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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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Men Talk - What men wish all women would realise
This is a very �tongue in cheek� exercise on advise that men think women should know about them. This is not a serious proposition, but an amusing set of principles that can be used as a stimulation to talk about the differences between male and female. Maybe someone could come up with a similar list about what women think men should know about t...
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 85


 
A new approach to language teaching - article
For the new year as teachers are preparing for new lessons try this which is a direct extract from an ESL Journal outlining a new approach to language teaching. I have tried this method myself with my children and have found a reasonable amount of success. I have been informed they can now communicate quite well in a variety of languages - though...
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: article
Downloads: 55


 
Newspaper misprints
This is a series of sentences that are grammatically correct, but one of the words is a �typo� mistake that changes the meaning of the sentence. Some of the sentences are quite amusing. Page 2 gives all the answers to the mistakes (in case you can�t find them yourself!!!!). Not sure where I got this from, so if anyone has claim on this I would b...
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 23


 
Sniglets - Words that don�t exist but probably should!
This worksheet is a collection of �sniglets� which are words that demonstrate the flexibility and creativity of the English language to generate words that do not exist but can give a specific name to concepts, events and things that have never been named before. They are usually the combination of one or two other known words that describe the ne...
Level: advanced
Age: 10-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 23


 
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: 140


 
Tutorial -Triggers in PowerPoint
This is a short introduction to quite a complicated facility available in PowerPoint. If you can master the basics of using triggers, then you can make your presentations much more interactive and interesting. PowerPoint is a powerful tool at the disposal of a growng number of teachers. The sad fact is that many teachers don�t know - or don�t wa...
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Type: Choose
Downloads: 181


 
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


 
Common English Proverbs
A short list of Common English Proverbs where the student has to decide the missing words from the list given to the side of each proverb. In addition they have to work out what is the meaning of the proverb. A full answer sheet is provided on page 2. enjoy.
Level: advanced
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 18


 
How to automatically insert the reference of your document
This is another instruction sheet to show you how you can automatically insert the reference of your document in to the footer. This is for those who print worksheets and sometime later wonder �where on earth did i get that from?� If you have never had this problem, then this is not for you. The instructions are quite detailed and may frighten s...
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Type: lesson-plan
Downloads: 56


 
Animal body parts
This activity gives a list of approx 50 words which can be used to physically describe most animals and includes the most common habitats. Each can be placed into different categories such as size, skin, legs, colour, habitat, food, special features.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 10

 


classrooms - anagrams
This is an activity where the pupils are presented with the names of 20 different items relating to classrooms, 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 ...

Level: elementary
Age: 7-14
Downloads: 7


Classroom - Kim�s Game - Pictures
This is a Kim�s game where a number of items related to classrooms are presented as pictuea. The class should be divided into small groups and told to remember as many as possible, then move on to the next slide where 3 are missing. Click on any of the numbers to reveal the missing items. Enjoy...

Level: elementary
Age: 7-14
Downloads: 35


Kitchen equipment and machinery - Matching
A matching exercise to introduce kitchen equipment. Put the class into small groups and have them match the letter with the object. To show the solution, simply click on the letter next to the picture. This is the first presentation in a series of KIm�s Game type of activities to test the memory ...

Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Downloads: 11


Fruit - introduction
This is the introductory slide to the Kim�s Game series and shows all the fruit as individual slides with the names of each fruit. Use this for beginners who know nothing about fruit to introduce the language and reinforce their understanding with the Kim�s Game powerpoints. Have fun!!!

Level: elementary
Age: 6-12
Downloads: 22


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


Body Parts - matching
An introduction to different parts of the body. Arrange the class into small groups and have them write the name of the body corresponding to the picture on the screen. To display the correct answer click on the letter and the name will be revealed. Letters can be clicked at random.

Level: elementary
Age: 6-14
Downloads: 63


Pelmanism - euphemisms
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. This power...

Level: advanced
Age: 12-100
Downloads: 17


Pelmanism - pairs game using PowerPoint - Template
This is a template for teachers to put their own pictures and words under the tiles so that they can be chosen at random by the teacher after the pupils choose the tiles. The second and third slides of this template are instructions how to place your own pictures and words on a new presentation. Th...

Level: intermediate
Age: 5-100
Downloads: 37


Hidden pictures
This is another demonstration powerpoint showing the power of triggers. This is a picture with lots of other little pictures hidden within it. Move the cursor over the picture and it turns into a hand. If you click on the correct spot, the small picture will be circled, click on the wrong spot a...

Level: elementary
Age: 7-17
Downloads: 43


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

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