Category: Teaching Material

  • Tongue Twister TIMES ^_^

    Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? If Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?   (In answer to the question “Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?”) Perspicacious Polly Perkins purchased Peter’s…

  • TEACHING READING SKILLS: Skimming AND Scanning

    Skimming and scanning are two techniques that many people use. To understanding more the differences between two, just check the explanation below:   SKIMMING SCANNING Skimming is reading a text quickly to find out the general theme, topic or meaning Scanning is reading a text quickly in order to find specific information. For instance: figures…

  • WAYS TO INTRODUCE NEW VOCABULARY (PART II)

    INTRODUCE COUPLE Try teaching pairs of words at one time. Antonyms are the perfect materials for this type of vocabulary instruction. You can also pair synonyms, homonyms or any other sets of words that have some connections. GET PHYSICAL Use Total Physical Response, the EFL/ESL technique linking a physical movement to English words. Illustrate new…

  • WAYS TO INTRODUCE NEW VOCABULARY (PART I)

    PICTURE IT Use picture of new vocabulary words to introduce them to your students. You may choose to use flash cards, magazine imagines, online pictures, picture dictionaries or photographs when helping your students picture new words. KEEP IT REAL Using real objects to introduce new vocabulary will aid your students in remembering the new words.…

  • Simple British Slang Phrases YOU SHOULD START USING ^_^ – PART V

    Catch flies: To sit with one’s mouth hanging open. Chav: An ignorant, trashy, lower-class person. Cheeky: Playfully impertinent. “Did you just whistle at that old lady? You cheeky monkey.” “Get stuffed!”: An angry rebuke, similar to “Go f*ck yourself!” Knackered: Exhausted. Aggro: Aggressive/in someone’s face. “Are you having a laugh?”: Statement of incredulity, like “you’ve got…

  • Simple British Slang Phrases YOU SHOULD START USING ^_^ – PART VI

    Slag: A contemptible person; possibly a promiscuous one. “Sod it.”: “I give up.” Used in a sentence: “I’ll never understand this math problem. Sod it, let’s go down to the pub.” Sprog: A child/offspring. Starkers: Naked. Balls-up: “Gone wrong”, as in a situation that hasn’t gone according to plan. Barmy: Crazy, insane. Bimble: An ambling walk.…

  • Activities for Teaching the Future Perfect Progressive (PART II)

    BY THE TIME Students work in pairs. Students starts by identifying a future time with the phrase “By the time…” + a sentence in the simple present. Student 2 completes the sentence with a main clause using the future prefect progressive. A complete sentence could be, “By the time I finish “War and Peace”, I…

  • Activities for Teaching the Future Perfect Progressive (PART I)

    MY EVIL TWIN Students imagine that they each have an evil twin, each person shares what his evil twin will have been doing up until a certain time today, this week, this month or this year. “My evil twin will have been hunting puppies until 5 P.M today” 10 YEARS FROM NOW What will your…

  • Phrases Excellent Communicators Always Use At Work

    According to a National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) survey, there is something missing. Effective communication skills are vital and are at the top of their list. They list the top 5: communication skills, analytical skills, teamwork skills, technical skills and strong work ethic that employers are looking for. Here are 5 phrases that…

  • Activities for Teaching the Future Progressive (PART II)

    PEOPLE PREDICTIONS What will people be doing in 100 years? Warm up by showing your students a clip from a science fiction program such Star Trek, Star Wars. Students make predictions about the future of our world using the future progressive A PREDICTABLE FUTURE Have each person in your class write down what he was doing each…