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Here is a very simple activity that is very useful to have in your toolbox as a no materials (save a die) and no preparation required…
Aims: Question and answer forms, targeted vocabulary recycling.
Skills: Speaking and listening
Materials: Set of dice for learners - or, if you have internet and a large enough screen, why not try a virtual die. Here is one link for an online die.
Level: All but the most early beginngers.
Preparation time: None 
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Here is a selection of links for learners to use for their own language learning purposes. There are links to resources under the following categories:
- language links
- topics: Texts to read and listen to, pronunciation practice, spelling practice, …
- listening: over 400 activities.
- native speaker: VOA Special English - limited to 1500 lexical items.
- on line dictionary: each word in the definition has clickable links.
- ask your questions: a learner forum.
- toefl links: these are pre iBIT TOEFL.
- toefl reading
- toefl listening
- toefl writing
- toefl grammar
- grammar: common errors, verbs as well as noun phrase grammar.
- vocabulary: includes some quizzes.
Should any of these links not work, please let me know.
If anyone would like their own link to be included, please let me know.
Why not ask your learners to write reviews and post them here?
Activities for developing and activating vocabulary in the English classroom (the original idea came from Joanna Stirling July 2000 Bell Teacher Training Summerfest)
One constantly hears of presenting this that and the other. In fact in some institutions, the word “present” seems to be repeated one hundred and one times more than the word “recycle”… Read the rest of this entry »
Drawing dictation is an activity adapted from Christopher Sion’s excellent: Recipes for Tired Teachers.
Download the plan here
Download the key here.
Aim: To introduce and recycle simple lexis related to geometry in a project.
Level: Pre-int and higher.
Materials: The plan and key.
Time: For all stages, allow 180 minutes depending on how you exploit opportunities for recycling.
In dictogloss, learners work in cooperative groups to recreate a text that has either been read aloud to the class by the teacher or presented as an audio recording.
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There are many sources of vocabulary in the classroom. This article looks at three: the course book, specialized vocabulary books, the teacher and other learners.
In order for learners to achieve the target 2000 words as quickly as possible, they will need a rich and nourishing vocabulary. Some words will be taught by the teacher and other words will be learnt incidentally in extensive reading and listening activities. Many learners prefer a list of target words to learn. How can these word lists be used to maximize learning? Read the rest of this entry »
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