Category: ENGLISH ZONE

  • Post-it Notes: EASY ICEBREAKERS YOU CAN DO (PART II)

    GET TO KNOW YOU Have each student write five facts about him/herself on a post-it note, then put the notes on the board )teacher write one, too). Choose one and read it aloud. Try to guess who wrote it. When you get the right student, that person take a turn with the remaining notes. Continue…

  • Post-it Notes: EASY ICEBREAKERS YOU CAN DO (PART I)

    HIDDEN TREASURE Write several icebreakers questions on the sticky side of post-it notes and stick them to the board. Each students takes turns choosing 1 sticky note and answering the question on the back. He then chooses another student to answer the same question. TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE Give each student 3 post-it notes.…

  • 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…

  • LIFE TIPS: Smart People Deal with People They Don’t Like

    WORLD is not perfect, whenever we try to make to be, IT WON’T BE PERFECT! Living in this hectic crazy world, sometimes it makes us meet people making this life getting crazier and crazier.  According to Robert Sutton (a professor of management science at Stanford University), it’s neither possible — nor even ideal — to…

  • Post-it Notes: WAYS TO MAKE TEACHING LIFE EASIER (PART II)

    TEXT BOOK NOTES Do you find your students making notes in books you will use with future students? Give each students a pack of post-its to use for notes in the book. Simply peel them off before giving the book to your next students. CLASSROOM CALENDAR Need a calendar large enough for all your students to…

  • Post-it Notes: WAYS TO MAKE TEACHING LIFE EASIER (PART I)

    CREATE A SEATING CHART Create a flexible seating chart using post-its. You can easily move your students around in class and on paper to change your classroom dynamics. Include essential info about each students on the notes. DAILY OBSERVATIONS Make the personal comment section of report cards easy by jotting down any observations about students’…

  • 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…