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olgumco
Olga Uma�a
Colombia



I am an ESL/ESP professor and a professional translator interested in sharing instruction material. I enjoy my job a lot and I�m very happy to be a part of this great site! I hope my contributions are useful and meaningful. Thanks a lot!

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Hot n� Cold -opposites-
From the poo song "Hot and Cold" by Kathy Perry I have created an exercise to practice some opposites that can be expanded by adding another stanza using the adjectives the students choose! Fun song to start or finish your class.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8


 
Adjectives (Faces and emotions)
This worksheet was designed to activate students� critical and creative thinking skills. They have to choose, from a list that contains more words than the number of faces, the one they belief describes the best the emotion expressed by the face. There are no right or wrong answers since all their perceptions can be different. It is good also to st...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 68


 
Edentulism -write the correct question-
This worksheet contains a reading text about edentulism and an exercise for students to write the question for the underlined part of the text. It gives them further practice about the correct syntax to ask questions. It is challenging but clarifies many doubts about how to correctly ask questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3


 
The Score - Movie Worksheet
This movie worksheet is based on the movie "The Score". Is was intended to rehearse the combination simple past/past continuous. It also contains a section for students to work on synonyms. I do believe that complete movies can be used in class as long as they are accompanied by material that helps students improve their language. Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16


 
Doublespeak Proverbs
In this matching ws students need to find the doublespeak version of the proverbs. it�s especially good to teach students how to use this linguistic phenomenon. It is recommendable to provide additional examples used by famous people or politicians. I hope you fin it profitable.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9


 
The Big Bang Theory - Sheldon is sick- 2nd part
This is the second part of The Big Bang Theory - Sheldon is sick. This funny episode brings laugher to your classroom while practicing the language in a meaningful context... soon the third part!
Level: intermediate
Age: 4-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 33


 
Guess who!
This worksheet challenges students� linguistic and logical skills. They need to discover who is who according to the indirect clues.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6


 
Discovering my classmates special abilities!
This worksheet can be used in class by first showing the students a series of flashcards or a presentation with several skills like play the guitar, knit, sing, play tennis, etc. Then you hand it in for students to conduct a survey in class about their classmates� and their own skills. It allows lots of interaction in class and takes the topic to a...
Level: intermediate
Age: 6-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9


 
Video activity "How good chewing gum is made"
This is a video activity. Find the video at : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt03qI0fS_I It is good to practice listening and to raise coversation about healthy dental habits, advantages and disdvantages of chewing gum. Good also for dentistry ESP classes. Enjoy it!
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 24


 
Friends Unagi episode
Great to wrk on listening for a short time in class and then review language and communication. Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: others
Downloads: 21

 


The Passive Voice -Explanation and exercises-
This presentation can be very useful to teach students about how to use the passive voice. It also contains some guided exercises and other freer exercises to practice speaking and writing. Different famous international characters were used to activate students� memories.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 17


What do they do? occupations and their activities
This ppt contains the pictures of different sports people and as you click, the presentation will show first the photo, then what they are, and finally what they do (simple sentences in present simple). It has different famous people so we also challenge our students with knowledge on the area and m...

Level: elementary
Age: 6-17
Downloads: 13


Teaching Grammar: A challenge for modern EFL teachers
This presentation is especially designed to raise a discussion about teaching grammar in the era of communicative language teaching. Each slide shows a myth and a good discussion with future and in-service teachers can be conducted. I recommend it for training teachers in this area and especially to...

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 28


Third Conditional or Speculations
This presentation contains an explanation of the grammar, uses and function of the third conditional. You will also find examples that support those explanations. Besides, it presents a series of sentence-completion exercises in which clues and pictures have been included to facilitate understandin...

Level: intermediate
Age: 4-17
Downloads: 100


Curious Superlatives in context
This presentation has slides at the beginning with three objects for the teacher to elicit comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives she considers appropriate. Then, there is a series of pictures describing the most... in the world. Some curiosities you can complement by asking students to...

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 13


Error analysis in TEFL/TESL
This presentation deals with current TESL/TEFL theory on the matter of correction. It shows some of the types of errors students commonly make and some ideas regarding how to tackle them. The topic can be helpful for novice teachers or teacher trainers. Hope you find it suitable!

Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 22


Integrated skills in the EFL/ESL classroom
This presentation has relevant information about the importance that language skills integration has in any English class. It also shows some theoretical background on the matter and tips on the way we can achieve such integration. Useful to train new teachers and refresh our knowledge.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 23


Second or the Unreal Conditional
This presentation contains the explanation of grammar, use and functions of the Second Conditional, illustrating each case with examples. Besides, it presents a series of sentence-completion statements to practice and deepen the concepts learned. Each of those statements also provides a picture to f...

Level: intermediate
Age: 4-17
Downloads: 107


Teaching speaking
This presentaation is a brief introduction to the fundamentals of teaching speaking. It is useful to present some notions to new teachers or trainees who are learning how to get their students started on the tasks of speaking.

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 36


Critical Thinking and Critical Reading in the EFL/ESL Classroom
This presentation shows some theoretical background about critical thinking and critical reading. It also has some practical exercises to foster lateral thinking with fun questions to work in class.

Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Downloads: 44


Final Exam Language Use-UAM
Different types of items to evaluate knowledge acquired along a language use course. There is a diversity of items for students to practice the adequqte use of English.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100