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Great Southern Land - Ice House
Here is a background to Ice House and an iconic Australian Song �Great Southern Land. Students have some short comprehension to complete about the band and song. A short listening activity. You may use this song in an number of context - it maybe an useful lead in or a filler if you are doing a unit on Australia.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8


 
Geenral Speaking Tips
This is the companion worksheet to a Power Point Presentation on General Speaking Tips. It was designed to be used with students who are doing an Australian University Preparation and IELTS preparation course in China. With editing it could be adapted for many contexts.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6


 
Commitment Leane Rimmes
I have update this resource with more picture and is a nice slow song with clear pronunciation on the meaning of commitment. The students find the idioms and phrases to do with relationships interesting. I have now supported this lesson with a ppt which can be found on this site also with more background of Lean Rimes and some further support in th...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2


 
The reason for the seasons
I used a ppt I download off the internet and also a globe to illustrate why we have the change in the seasons. I then had the students work through the vocabulary. This sheet could be used as a topic of interest to secondary science student as general interest or improving the academic vocabulary of students. This handout can be contextualized for ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2


 
Floral Emblems of Australia
This handout goes with the Power Power Point and depending on the level of students how much guidance you give them in completing the table. It is useful for EAP students for summarising and completing tables
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1


 
Symbols of China
I was surprised this week when doing an Australian Culture lesson on what little my students knew about their own country�s flag and national emblem. This lesson is designed to be used with IELTS Preparation in mind however it would have wider application. There is also a ppt uploaded on the same topic which I use to support this handout. Feel free...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10

 


Symbols of China
This lesson is been sent a second time on a new template and one picture deleted. I hope it is useful. I have a work sheet upload related to this. I found my Chinese students knew surprising little about their national symbols the other day when looking at the Australian flag. It is also relevant to...

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Downloads: 19


Introducing the IELTS Speaking Test Part B
This presentation is editable and one you can adapt for either teacher training or for students who are preparing for the IELTS Exam. This presentation explains who are the examiners and what they look for. I have used this originally in the context of training teachers who know little about the IEL...

Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Downloads: 19


Sport in Australia
A basic overview of sport in Australia. Due to the file size I had to split the ppt in Half - There is plenty of pictures which highlight the achievement of Australian in sport. You could use this to lead in discussion in range of areas depending on your class and English level ranging from the basi...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 11


Types of boats - vocabulary building
This is a simple ppt where there students can guess the type of boat or ship from the picture before you give the text. It may be useful to give the key words - marked in red for each slide to the students prior to ppt depending on their level e.g elementary students give words first, or for review...

Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Downloads: 18


IELTS Listening Review and Strategies
This a lesson suited for students who are in the later stages of IELTS Preparation. It is useful for students who may have already done the IELTS and struggled with the exam and need to resit. I used it with support of Kaplan IELTS Book - but you could use this as a stand alone and also with any IEL...

Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Downloads: 17


IELTS Academic Wriitng - How it is assessed? Task 2
This presentation has been used for both teacher training and students who are doing IELTS Preparation. The focus on the ppt is the assessment criteria and strategies for Writing Task 2. You will find another ppt for task 1. You should download the writing band descriptors for task 1 and give your s...

Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Downloads: 45


Commitment - Speaking about happy couples
I have for sometime had a sheet �Commitment� by Leanne Rimes. It is a great song with clear pronunciation. I have been meaning to share this ppt for some time now. I have developed this lesson to assist students in IELTS Preparation with the theme of happy relationships and explore the idioms used i...

Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Downloads: 13


Sport in Australia part
This is the second half of the presentation - you will need to combine the files to create one presentation. You could use this as a great discussion starter for a wide range of topics relating to sport depending upon the level of your class.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 11


Introducing the IELTS Speaking Test Part A
This presentation is editable and one you can adapt for either teacher training or for students who are preparing for the IELTS Exam. I have used this originally in the context of training teachers who know little about the IELTS Exam for their classroom teaching in China. With some minor editing yo...

Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Downloads: 19


Summer of 69 IELTS Speaking Practice
This ppt is based around the Bryan Adams song Summer of �69. I have used this support an handout on the song. I have linked this to the topic of summer holiday experience. There is practice for the IELTS Long turn. The song can be used for spring board to build vocabualary for summer holiday experie...

Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Downloads: 16

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