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How to use a dictionary
I�ve organized this handout because I was getting sick and tired of seeing my students (including intermediate and advanced ones) having trouble when they had to use a dictionary and a growing number of them appealing to online translators, turning their writing productions into real and authentic samples of the "samba of the crazy student". I inte...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 125
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AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH -ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS #1 (Listening Activity)
Last year (2007), we were discussing the effects of global warming in class and we had already read many articles, listened to an interview with Tom Flannery and guess what? I�ve discovered that teenagers are not worried with the environment and the consequences of global warming upon it. So, I took two excerpts from the scene "The solutions are in...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 59
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FRIENDS - "The One Where They All Turn Thirty" #1 (listening activity)
My students like "Friends" and what�s better to work with phrasal verbs and other structures from everyday English than the episodes of this sitcom? I showed the students only excerpts of the episode (check the script in the file) and it was perfect. it was the first time in my life I�ve seen students laughing during an evaluation! This is the fir...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 48
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The Devil Wears Prada - the movie (Listening Activity)
We were talking about jobs, job styles, job interviews and this movie is a great material to talk about these themes. I�ve used scenes nr 8 and 9. I hope you enjoy this listening activity! Send me your comments!
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 45
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AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH - ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS #2 (Listening Activity)
Last year (2007), we were discussing the effects of global warming in class and we had already read many articles, listened to an interview with Tom Flannery and guess what? I�ve discovered that teenagers are not worried with the environment and the consequences of global warming upon it. So, I took two excerpts from the scene "The solutions are in...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 44
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Friends - "The One Where They All Turn Thirty" #2 (listening activity)
My students like "Friends" and what�s better to work with phrasal verbs and other structures from everyday English than the episodes of this sitcom? I showed the students only excerpts of the episode (check the script in the file) and it was perfect. it was the first time in my life I�ve seen students laughing during an evaluation! This is the sec...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 43
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PLANET WARNING: WATER SHORTAGE
As we, teachers, are supposed to bring to class authentic material, so that our students can deal with real language, I�ve prepared this listening exercise. I hope you like it!
OBS: The audio can be downloaded on the site given with the transcript.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 38
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Multiple Intelligences - reading comprehension
It�s a listening exercise based on the audio text available on http://deepenglish.com/2012/11/multiple-intelligences/ .
Using the QR code the student can listen to the audio on his smartphone or tablet.
It can be used with A1 (second half) students on.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 33
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Storytelling - scary spooky story (listening)
I was teaching my students the use of the past tenses in narratives, especially the Past Perfect Tense and the Past Simple and after working with a short scary story from a book, I decided to use another one as an evaluation. I�ve found the audio in the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P11fo00WLMM .
Unfortunately, there was no transcript, so...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 28
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"Mother Nature Needs Us" - Environmental song
A nice song to be used as a post-reading activity or as a review on the vocabulary and topic of Environment. Mp3 file can be downloaded on http://mp3skull.com/mp3/mother_nature_needs_us_lyrics.html.
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 26
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