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Review: Time Expressions in the Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
This worksheet is a review of the relationship between time expressions and the present simple and present continuous tenses. The exercise should last about 30+ minutes with opportunities to check student comprehension of questioning and answering in the Pres Simple vs Pres Cont. Rather than correct students directly, it also gives peers the opport...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 6


 
Identity Theft Authentic News Listening Segment and Discussion Activity
High intermediate/advanced listening activity using authentic English news clip, includes a cloze exercise on a YouTube news segment discussing Identity Theft, related listening comprehension questions, and directions for a homework assignment with follow up discussion on types of crime, many opportunities for listening and speaking
Level: advanced
Age: 11-14
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 22


 
Paying Attention, Expressions for Use in Conversation
A review exercise: chart of expressions, sample speaking dialogue, student generated dialogue and performance
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 11


 
RSA: Drive, The Truth about What Motivates Us Listening and Speaking Activity
There are several activities here directed to help scaffold instruction so that intermediate/advanced listening and speaking students have practice listening to an authentic lecture and discussing related ideas to frontload vocabulary and activate prior knowledge before taking a formal assessment of their listening/note taking skills in the form of...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 15


 
Simon Says Game Using Prepositions of Direction
**Note: In this case, the focus is on TPR (total physical response) as it relates to connecting the meaning of certain prepositions of direction to carrying them out in action. Adding the �Simon says� rules is optional. I suggest playing it once without the �Simon says� aspect and then later incorporating the rules and allowing students to take tur...
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 20


 
R/L/S New Student Interview
30+ minute Reading, Listening and Speaking activity icebreaker for new students to get to know each other while also practicing all three skills; Pair activity/role switching -asking "getting to know you" type questions, dictating student responses word for word or summarizing and using creative and descriptive language to report back in the 3rd pe...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 3


 
Listening Activity - Scene from the movie, While You Were Sleeping
Use this worksheet as a listening comprehension exercise with emphasis on noticing when and how rising and falling intonation is used. Show your students Scene 5 from the movie, While You Were Sleeping, with Bill Pullman and Sandra Bullock. You will need to get the DVD or find the scene online. It has excellent examples that show rising and falling...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 7