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olgumco
Olga Uma�a
Colombia



I am an ESL/ESP professor and a professional translator interested in sharing instruction material. I enjoy my job a lot and I�m very happy to be a part of this great site! I hope my contributions are useful and meaningful. Thanks a lot!

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Top 10 most visited countries
This worksheet is based on a video found in Youtube (Link at the top). It was designed to teach students some facts about different countries and cultures and to reinforce comparative/superlative forms. Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13


 
Song: Love Runs Out by OneRepublic
This worksheet was created to teach students different vocabulary and expressions. The song is very catchy and easy to understand. I hope you enjoy it!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 14


 
Exam -Listening & Language Use-
An exam you can edit and take the items you want to use. If you want the audios for the listening exercises, you can download the exam and send me a message, I�ll send them to your mail.
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: others
Downloads: 6


 
Video Activity - Medicine Topic
This video activity (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEtkIIoo-3c) is useful for EAP/ESP students and teachers who need to bring real topics into the classroom. Several professional practitioners discuss different topics regarding "Spasticity", symptoms, treatment, patient car, among others.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13


 
First Conditional - Matching Exercise
This worksheet is a practical way to have students practice the First conditional structure. Cut each clause and give the students all of them, they have to find the logical conexions. It worrked for me. Hope you can use it too.
Level: intermediate
Age: 5-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 63


 
The Big Bang Theory - Sheldon is sick- 2nd part
This is the second part of The Big Bang Theory - Sheldon is sick. This funny episode brings laugher to your classroom while practicing the language in a meaningful context... soon the third part!
Level: intermediate
Age: 4-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 33


 
The History of the Internet - Passive Voice
A text about the history of the Internet with a fill-in exercise fo r students to practice Passive voice structures. It is good to review different tenses in this structure. I hope you find it useful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 73


 
The Big Bang Theory - Sheldon is sick
This hilarious episode is very usefu to work on listening and description skills. The first part of this worksheet consists of numbering the scenes and descrbing what is happening. Then the student can anwer a series of coprehension questions. Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 68


 
Zero Conditional - Matching exercise
This is a matching exercise that is meant for practicing the real use of the 0 Conditional. The idea is to cut each sentence and hand the students all of them in disorder and propose a competition: the fastest mind can win any creative reward the teacher considers appropriate. I hope you can use it and enjoy it!
Level: intermediate
Age: 5-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 65


 
Video activity -Paramedic and EMT training
Video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hg0VHewsuQ. You can use this worksheet especially as a listening activity. The video is very complete and serves as an information tool for those ESP students and teachers that need some extra material for their classes.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 12

 


Third Conditional or Speculations
This presentation contains an explanation of the grammar, uses and function of the third conditional. You will also find examples that support those explanations. Besides, it presents a series of sentence-completion exercises in which clues and pictures have been included to facilitate understandin...

Level: intermediate
Age: 4-17
Downloads: 100


Second or the Unreal Conditional
This presentation contains the explanation of grammar, use and functions of the Second Conditional, illustrating each case with examples. Besides, it presents a series of sentence-completion statements to practice and deepen the concepts learned. Each of those statements also provides a picture to f...

Level: intermediate
Age: 4-17
Downloads: 107


What is the EL/EFL Approach?
This presentation contains descriptions of the main English Teaching Approaches. The idea is to show each slide and have students guess and say why they believe it is the approach, then, the name appears and the teacher explains the rest. It is excellent especially for those interested in EFL/ESL te...

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 12


Error analysis in TEFL/TESL
This presentation deals with current TESL/TEFL theory on the matter of correction. It shows some of the types of errors students commonly make and some ideas regarding how to tackle them. The topic can be helpful for novice teachers or teacher trainers. Hope you find it suitable!

Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 22


Critical Thinking and Critical Reading in the EFL/ESL Classroom
This presentation shows some theoretical background about critical thinking and critical reading. It also has some practical exercises to foster lateral thinking with fun questions to work in class.

Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 44


Integrated skills in the EFL/ESL classroom
This presentation has relevant information about the importance that language skills integration has in any English class. It also shows some theoretical background on the matter and tips on the way we can achieve such integration. Useful to train new teachers and refresh our knowledge.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 23


Curious Superlatives in context
This presentation has slides at the beginning with three objects for the teacher to elicit comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives she considers appropriate. Then, there is a series of pictures describing the most... in the world. Some curiosities you can complement by asking students to...

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 13


What do they do? occupations and their activities
This ppt contains the pictures of different sports people and as you click, the presentation will show first the photo, then what they are, and finally what they do (simple sentences in present simple). It has different famous people so we also challenge our students with knowledge on the area and m...

Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Downloads: 13


Teaching speaking
This presentaation is a brief introduction to the fundamentals of teaching speaking. It is useful to present some notions to new teachers or trainees who are learning how to get their students started on the tasks of speaking.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 36


Teaching Grammar: A challenge for modern EFL teachers
This presentation is especially designed to raise a discussion about teaching grammar in the era of communicative language teaching. Each slide shows a myth and a good discussion with future and in-service teachers can be conducted. I recommend it for training teachers in this area and especially to...

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 28


Final Exam Language Use-UAM
Different types of items to evaluate knowledge acquired along a language use course. There is a diversity of items for students to practice the adequqte use of English.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100