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APARTMENT HUNTING
I teach adult learners in Beijing, China. So 99 of my materials will always be in that context. But they are easily changed for other frames of reference. This one focuses on a recent college graduate getting his/her first apartment and the decision process involved. It introduces prioritizing, amenities, choices, advertising, calling for informati...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 20
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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - PRESENTING A COMPANY - LESSON 1 OF 2
This is Lesson 4-A in the Business English series I am creating for use in the Beijing area. This unit focuses on summarizing information about a company and presenting it. The homework (optional) is to be used in Lesson 2 of 2. The second part of this (2 of 2) will be coming within the next day or so.
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 32
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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - WHAT DO YOU DO? 1 OF 2
This lesson is designed to facilitate describing jobs and job responsibilities. To enable students to talk about their duties and their coworkers� duties. To discuss work and life balance. To introduce new work-related vocabulary and provide opportunity to use it. This segment has the option to be paired with a companion segment that will be upload...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 32
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DO / PLAY / GO PRESENT TENSE, FIRST AND SECOND PERSON
WORKSHEET
Level: elementary
Age: 8-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 43
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MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION -- BEGINNER WORKSHEET
This activity is good for pair work or individual.
1st - Use the information provided to complete the simple A/B conversation (examples and answer key provided)
2nd - Word search that incorporates vocabulary from the 1st activity.
3rd - Unscramble the sentences and reassemble with correct grammar.
Answer keys provided for all.
Hope yo...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 36
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ADJECTIVES -- WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON??
In this game, a student draws a random card with an adjective on it. The student must then list items that this adjective describes. The first student in the group to guess the adjective gets a poker chip. The student with the most poker chips in the end wins. This works GREAT with mid to high intermediate students. I HAD originally tried this wit...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 15
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INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS ENGLISH - AIR TRAVEL AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS - LESSON 1 OF 2
This is the next in my Business English series -- HOWEVER!! This can also be used in a NON-business teaching environment. It is focused more on the vocabulary aspect and less on the business aspect. The tie-in to a business context will come in the Part 2 of 2. That part should be ready within the next day or so. This lesson is extremely heavy on s...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 24
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INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - MAKING MY MOVE (STARTING A BUSINESS) LESSON 2 OF 2
This is Lesson 2 of 2 of my Business English Unit called "Making My Move" - This unit focuses on moving quickly and accurately between verb tenses in the context of talking about starting one�s own business. Additionally, Lesson 2 (this one) also adds vocabulary related to money, and includes vocabulary list, exercises for pair work to use the new ...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 18
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HIGH BEGINNER/LOW INTERMEDIATE SALON -- NAME FIVE THINGS
This activity is useful for any age group of students from High Beginner to Low Intermediate. Since I design curriculum for my school, I often put lesson plans with things. (It�s not unusual for us to hire inexperienced teachers, thus the step-by-step lesson plans.) But these are certainly not etched in stone. This is a board game to encourage spe...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 5
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LESSON & ACTIVITY PLANNING OVERVIEW/SEMINAR - PART 1 OF 2
I was recently invited to give a 3-hour summary/overview seminar on activity/lesson planning to a group of newly minted ESL teachers. I was asked to fill 3 hours of time, including practice time. The end result is the attached lesson plan with handouts. I�m not sure if anybody can use this -- maybe some of you are supervisors who occasionally need ...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Type: activity-card
Downloads: 17
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HIGH INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED BUSINESS ENGLISH - CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PRODUCT QUALITY SURVEYS - LESSON 1 OF 2
I am in the process of creating a 126-lesson Business English course for use in Bejing. This is the latest in the series. However, most lessons are easily adapted for use in other countries. NOTE: This is being uploaded as a PPT simply because it was too large to be uploaded as a printable document....
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 15
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SCHEDULING - VOCABULARY & ROLE PLAY - BUSINESS CONTEXT
This ppt is a combination vocabulary introduction/review and role play lesson plan. The first part of the ppt is a review of vocabulary/useful phrases for making arrangements and confirming plans. The last few slides are included so that you can print them off and use them as handouts. (Not intended...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 34
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DESCRIBING GRAPHS -- ADVANCED SPEAKING
This is a 31-slide activity about describing information presented in visual form -- bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts. There�s a brainstorming activity with later reinforcement for the vocabulary for describing the movement depicted. There�s a full explanation and illustration of the various ways...
Level: advanced
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 66
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WEATHER, SEASONS, TIMES OF DAY, TEMPERATURES - PART 1 OF 5
First, let me apologize for there being 5 parts to this. Once again, the file limits have bitten me in the backside! This lesson is a format I�ve been using for about 4 yrs, and it has always worked well for me. I usually just do it on the board, but decided to put it into a ppt for larger classes. ...
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
Downloads: 14
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WEATHER, SEASONS, TIMES OF DAY, TEMPERATURES - PART 3 OF 5
First, let me apologize for there being 5 parts to this. Once again, the file limits have bitten me in the backside! This lesson is a format I�ve been using for about 4 yrs, and it has always worked well for me. I usually just do it on the board, but decided to put it into a ppt for larger classes. ...
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
Downloads: 14
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VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT - STUPID CRIMINALS - PART 1 OF 2
Here�s another Vocabulary In Context presentation -- I�m not so sure why, but my Intermediate to Advanced group absolutely loves this way of learning vocabulary. I was just lucky to have stumbled on this.
In this one, I�ve taken short blurbs about stupid criminals, and used those blurbs to teach...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 75
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MYTHS ABOUT AMERICANS - CULTURE AND VOCAB IN CONTEXT
I�ve taught ESL only 2 places -- USA & China. (this can be used elsewhere) Here in China, there is a *massive* amount of crazy stuff Chinese people believe to be absolute fact about Americans. There�s so much consistency to it, in fact, that I put together this ppt to try to figure out why. Turns o...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 70
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POLITE REQUESTS -- STRUCTURE AND PRACTICE
This is a two-part activity -- The first part is this PPT. The second part is a worksheet that allows the students to continue with the grammar they have learned in the ppt. The slides present a breakdown of how polite requests are structured, and why. Then, the final slides provide an A/B convers...
Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 21
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VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT - UPCYCLING - PART 2 OF 2
This is Part 2 of 2 of Upcycling. This is a PPT to introduce the concept of upcycling and introduces a lot of new vocabulary via context. I used this with a large group of students including levels from beginner to advanced. They seemed to enjoy it, and I encouraged them to express their thoughts on...
Level: intermediate
Age: 18-100
Downloads: 18
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REVIEW OF REGULAR/IRREGULAR VERBS, AS/WHEN/WHILE, PAST PROGRESSIVE, PAST TENSE, BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE, LOW INTERMEDIATE,
I prepared this (21 slides) as a review of the grammar points taught from Beginner to Lower Intermediate Level. These are things that all students SHOULD know and be able to accurately use by this point.
There�s an exercise to match present verbs with their irregular past tense. There�s a compl...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 36
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