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Golden Grammar Rules By Michael Swan
Golden Grammar Rules By Michael Swan 1. Don’t use an with own. Sue needs her own room. (NOT Sue needs an own room.) I’d like a phone line of my own. (NOT … an own phone line.) For more details, see Practical English Usage 3rd Edition section ...
EFL Methodology: The Silent Way
Like Suggestopedia,the Silent Way rested on more cognitive than affective arguments for its theoretical sustenance.While Caleb Gattegno,its founder,was said to be interested in a “humanistic” approach ( Chamot & McKeon 1984 : 2 ) to e...
Deductive and Inductive Teaching of Grammar
There are basically two ways in which a learner can achieve understanding of a rule: the deductive (rule-driven) path and the inductive (rule-discovery) path.In the former,the grammar rule is presented and the learner engages with it through the st...
Educational Technologies: What computers are for ?
Although computer use is still restricted to a fraction of the world’s population,the use of computers and the Internet in education generally,and in the teaching of English in particular,continues to increase at an extraordinary speed.As with ...
How to help learners with Vocabulary
Introducing and Explaining Vocabulary Vocabulary can be presented in dialogues and reading passages where the new words appear in context and in combination with other words.You can also use pictures,mime,and realia to introduce and explain the meani...
What makes a good teacher?
In general, it is best to try to achieve a balance.An exuberant personality may neglect learners’ needs;a quieter teacher may be more responsive but also less colorful and memorable.A careful planner may lack the spontaneity and flexibility nec...
Comprehension Task Maker-What is the Comprehension Task Maker?
What is the Comprehension Task Maker? The Comprehension Task Maker is a program that can be downloaded and installed on your computer. Once installed, you can use the Comprehension Task Maker to create your own customised interactive multimedia compr...
Personal Playlists: Ten Favorite Songs
Personal Playlists: Ten Favorite Songs ( For ages 14-18) Work with a teen to create a wiki with everything people should know about the teen’s top ten favorite songs—and your favorite songs as well! Then invite friends to add their favorite song...
Worksheets-Present Simple and Present Progressive
Present Simple and Present Progressive Name: ______________ Number: ______ (1) Use an appropriate verb in the present simple then rewrite each sentence in the negative: Example: She goes to school. She doesn’t go to school. 1) I ________ my car...
Board Games-MrDickens’ Game
MrDickens’ Game (created by @Helen Mygdal) This is a board game which can be played with any age, from five year olds up to adults! The children prepare it themselves and learn from making it as well as playing it. You will require several hour...
ESL Basic Subject-Verb Sentences Lesson- Teaching Elementary Grammar Structures
Before introducing new words to the students, it’s always good to start class with a hello. A longer and more complicated greeting conversation would be even better, with the teacher asking, “How are you?” so that the students respo...
Worksheets for Question Taqs
Worksheets for Question Taqs Add question tags to these statements to make questions: 1 You come from China, 2 He had to leave at 7 o’clock, 3 She hasn’t got a dog, 4 It isn’t snowing, 5 Jenny was hoping to come, 6 It’s stoppe...
Lesson Plan - Future with Going to and Will
Lesson Plan - Future with Going to and Will The choice between ‘will’ or ‘going to’ is difficult for many students. This lesson focuses on providing context for students so that they can understand the basic difference between...
Motivating Success Quotes-Inspirational Quotes
Inspirational Quotes (by Tyrone Charles Solee) There are a lot of success quotes, motivating quotes, inspiring quotes, and quotes from successful people and entrepreneurs out there. You can categorize it even from achievement, hope, happiness, surviv...
Worksheets-Present Simple and Present Progressive
Worksheets-Present Simple and Present Progressive Present Simple and Present Progressive Name: ______________ Number: ____________ (1) Use an appropriate verb in the present simple then rewrite each sentence in the negative: Example: She goes to scho...
Worksheets-Simple Past Worksheet
Worksheets-Simple Past Worksheet Simple Past Name: _________________ Number: ______ (1) Complete the sentences with the simple past of the verb in brackets and then rewrite each sentence in the negative. Example: I needed (need) to talk to you. I did...
Lesson Plans-Using The “Magic Bag”
This fossil lesson plan is used as an introduction to fossils. It is both fun and interesting for children of all ages, with some adaptation. There are 2 variations on this page, The first is for older students, middle and high school students. The s...
Comparative Adjective Worksheet-Worksheets
Comparative Adjective Worksheet Comparative Adjectives Name : _______________ Number: _____________ (1) Complete each sentence with the comparative form of the adjective in brackets. Example: I think these pants look longer (long). 1) Which skirt is ...
Games for Learning English
Learning any language can often become quite a tedious affair. There are endless grammar rules to memorize, and thousands of vocabulary words to try to hold in mind until they are needed. One of the primary enemies in learning English is boredom. Eng...
Using Volunteers in your ESL Classroom: Suggestions for Newer Teachers
Using Volunteers in your ESL Classroom Volunteers can be a tremendous asset in the ESL classroom. They can help you give extra attention to all of the students while the class is engaged in practice activities, or they can give extra help to small gr...
Effective Classroom Management-Reducing Sources of Friction
Effective Classroom Management-Reducing Sources of Friction In any lesson there ,is some potential for pupils.In recent years,the growth of mixed-ability teaching,often necessitating group work,has increased that potential.Teachers today are therefor...
Teaching Culture: A Variation On Jigsaw Reading
Teaching Culture: A Variation On Jigsaw Reading Key Words: Reading, Culture Learner English Level: High Intermediate to Advanced Learner Learner Maturity Level: College or University Preparation Time: Varies — time needed to locate appropriate ...
Genre in the Foreign Language Classroom
Genre in the Foreign Language Classroom ( written by Kim Bradford-Watts ) In the EFL situation, we find ourselves working from both directions: we pick and choose specific genres as the need arises, and we also work from generic values. On the way, w...
Role Reversal-Teachers as Learners
One of the most involving ways of discovering what is really hapening in the world of the classroom is to experience it as a learner yourself.Numerous accounts of teachers becoming learners appear in the literature.In a 1987 article,Tim Lowe describ...
Test Your Grammar Skills – Question Tags Using Verbs ‘be’, ‘do’ and ‘have’ (Present Tense)
Test Your Grammar Skills – Question Tags Using Verbs ‘be’, ‘do’ and ‘have’ (Present Tense) Add an appropriate question tag to the end of each question. For example: It is getting hot in here, isn’t it? 1. You are not having an early l...
Handout for Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Put the verb in brackets into the Present Continuous or Present Perfect Continuous. Example: I (wait) _____ for Peter for the last two hours. (key = have been waiting) 1. Why (you wear) that terrible hat? 2. Why (you look) at me like that? 3...
10 Steps To Developing A Quality Lesson Plan
10 Steps To Developing A Quality Lesson Plan The Author : Gerri Stone This guide is not meant to be the one and only way to develop a lesson plan; however, it is going to provide you with at least some good methods to start with. A general overview h...
Lesson Plans-Grades 3–5-Blending Fiction and Nonfiction
Lesson Plans-Grades 3–5-Blending Fiction and Nonfiction to Improve Comprehension and Writing Skills by Stephanie Affinito, Glens Falls, New York Overview This lesson supports the use of a text set (paired fiction and nonfiction texts on a similar ...
Lesson Plans : Grades 6–8 : In the Poet’s Shoes
In the Poet’s Shoes: Performing Poetry and Building Meaning by Beth O’Connor, Holyoke, Massachusetts Overview Through the use of dramatic reading and the exploration of Internet resources, sixth- through eighth-grade students build a greater unde...
Lit2Go,online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format
Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can: Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go, Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer, View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen...
