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MiguelDias

Portugal



I teach English as a foreign language in Portugal. Language levels may vary from beginners to advanced levels.

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 		 Borat alias Sacha Baron Cohen
A short biography about the actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen who created the comic characters Ali G, Borat or Br�no.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 13

 		 Johny Depp
 Suitable for reading at elementary level
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
Type: reading
Downloads: 26

 		 About Greenpeace
 The text was taken from Greenpeace�s homepage in the Internet and describes Greenpeace as an environmental organization, their aims, campaigns and history. Reading activities such as matching, True/False or gap filling are included.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 240

 		 Where the one-eyed are king - Learning languages
 A reading test about the importance of learning languages. The opinion article intelligently foccuses on the reluctance of the English to learn foreign languages and the economic consequences of being "Europe�s language dunces".
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 11

 		 Adrian Mole�s New Year�s Resolutions
 A funny text to begin a new school year and to teach the will-future with resolutions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
Type: reading
Downloads: 134

 		 Kurt Cobain
 The perfect text for students who are about to discover alternative rock music...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading
Downloads: 42

 		 Understanding irregular past simple forms
 In this worksheet I tried to group irregular past simple forms according to their similarities, that is, the way they are built: vocalic changes, adding letters, same type of endings etc. Students try to infer the rules and apply them to other verbs, which shouldn�t be too difficult.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 37

 		 My first job B - Reading Test
 The B version of the test.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 51

 		 Chris Martin from Coldplay
 A text for beginners to train personal information.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
Type: reading
Downloads: 14

 		 My first Job - Reading Test
 The Finnish Times interviewed successful young professionals about their first job experience. The test focusses on one of these interviews. Fits perfectly into the topic work/choosing your first job. I only tested reading.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: reading
Downloads: 85

 

Johnny Depp
 This powerpoint for beginners consists of a guessing game which basically prepares students for reading a text about Johnny Depp. You can get the text in my account.

Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
Downloads: 15

Reported Speech. An introduction
 A powerpoint presentation to introduce the Reported Speech. The powerpoint tries to introduce the basic rules of reporting statements. The last slides are oral exercices.

Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 23

To be or not to be? An oral drill.
 The idea behind this powerpoint is to make your students use the verb "to be" in speaking. They answer Yes/No questions identifying famous film characters and music stars using the affirmative or negative form (short and long forms) of the verb to be.

Level: elementary
Age: 8-11
Downloads: 7

Eating disorders and advertisments
 This powerpoint tries to establish a relationship between eating disorders and advertisment campaigns such as the Calvin Klein Obsession Campaign. I used two pictures: the original advertisement and an adbuster (= an anti-advertisement). The guiding questions are designed to help students to discove...

Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 25

Wish sentences
 A powerpoint to introduce the "I wish" and the "if only" patterns. based on the marker sentences students will infer the basic rules.

Level: advanced
Age: 15-100
Downloads: 12

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