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ONCE UPON A TIME ---- GROUP ACTIVITY WRITING FAIRYTALES
I teach adults in Beijing. I try to put as many things as possible into a familiar frame of reference for my students. I also try to use as many FREE things as I can. SO - I use A LOT of pictures from newspapers and magazines. Tons. For this lesson, you will need to gather around 75 random pictures from newspapers and magazines. I have my Go-To pac...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 36
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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - JOB AND WORK DETAILS - LESSON 2 OF 2
This is the Part 2 of 2 -- The first half of the lesson by the same name has already been uploaded. This is the next installment of the business course I am designing to be used primarily for corporate clients in the Beijing area. This lesson incorporates practice moving quickly and correctly between past and present tenses, sequencing, talking abo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 19
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ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - GETTING THE INTERVIEW - PART 2 OF 2 (RESUME WRITING)
Hi, everybody --
This is the next installment in my Business English series. This is the 2nd part of the resume writing unit. For those who may not have seen my previous business contributions, I�m constructing a Business English course that can be used for high intermediate to Advanced. (Some are just Advanced only. Like this one.) The approac...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 26
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INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - GIVING A PROJECT STATUS REPORT - LESSON 1 OF 2
This is next in the Business English course I am creating for use in Beijing. This one is a little more advanced -- this is High Intermediate to Low Advanced. It focuses on the critical importance of correct verb tenses when talking about projects that are not yet completed. Included are activities to give students structured practice forming gramm...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 31
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IN THE NEWS --- HARD/SOFT NEWS
I teach adults in China. I try to put as many things as possible into a familiar context. This lesson is designed to use readily available (and free!) materials ~~ primarily, pictures collected over a couple of weeks from the newspaper. Anything interesting, colorful, about as many types of news reports as possible. This is the only material not in...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 15
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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - LOST IN TRANSLATION - LESSON 2 OF 2
This is the next installment of the Business English series I am creating for use in the Beijing area. This is Lesson 2 of 2. This unit further builds on the skills taught and reinforced in Lesson 1 of 2 of the same name. This unit facilitates structured exchange of translation and the rationale used for a specific translation. Also included are wo...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 15
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MODALS ILLUSTRATION
I created this as an illustration for a Business English lesson plan. But I thought it might also be useful as a standalone sheet for putting modals into visual context. I get the students to explain the sentences back to me so that I can check their understanding, then further check by having them give me new sentences using the target language. H...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: grammar-guide
Downloads: 18
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LESSON & ACTIVITY PLANNING OVERVIEW/SEMINAR - PART 1 OF 2
I was recently invited to give a 3-hour summary/overview seminar on activity/lesson planning to a group of newly minted ESL teachers. I was asked to fill 3 hours of time, including practice time. The end result is the attached lesson plan with handouts. I�m not sure if anybody can use this -- maybe some of you are supervisors who occasionally need ...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 17
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INDIRECT QUESTIONS -- WORKSHEET TO USE WITH OR WITHOUT MATCHING PPT
This worksheet is designed to be paired with the ppt found here: http://www.eslprintables.com/powerpoint.asp?id=99294#thetop
However, it can also be used independently. There is a simple A/B conversation. The B answer is provided. This is designed to be pair-work, and the pairs work together to write what the "A" question must be in order to ge...
Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - GOING GLOBAL - LESSON 2 OF 2
This is Lesson 2 of 2 of my Business English unit "Going Global". This portion focuses on speaking practice utilizing the homework assignment from Lesson 1. This will actually end up being a 4-part section, as the next unit is schedule to be "Going Global II", and will focus on building & using some basic vocabulary for international trade, and wil...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 17
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WEATHER, SEASONS, TIMES OF DAY, TEMPERATURES - PART 4 OF 5
First, let me apologize for there being 5 parts to this. Once again, the file limits have bitten me in the backside! This lesson is a format I�ve been using for about 4 yrs, and it has always worked well for me. I usually just do it on the board, but decided to put it into a ppt for larger classes. ...
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
Downloads: 18
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POLITE REQUESTS -- STRUCTURE AND PRACTICE
This is a two-part activity -- The first part is this PPT. The second part is a worksheet that allows the students to continue with the grammar they have learned in the ppt. The slides present a breakdown of how polite requests are structured, and why. Then, the final slides provide an A/B convers...
Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 21
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DESCRIBING GRAPHS -- ADVANCED SPEAKING
This is a 31-slide activity about describing information presented in visual form -- bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts. There�s a brainstorming activity with later reinforcement for the vocabulary for describing the movement depicted. There�s a full explanation and illustration of the various ways...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 66
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ART IMITATES LIFE, LIFE IMITATES ART - ADVANCED DISCUSSION - PART 1 OF 2
This is Part 1 of 2 -- Presentation of the concepts of Life Imitates Art and Art Imitates Life. First half introduces the two ideas, what each side believes, and the origins. The second half introduces assorted art pieces for description. Lastly, a group discussion activity to express their own bel...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 36
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SCHEDULING - VOCABULARY & ROLE PLAY - BUSINESS CONTEXT
This ppt is a combination vocabulary introduction/review and role play lesson plan. The first part of the ppt is a review of vocabulary/useful phrases for making arrangements and confirming plans. The last few slides are included so that you can print them off and use them as handouts. (Not intended...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 34
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WELCOME TO BURNING MAN -- TEACHING VOCAB VIA CONTEXT - PART 2 OF 6
First, let me apologize for there being SO many separate ppts. The file limits are harsh sometimes. I used this with a group of Chinese students to teach vocabulary in context via an introduction of Burning Man. My students really got into it and asked a ton of questions. Towards the end, I divided ...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 12
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SPEAKING ACTIVITY: FIXING COMMON MISTAKES (MISUSE OF MAYBE)
First, let me make clear that this is *NOT* only for use in China -- It definitely can be used anywhere. I teach in China, and the most prevalent speaking problem is the misuse and overuse of the word "maybe". After a lot of careful research, I have learned that this is both a cultural issue and a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 35
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WEATHER, SEASONS, TIMES OF DAY, TEMPERATURES - PART 1 OF 5
First, let me apologize for there being 5 parts to this. Once again, the file limits have bitten me in the backside! This lesson is a format I�ve been using for about 4 yrs, and it has always worked well for me. I usually just do it on the board, but decided to put it into a ppt for larger classes. ...
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
Downloads: 14
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HIGH INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - SPEAKING ACTIVITY - CONDITIONALS, SPECULATION, DEGREES OF CERTAINTY
This is a 13-slide activity. Premise is a dream-job opportunity. Student must select one job from several, and then explain the choice. Grammar points needed for the discussion (conditionals, speculation, degrees of certainty, negation) are reviewed in the early slides and have reinforcement activit...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 63
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WEATHER, SEASONS, TIMES OF DAY, TEMPERATURES - PART 5 OF 5
First, let me apologize for there being 5 parts to this. Once again, the file limits have bitten me in the backside! This lesson is a format I�ve been using for about 4 yrs, and it has always worked well for me. I usually just do it on the board, but decided to put it into a ppt for larger classes. ...
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
Downloads: 19
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