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Michael Hughes
Malaysia



Used to work as a lecturer in Linguistics in China, then opened my own language school. Got kicked out of China and came to Malaysia to work on Teacher Training Projects and finally as a lecturer in Sunway University. For the last two years I have been retired and mainly helping develop ideas to teach classes for refugees who cannot attend regular school and needed to learn online.

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oil pollution - complete speaking scenario
This is the second in a series of integrated skills worksheet. Students are presented with a scenario about oil pollution and with pair works, discussion and role plays they have to work out a solution to the problem facing a village under the threat of oil pollution. Once again, this is an adaptation of an old book �A Case for English�, but has b...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27


 
Writing - Round Robin
Arrange the class into small groups of 3, 4 or 5, sitting in a circle round a table and give each one a copy of the worksheet. Tell them to each fill out the beginning section of the sheet with their own ideas. Then when all have completed the first section, pass all the sheets to the right and each one complete the next section. Keep repeating ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9


 
Animal Habitats 1
This shows a number of common animals with pictures of their natural habitat. The children should write the names of the habitats next to the picture and the name of the animal next to its picture, then draw lines to match which animal belongs to which habitat. This is worksheet 1 of 2.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 27


 
road safety
a picture with lots and lots of road safety mishaps. The class needs to identify all the road safety problems and complete a gap filling exercise
Level: elementary
Age: 7-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 141


 
Doctors and Patients - symptoms and diagnosis
This is a group roleplay which can be used with large or small classes. Instructions how to conduct the activity are given on the sheet. The activity is basically patients who share their symptoms with doctors. The symptoms are indications of particular ailments or conditions. These symptoms are generally reliable, but should not be taken as ab...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: flash-card
Downloads: 161


 
How do you feel about...? A Class survey
This is a template for a class survey where 3 different people have 3 different worksheets, each asks the same question �How do you feel about?� but each one has different situations. They should ask three different people for their responses to the situations. There is even a column to write any different feelings they may come up with. This ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 66


 
Sentence Maze
This exercise involves the pupils finding the first word of three different sentences and then following the words in the grid to complete the whole sentences. The sequence of each word is directly next to each other, either up, down, left right or diagonally. As you discover each word write it in the boxes until you have a complete sentence. It...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 13


 
world�s easiest quiz
This worksheet can be used in small groups or pairs, or can be given as a �pop quiz�. The answers seem obvious, but are not all they seem. They are given on page 2 of the quiz. A fun activity for intermediate students and above
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10


 
heroic failures
A discussion worksheet for intermediate and above learners of English. All the examples are of people who have tried to do something and failed. All of the examples are completely true and taken from the book Heroic Failures.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 9


 
Idioms - the ultimate board game
This board game consists of the players making up their own similes and guessing the meaning of idioms. Full instructions how to play are contained on page 2. The meanings to all the idioms are also given. Due to size restraint, I have excluded many of the pictures that can be used to illustrate idioms and similes, but it is still worth playing....
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 119

 


small groups - methodology
This PowerPoint demonstrates how to organise a small group activity where all the members of the group must contribute an idea, which is judged by the person holding a role card. Two sets of cards are also attached, one for suggestions and the other for making excuses. The PowerPoint is set to run...

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Downloads: 24


Verbs - PowerPoint Wordsearch
This is a wordsearch that can be used online or in class. It consists of two slides - the first one has the words on the right and you simply click on the word to reveal its place in the grid. The second one is exactly the same format except the words are pictures and so they have to work out the w...

Level: elementary
Age: 7-12
Downloads: 10


pelmanism - matching game - antonyms
This is a PowerPoint used to play the game of pelmanism or matching words with pictures or meaning. It can be used online for teaching or in a classroom. I also have a PowerPoint tutorial that shows you how to use the game effectively. This can be downloaded for free as it is a tutorial.

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 24


Body parts - Kim�s Game
A Kim�s Game activity where pupils are presented with 20 pictures and words of different parts of the body. Form the class into small groups and get them to remember as many as possible. Then move to the next slide where three of the items are missing. Click on the numbers to reveal the items. T...

Level: elementary
Age: 7-14
Downloads: 95


Pelmanism - countries in Europe
This is a PowerPoint used to play the game of pelmanism or matching words with pictures or meaning. It can be used online for teaching or in a classroom. I also have a PowerPoint tutorial that shows you how to use the game effectively. This can be downloaded for free as it is a tutorial.

Level: intermediate
Age: 9-100
Downloads: 16


fruit - anagrams
This is an activity where the pupils are presented with the names of 10 different pieces of fruit, but the words have been jumbled to make anagrams. Arrange the class into small groups and have them unscramble the anagrams. Move the cursor over any of the words and when it turns into a small hand,...

Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
Downloads: 40


Word Substitution Exercise
This is a text where in each box a formal word has been substituted by an informal word. The list of words is in the bottom right box of the grid. This can be used online or in the classroom where the teacher asks the pupils to identify which words can be substituted. The questions can be done in ...

Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 19


Occupations - alphabetical
This is just a demonstration powerpoint to show how versatile the program can be. It is a simple list of occupations, but can only be completed by selecting the occupation in the correct alphabetical order. This demonstrates an advanced use of triggers that allows the user to manipulate slides so ...

Level: elementary
Age: 7-14
Downloads: 58


Language and the brain
This has been uploaded in response to a query in the forum about brain lateralisation. It is a simple presentation for a very complex subject but hopefully demonstrates the significance of the differences between language learning and language acquisition. This is not a presentation for classroom ...

Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 49


Introduction how to use PowerPoint for Pelamanism
This is a powerpoint show to demonstrate how to use PowerPoint to play the traditional game of pelmanism, which is an ESL matching game. With PowerPoint you can have many more objects than the traditional game which requires the making of numerous cards. Check out all the pelmanism games that I wi...

Level: elementary
Age: 7-100
Downloads: 0

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