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Guesting on Teaching Village

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:58:00 GMT

Read my analysis of emergent language based on lessons using the above image in my guest post for Barbara Sakamoto's Teaching Village. Thanks, Barb, for the invite. Related posts: Speaking lesson using close-up imagesPhotos + Mindmap = Ideas on a silver platterCokey Monkey lesson planEvery picture tells a story - let the students speak!

Tweeting is for the birds: Hockly vs Waters, IATEFL 2011 Brighton

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:17:00 GMT

This, along with the PechaKucha night, must have been the highlights of the IATEFL 2011 Brighton conference. The motion for the ELT Debate was 'Tweeting is for the birds, not for language learning', with Alan Waters speaking for the motion, and Nicky Hockly, against. Here is an opportunity for those who haven't had the chance of watching a live debate in action to do so. The format of the

Speaking lesson using close-up images

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 23:13:00 GMT

This lesson has been inspired by Ceri Jones' presentation in IATEFL Brighton 2011, or rather her interview, as I wasn't present in the conference, and her session wasn't recorded. For those of you who would like to watch the recorded interviews or sessions, they are available here: http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2011/. Ceri's idea is basically to start off with a close-up. Speak about this,

Teaching and Learning Pronunciation: another video

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:59:00 GMT

Those of you who have read Teaching & Learning Pronunciation would have probably watched Jennifer's video lessons on vowels, although I'm not sure if all of you had realised that there were more videos apart from the one I embedded. You can navigate through the playlist by clicking on the arrows to the left or to the right of the video image. Jennifer (Thanks, Jenny!) has just published another

Teaching and Learning Pronunciation

Anonymous — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:59:00 GMT

A lot of teachers shy away from teaching pronunciation or they think it isn't important for learners to know the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) symbols. No doubt they have their reasons, but I often get asked by students, 'But how do I learn how to pronounce a word?' They look up a word in a dictionary, and they see these funny squiggles beside the word and they don't know what they mean.

How to make a telephone call (games & activities)

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:22:00 GMT

Last published on 15 Nov 2009. This version has been reworked and supersedes the older version. Do you have trouble making a telephone call in English? Do you get nervous when you don't understand the person on the other end? Are you familiar with most of the basic telephone language? In this post, I will try to help you improve your telephone skills by

Bag the vocab! Ideas for practising vocabulary (Teachers)

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:42:00 GMT

One of the articles that has been in the pipeline for some time now is 'ideas for teaching vocabulary'. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I have been unable to bring it to fruition. So, it was with great pleasure that I read Jennifer's recent post, and an even greater pleasure when she gave me permission to reproduce it here (Jenny, I hope you don't mind, but I've chopped and changed it a

Ideas for using videos in the classroom

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:09:00 GMT

As teachers, we have to be innovative, to keep up with the times, so to speak. The days of teaching with a book, chalk and blackboard are long gone now. Every year, more and more schools are installing digital boards, more classes are having projectors and white boards, if not a screen, and it won't be long before every class will be equipped with a complete audiovisual system, computer included

Upper Intermediate ESL Quiz - Healthy Eating

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:25:00 GMT

The topic for this week's Upper Intermediate level ESL lesson is healthy eating. This short video from Howcast offers some useful tips on how to eat a healthier diet.

How To Eat Better on Howcast

Part 1:

Your first task for this lesson is to make some notes about the type of diet you eat now. Get a piece of paper and answer these questions:

1) Would you say you eat a healthy diet? Why/why not?

2) How many portions of fruit and vegetables do you eat a day?
Do you think you eat enough fruit & vegetables?

3) How often do you eat takeaways and junk food?

4) How often do you eat snacks between meals?

5) Do you ever find yourself eating snacks while you are working?

6) Do you ever skip breakfast? If yes, how often do you skip breakfast?

7) What things could you do to improve your diet? Write down a few ideas.

Part 2:

Watch the video to see how many tips for eating a healthier diet you can pick out.

Click the play button in the centre of the video to begin. Click the pause button if you need to make notes at any point. Click the re-wind button to go back to the start of the video and watch it again.

Think about the suggestions made in the video and write down any tips you could use to improve your diet.

Part 3:

Reflection:

Did you learn anything new about healthy eating from watching the video? If yes, what did you learn?

Has this lesson changed the way you feel about your diet? Why/why not?

Do you feel motivated to eat a healthier diet after watching the video? Why/why not?

Did you learn any new vocabulary? If so, what new words did you learn?
Make a note of any useful vocabulary you have learnt today.

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Click here to read the transcript for this video on Howcast >>