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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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Friends Unagi episode
Great to wrk on listening for a short time in class and then review language and communication. Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: others
Downloads: 21


 
Depeche Mode rocks your class with "Wrong"
The real exercise consists of cutting the song into sentences and getting your students in pairs or small groups. As they listen to the song, they are to organize it by stanzas. As the song progresses you explain vocabulary, structures, etc. At the end you give them the lyrics and enjoy singing along. It will really rock your class! Apparently it i...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8


 
Discovering my classmates special abilities!
This worksheet can be used in class by first showing the students a series of flashcards or a presentation with several skills like play the guitar, knit, sing, play tennis, etc. Then you hand it in for students to conduct a survey in class about their classmates� and their own skills. It allows lots of interaction in class and takes the topic to a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9


 
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


 
Canker sores
This worksheet contains a text about and oral pathology (canker sores) and an exercise for students to correct the mistake in the question formation process. It can be syntactic or a word that is missing or a wrong word use. It is challenging but clarifies many doubts about how to correctly ask questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2


 
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


 
Adjectives (Faces and emotions)
This worksheet was designed to activate students� critical and creative thinking skills. They have to choose, from a list that contains more words than the number of faces, the one they belief describes the best the emotion expressed by the face. There are no right or wrong answers since all their perceptions can be different. It is good also to st...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 68


 
Video activity "How good chewing gum is made"
This is a video activity. Find the video at : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt03qI0fS_I It is good to practice listening and to raise coversation about healthy dental habits, advantages and disdvantages of chewing gum. Good also for dentistry ESP classes. Enjoy it!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24


 
Coke commercial 2011
This is a very complete activity worksheet. You can use the 2011 Coke commercial from youtube and accompany it with the first page to have students listen and complete the sentences. Especially designed to practice passive voice, but you can also have fun by discussing the issues presented along the images of the commercial. In the second page you...
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 39


 
Hot n� Cold -opposites-
From the poo song "Hot and Cold" by Kathy Perry I have created an exercise to practice some opposites that can be expanded by adding another stanza using the adjectives the students choose! Fun song to start or finish your class.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8

 


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


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


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


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


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


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


The Passive Voice -Explanation and exercises-
This presentation can be very useful to teach students about how to use the passive voice. It also contains some guided exercises and other freer exercises to practice speaking and writing. Different famous international characters were used to activate students� memories.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 17


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


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


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