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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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My car is blue
My (thing) is (colour) - "My car is blue". (1) Ss practice the nouns� names and the colours. (2) Ss listen to the teacher or one-another reading, and then mark the correct answer. Note: I feel this is more for real beginners� listening, as any Ss who can read will do this in moments on their own and then be bored. EDITABLE. For large groups (I teac...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 60


 
Town Map Challenge (simple to advanced)
Pages 1 to 4. Directions vocabulary with pictures. Page 5. Town Map. Pages 6 to 7. Map and directions challenges. NOTES: I made this in the year 2000 and have no digital copy so only challenge 3 (the directions conversation) is editable. All images were made by me in Word or drawn by hand so there are no copyright issues. You may use the map image ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type:
Downloads: 5


 
Passport activity (beginner)
A very simple activity for students to practice going through passport control. A4 Editable black and white. ABOUT PRINTING: Please print pages one and two as a double-sided sheet, then a little cutting and folding gives each Ss a half-A4 folded passport with a front cover and text inside for students to get a stamp from their (passport officer) pa...
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 9


 
DIRECTIONS - Conversations and maps - Beginner and young learners (trains)
(1) Ss do a very simple model directions conversation (2) Ss choose a destination of their choice and ask for directions. Possible alternative - Teacher chooses location for Ss. Fully editable A4 in colour, but BW printing just fine (notes for that inside the file). Please enjoy :)
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 57


 
Parts of the body - Fighting Fingers
Fighting Fingers Game. Part of my sets keyed to New Horizon Elementary, a 2021 primary/elementary school English textbook for Japan. Game-play: Two players. One starts at each end. Say today�s English (Example: This is my ___.) while moving your finger one space at a time. When the two players� fingers meet, they stop and do Rock Scissors Pa...
Level: elementary
Age: 3-100
Type:
Downloads: 27


 
This / That with questions. Beginner level.
(1) Teacher and Ss read page 1 to practice Is that / Is this / Yes it is / No it is not. (2) Ss note the use of "a" versus "an" / that we do not use a/an with names. (3) Students play an "a/an" game in teams or as individuals, like this: Each Ss/team gets a secret sheet [page3] and a set of 8 cards [page 2]. They ask the Ss/team next to them (a) "I...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 38


 
Review Challenge. New Horizon 3. Pages 4 to 41
Review questions for New Horizon 3 (English textbook used in Japan). Four categories: Spelling / Is the English O.K.? / Answer the question / True or false. Small number of questions are personalised to me. You can change them easily. I use a [Blockbusters] gameboard to do this quiz, but almost any gameboard is O.K. If you like this, check out my o...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 15


 
At a hotel
Hotel floor plan (p1); controlled dialogue using "is, are, am" and questions with those (p2); guided dialogue (p3), person cards (p4).... Ss learn room/area names; how to use the "be" verb in questions and answers with single and plural. EDITABLE A4 in colour. Please enjoy :)
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 34


 
DIRECTIONS - Conversations and maps - Beginner and young learners (streets) 2
My 2nd city/town streets map for beginners and younger learners. Different from the other one, using this one you can "cross the road" using zebra-crossings (UK English)(American English: crosswalk, I think?). [1] Teacher checks place names [2] Teacher checks directions words - suggestions included in file [3] Teacher reads example conversation - i...
Level: elementary
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 152


 
Family - This is my family
After using flashcards, give one sheet to each student. They say "This is my ______" to another student. Then they do rock-paper-scissors and the winner can circle the family member that he/she said. They repeat - with a different student - until there is a "winner" or until all have finished. (I only have the actual cards so I can not also upload ...
Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 41

 

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