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Asking For and Giving Railway Directions
This is an information gap activity. (Step1) Half of the class gets the Tokyo Tower worksheet and the other half gets the Asakusa Shrine worksheet. (Step2) Drill the asking for and giving of train-subway directions to various destinations dialog patterns. (Step3) Everybody walks around to find a classmate with the other worksheet and asks her for d...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 78
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How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? Bee Gees listening dictation
This is the melancholic classic slow ballad by the English super group, the Bee Gees. Being a slow ballad, it�s not too difficult, but just right for lower intermediate students. Here are some tips for teaching English with this song. 1. Introduce the song and singer-songwriter (name, country, home town). 2. Slowly drill the missing phrases and ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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SHOPPING IN THE USA Play Money Set B
Make play money to use in a shopping themed lesson. I printed this play money in grayscale on green paper and teach a lesson with various shops and merchandise. Each student is given a generous amount of play money to role play as customers and shop clerks. I collect the play money at the end of the class to use again. This play money can also be u...
Level: elementary
Age: 5-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 33
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Yesterday Song Listening
General steps and ideas for teaching English with songs
1) Introduce the song and singer-songwriter (name, country, hometown) with interesting facts about the singer and song. Google the title of the song. Sites like songfacts dot com and Wikipedia are often good sources.
2) Slowly drill the missing phrases and words, defining new words and ph...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 171
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Basic Time Telling Game (15 Cards)
A simple time-telling listening game. Place the cards facing up on a couple of desks or a table. The teacher says a time out loud and students swipe up that time card before anyone else does in their small group (3 to 6 students). The student with the most cards after all the cards are swiped up wins. Prepare one set of cards for each group.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 149
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Holidays & Celebrations 2009 in the US
This worksheet can be used simply as a matching the holiday with the date exercise. It can also be used for higher levels to teach WHEN questions and saying dates. Finally, it can be used as a listening excercise where teachers and students who know can say when the holidays or celebrations are, while the rest of the class listens and connects th...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18
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Hardcopy of Instructions and Completed Map for Taking the Railway in Tokyo Activity Sheets
I could not fit this in as the third page of my "Taking the Railway in Tokyo" printable without going way over the 300Kb limit or cutting down the print quality below acceptable levels. So here it is for those who would like a hardcopy of the instruction notes and a completed answer key of the railway map.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 11
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Christmas Through Your Eyes by Gloria Estefan
This is a contemporary Christmas song about the innocence of children that Gloria Estefan wrote for her daughter. Here are some suggested steps for teaching with the song:
1. Introduce the song and singer-songwriter (name, country, home town). 2. Slowly drill the missing phrases and words, defining new words and phrases, while drilling their pron...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 15
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SHOPPING for SINGULAR and PLURAL items- drills and speaking activities
Distinguish between singular and plural nouns and make related sentences. Match the names of the things with the pictures. Fill in the blanks with "is this" or "are these" and complete the shopping sentences. Decide and write down prices like in example letter a. Introduce and drill shopping phrases that you would like to teach. Students stand up, ...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 59
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We Can Work It Out by the Beatles
General steps and ideas for teaching English with songs
1) Introduce the song and singer-songwriter (name, country, hometown) with interesting facts about the singer and song. Google the title of the song. Sites like songfacts dot com and Wikipedia are often good sources.
2) Slowly drill the missing phrases and words, defining new words and ph...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 51
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