his is A Long List of Proverbs. It can be used with activities such as proverb match (see below). A cat may look at a king A chain is only as strong as its weakest link A change is as good as a rest A drowning man will clutch at […]
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A Curious Visitor – Relative Clause activity
A Curious Visitor is a simple activity to practice relative clauses with your class. Preparation Prepare some flashcards with pictures of local objects, people or items specific to the country or region you are working in and the name of those items or people. For example, this could include: food […]
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Will the right grammar or a few choice phrases get you served in a French cafe? Think about when you have just arrived in a foreign country, perhaps on holiday or maybe to teach English there. You don’t speak the local language but you need to communicate. So you learn […]
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Traffic Lights is a way of understanding if your students are with you in a lesson or if they’re having problems understanding what is going on. Background During a class there are times when students have not understood what you are saying and are beginning to lag behind. As a […]
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Total Physical Response (TPR) is a teaching method based on the idea that a new language can be learned through actions and that movement can help students learn and understand. It was first developed by James J. Asher over 30 years ago. We all have preferences for the sensory system […]
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