. If the letter is contained in the word/ ...
There are three exercises in this worksheet. In exercise 1 students have to match the words with the pictures. In exercise 2 they have to find some words in the word search. In exercise 3 they hav ...
A reading news article about video games titled "Video games help kids learn, experts say" and related reading comprehension and speaking activities. In this worksheet, students first read the tex ...
This worksheet is connected with the one I made earlier. It's called "Oxford University (Word on the Street)" and is devoted to working with the vocabulary from the video. The worksheet was made w ...
This exercise is to practice speaking skills. You ask students to get into pairs and to answer the questions. But they must talk for a minute:) Therefore one of them is checking the time when anot ...
Watching movies in English with English subtitles is always popular with students, especially in summer when they are less focused. This worksheet is based on the movie 'Monster University' and it ...
The school subject flashcards help as teaching visual aid for the teachers. That makes learning the words fun for the children. The colorful flashcards contain the pictures with the words. They ar ...
This presentation introduces slightly younger/ less advanced students to the education system of the United Kingdom. It gives them an idea of the timetable, subjects and main issues of relev ...
This presentation introduces students to the education system in the United Kingdom, giving them examples of how the system works and a few of the key issues currently relevant to the system. Idea ...
This worksheet has two parts. The first one is a speaking activity which prepares students for watching a video. The second part is a listening activity to help students understand the pros and c ...
To be used for an introductory lesson. Best suited for adult learners or mature learners. I used this for intermediate to advanced level students. It includes normal topics that I continue to us ...
This worksheet is about identifying basic things, objects and familiar people one can see or observe inside the school. This can be an ice-breaker for further discussion about nouns. The students ...
This worksheet is a very simple material for kids (primary school). They can practice their handwriting and match the words. It's about school objects, a very simple vocabulary (desk, ruler, erase ...
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