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This second part of the classroom management shows some tips to use them in your lessons, such as using the board well, board drawing, the use of elicitation from students, students using their ow ...
At the beginning of a class, especially a conversation/discussion class, beginning by going over the “rules of engagement” or rules for class discussion. After some discussion of guid ...
Students are often unaware of the appropriate way to address faculty and will address their instructors as “Miss Janet,” “Professor Janet,” or even “Lady.” This ...
Here's a set of 27 cards/ flashcards on phrasal verbs with on and for. Suitable for vocabulary building and discussion practice! Challenge your students to build / say one sentence for each car ...
Students need to learn euphemism, or the “pretty” language used to cover up something taboo within a culture. Begin the discussion asking about this “pretty language,” and ...
After introducing a reading, spend some time going over its idioms and collocations, those formulaic expressions that occur together. The teacher can give the first examples, just by skimming the ...
This is a song I used with my intermediate students at a Turkish high school. The aim of the lesson was to practice the past participles, to revise the pronunciation of the past participles, to ...
It's an easy reading comprehension for 3rd form pupils. It includes present simple and present continuous. Pupils must complete the comprehension exercise with one, two or three words. The aim of ...
A good warmer is to look around at the signs that have probably been posted on the walls of the class or its halls and have students consider their meanings. Often students have misconceptions abo ...
This is a set of flash cards for teaching the most common illnesses and symptoms. Use them according to the your students' level, as conversation cards on the topic 'health', or just to check if t ...
Even a simple “hello” can be an occasion for a mini-lesson in an ESL class. The teacher can tell students after they’ve greeted each other that Americans rarely greet each other ...
This evaluation sheet works well for both separate activity and whole lesson evaluation purposes. It usually takes my students at least two minutes to fill it in. It is a good way to get feedback ...
Looking for a way to make your lessons more engaging and learning more fun? Need to add that extra 'something' to your drama production, ICT lesson or PowerPoint presentation?
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In groups, students must develop a three-minute TV commercial on the topic of the reading. The TV commercial does not necessarily have to sell something if, for example, the topic under discussion ...
Give out cookies, such as Oreos, to everyone. Tell them the class will fill the chalk board will material about the cookies. They will describe the cookies, analyze the quality of the cookies. dis ...
Before assigning a reading about a highly cultural American topic, such as stereotypes of the Old West and cowboys and Indians, show a clip from a related movie, a traditional “B” cowb ...
This power point is divided in two parts: a set of sports flashcards (f/c) and an exercise. Use the set of f/c to introduce or revise vocabulary. Then check students' knowledge with a simple word ...
After students have read on a controversial topic, such the cultural and societal foundations of war, divide the class in half to debate the issue: you have news another country is planning to att ...
After students have come in having read on some academic topic like the sociocultural foundations of war, have them take a simple pop quiz.
Write one question on the board: for example, “A ...
Students do a free writing non-stop on a given topic for three minutes. When the teacher gives the topic they start the task. If nothing comes to their mind they continue writing the last word whe ...
Teachers can introduce this lesson by first discussing the word “dilemma” and its root and meaning: the beginning “di” suggests two, in this case, two choices, neither nece ...
After handing back students’ first drafts of essays, it’s time to discuss what they can do for the second draft. The teacher can ask students, “So all you need to do is fix the ...
Before giving out the first writing assignment in a composition class, brainstorm with students on the board the elements of “good writing,” what makes something well-written. Students ...
At the beginning of the class, write a target word from the reading on the board: it should be a key word, one important to the reading: for example, if the topic is the AIDS pandemic, a key word ...
Hey teachers! I use this chart for my students in order to have a better group control. Each day (or week), if they behave really well, you add a happy face until they get to the big star, which m ...
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