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Task Based English – Using English in real situations
Task Based Learning is great fun… AND extremely useful for your English skills. This is just an example: tasks change week to week. 30 minute conversation with coffee: This is an opportunity for English learners to practice their English in a REAL situation using practical English. You can speak English in the classroom, but […]
Skype / Telephone Classes – Using practical English
Skype / Telephone Classes – Using practical English The student is required to prepare the class before the start to maximise learning potential. This is usually done by listening to a BBC broadcast or reading an article using everyday useful English. 1. The listening 2. Using new vocabulary in an exercise 3. Discussing the new […]
Business Email Exercise
Below are 2 examples of business emails send to a student in the media sector. The email is designed specifically to your industry or sector and appropriate to your English level. 1. The student must read and understand the email. 2. Read the attached article from an online media. 3. Respond in the standard business […]
John Lewis Christmas Advert 2011
John Lewis Christmas Advert 2011 Intro: John Lewis is a chain of upmarket department stores operating throughout Great Britain. The first John Lewis store was opened in 1864 in Oxford Street, London. In recent years there is a tradition to see and talk about the new advert. 1. Read about the song used in the […]
Rude Parrot – Christmas Joke
Rude Parrot – Christmas Joke Phrasal verbs & bird sounds: to ‘clean up’ fed up (to be fed up ) threw up (to throw up, 2 meanings) stepped out (To step out) spoke-up (to speak up) to yell (more human than bird) to squawk ( try saying the word in different tones) to […]
Nancy Sinatra – Bang Bang (Past Simple Regular & Irregular practise)
Nancy Sinatra – Bang Bang (A class with the famous song by Nancy Sinatra to practice verbs in the Past Simple) Who was Nancy Sinatra? Can you name any of her songs? What relationship is she to Frank Sinatra Ex 1: While listening to the song put the verbs in brackets into the past […]
Cinema – Man On A Ledge (Trailer)
Culture & Cinema Upper Intermediate Class. American pronunciation, Vocab building, contractions, Man On A Ledge (Trailer) Discussion: What are trailers for? What is in a typical trailer? Tell me about the music, the edits, the story, the action etc in trailers? This is a Hollywood trailer, what typical things could you expect? 1. Here […]
Cultural identities served with food
Upper Intermediate + (for teachers & students)Conversation class & practice Cuisine Cultural identities served with food on Vimeo Intro:Is food and cuisine an important part of culture?What does Catalan food say about your culture? Use as many adjectives as possible.Do you enjoy tasting other types of food and therefore other cultures?What is an eatocracy? (It´s […]
United Breaks Guitars
Take the Canadian folk singer, Dave Carroll. After nine months of complaining he had had enough. United Airlines baggage handlers had damaged his $3,500 guitar, but the airline refused to pay compensation and its customer service agents were less than courteous. So he made a music video about the experience and on 6 July 2009 […]