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Public speaking – analyzing pictures »

What I am sharing with you are two pictures that you can use as a stimulation material for discussion about public speaking.   One picture presents Martin Luther King giving a speech. The other shows Adolf Hitler also giving a speech. The latter figure is generally considered to be a tyrant, mass-murderer and a negative person, so exercise caution when using the pictures!   I recommend that you use the picture with adult classes only. ... more »
 

Everyday activities verbs »

A matching task for beginner esl learners. ... more »
 

Weather symbols – presentation idea »

Shared by Bob I'm sharing with you a couple of weather symbols that you can use with your students to make a weather forecast presentation. Cut out the symbols, place them on the whiteboard using magnets over a hand-drawn map of a continent or your country. Then ask Ss one by one ... more »
 

“Everyday activities” – presentation and practice worksheet »

A presentation of everyday activities by means of pictures (cartoons) followed by practice. ... more »
 

“Kitchen Utensils” – presentation worksheet »

This kitchen vocabulary worksheet will help your students learn new names for the things one can find in a kitchen. Each vocabulary item is defined and presented on an adjacent picture. The vocabulary includes: wok, frying pan, whisk spatula, tea ball, potato peeler, toaster, cutting board, baking pan, spaghetti strainer, cookie sheet, pizza tray, microwave, oven, pizza cutter, can opener, thermos, tupperware, cookie cutters, measuring cups, rolling pin, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla, cooking pot, tongs, pot holder, oven mitt, ice tray. Excerpt Oven – the part that opens from the front, used for baking Stove (stovetop) – the top part of an oven, used to heat/fry things – four burners on the top Broiler – drawer beneath oven, used to keep food warm [...] Tasks It's really up to you what you do with the task as there is no explicit task, but my idea would be to turn this exercise into a competition. Just give your students a few minutes to learn the vocabulary items by heart. Then ask them to cover the worksheet and give students a blank worksheet with pictures only (you will have to erase the text) and ask them to compete it as quickly as possible. Or put up pictures one by one (you will need to extract the pictures from the worksheet), divide students into two groups and give points for a correct asnwer. ... more »
 

“Countries and nationalities” – powerpoint presentation »

Shared by gabr.lopez This is a beautiful MsPowerpoint slideshow showing pictures of places, people, objects, etc. which students have to associate with the countries. Some of them are quite obvious, some of them aren't.    Questions to ask First try to elicit from your students what the picture shows. Make them describe the picture. Then ... more »
 

“Turbo Farm” – interactive farm for young children »

from: tangobanger@hotmail.com TurboFarm helps kids with reading in a funny way,showing pictures of the animals. Very simple and easy to use. For firstgraders or preschool. more »
 

“Over the bridge” – describing landscapes »

Shared by Ana Ss are presented with four pictures. Each pictures shows slightly changed version of the same perspective i.e. in each pictures there are: a bridge, buildings, water and mountains. You may use the workshet in many ways. For example, you can ask Ss to: choose their favourite picture and describe ... more »
 

“Find 10 differences” – elemenary picture game »

Shared by Ana Ss work in pairs. Distributes the pictures to students. Make sure there is "Student A" and "Student B" set of pictures in each pair. The sets of pictures are very similar however there are some minute differences. Ss have to ask each other questions to find them. There ... more »
 

“Fox Hunting in Britain” raising cultural awareness lesson »

Shared by Tom Excerpt The British Parliament have voted to end almost 700 years of fox-hunting in England and Wales and a total ban on hunting with dogs will come into force. Pro-hunt supporters promised a series of protests against the decision. 1,000 people demonstrated outside Windsor Castle [..] more »