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MiguelDias

Portugal



I teach English as a foreign language in Portugal. Language levels may vary from beginners to advanced levels.

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Adrian Mole�s New Year�s Resolutions
A funny text to begin a new school year and to teach the will-future with resolutions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
Type: reading
Downloads: 134


 
Where the one-eyed are king - Learning languages
A reading test about the importance of learning languages. The opinion article intelligently foccuses on the reluctance of the English to learn foreign languages and the economic consequences of being "Europe�s language dunces".
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 11


 
My Home
Different reading activities on the topic home/housing for low level students.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Type: reading
Downloads: 29


 
My first Job - Reading Test
The Finnish Times interviewed successful young professionals about their first job experience. The test focusses on one of these interviews. Fits perfectly into the topic work/choosing your first job. I only tested reading.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 84


 
An illegal Immigrant
An shortenened and adapted newspaper article about the hardships that immigrants are facing in the UK today.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 24


 
Chris Martin from Coldplay
A text for beginners to train personal information.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
Type: reading
Downloads: 14


 
About Greenpeace
The text was taken from Greenpeace�s homepage in the Internet and describes Greenpeace as an environmental organization, their aims, campaigns and history. Reading activities such as matching, True/False or gap filling are included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 239


 
Borat alias Sacha Baron Cohen
A short biography about the actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen who created the comic characters Ali G, Borat or Br�no.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 13


 
Summary table: Verb Tenses
The summary table of verb tenses gives students an overview of the most important verb tenses in the English language and information about their usage and form. I also included the most common time expressions used with these tenses. For obvious reasons I left out some of the verb tenses (to keep it simple at this stage.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 105


 
Describing food and drinks
The aim of this worksheet is to practice and consolidate basic adjectives related to food. The last exercise introduces the conjunction "because".
Level: elementary
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 17

 


To be or not to be? An oral drill.
The idea behind this powerpoint is to make your students use the verb "to be" in speaking. They answer Yes/No questions identifying famous film characters and music stars using the affirmative or negative form (short and long forms) of the verb to be.

Level: elementary
Age: 8-11
Downloads: 7


Reported Speech. An introduction
A powerpoint presentation to introduce the Reported Speech. The powerpoint tries to introduce the basic rules of reporting statements. The last slides are oral exercices.

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 23


Johnny Depp
This powerpoint for beginners consists of a guessing game which basically prepares students for reading a text about Johnny Depp. You can get the text in my account.

Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
Downloads: 15


Wish sentences
A powerpoint to introduce the "I wish" and the "if only" patterns. based on the marker sentences students will infer the basic rules.

Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 12


Eating disorders and advertisments
This powerpoint tries to establish a relationship between eating disorders and advertisment campaigns such as the Calvin Klein Obsession Campaign. I used two pictures: the original advertisement and an adbuster (= an anti-advertisement). The guiding questions are designed to help students to discove...

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 25

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