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Matthew@ELSP
Matthew Standley
Japan



I live and teach in Japan. I hope you find my print-outs useful. Have a good day :)

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Minimal Pairs Listening
Minimal pairs listening activity. Editable. Three versions (one activity plus two templates). Please read the notes on page five before editing this. Enjoy.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Type:
Downloads: 11


 
Food - Fruit Shop
Students repeat the names of the fruits, then they repeat the numbers as prices. Once they can say those words, they practice the dialogue, in which the shopkeeper decides prices, the customer buys 3 items of fruit and the shopkeeper says the total the price. (I have put cherries and strawberries in "packs" as no-one buys "a cherry" or "a strawberr...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 3


 
Listening and reading comprehension with gapfill - Intermediate and Advanced - 7 activities
(1) Students listen to the short story which includes blanks. (2) Students read silently and listen. (3) Students read with the teacher. (4) Students read and listen and give the best word from the list when they reach a blank space. TeacherLs page included for each activity. I would suggest these for 30-45 minute short activities. Inc...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 51


 
Short listening and reading comprehension with gapfill - Intermediate 1 & 2
(1) Students listen to the short story which includes blanks. (2) Students read silently and listen. (3) Students read with the teacher. (4) Students read and listen and give the best word from the list when they reach a blank space. Teacher�Ls page included for each activity. I would suggest this for a 15 minute short activity. Newer versions whic...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 16


 
Actions - Classroom words - small pic & word cards
Instruction words often used in the classroom. Small cards. A4 in colour. Editable. (re-uploaded on 2013-01-24, removed on 2013-01-23 - I had used images from the "mes-english" site, without knowing. My sincere apologies to Mes-English�s admin).
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 132


 
I was listening to music on my iPod (past continuous) Lower Intermediate
This is a made-up story using lots of [past continuous]. Very little other grammar. Also includes past simple. _________________________________________________________________ [1] Reading page / [2] questions + answers page / [3] Teacher�s page / [4] short activity with grammar prompt, where Ss ask one-another "What were you doing at 7 o�clock"? a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 55


 
Clothes set 1 B&W Shopping Activity
(1) Ss do the simple conversation with the teacher (2) Ss get page 1 and some coloured cards (3) Ss move around to other Ss and do the conversation (4) if the S1 says to S2 "I want a red sweater please", then S2 must give that card to S1 if he/she has it. If he/she does not have it, the response is "Sorry I don�t have one". ___ The first Ss to glue...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 8


 
Listening - Minimal pairs (A)
Ss practice the 8 words with the teacher. Teacher says 4 words in sequence. Ss draw a line or circle a picture to follow the teacher�s "path". The word-pairs are 2 similar-sounding words (or "minimal pairs"), so the Ss must listen carefully. Aim, to encourage careful listening. More of these will be uploaded as I make them over the next few weeks, ...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 52


 
DIRECTIONS - Conversations and maps - Beginner and young learners (streets) 1
A3 sized colour town-map. Grid-pattern (city blocks etc). Example directions conversation. Editable.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 103


 
Consonant blends & digraphs (explanation included)
Two-letter blends and two-letter digraphs (consonant clusters). For phonics like: BRidge / FRidge / CHop / SHop / laST / poST / riCH / riSK, etc. Explanation included. A4 colour editable.
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Type:
Downloads: 0

 

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