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Margaret Thatcher ESOL / Critical Thinking Activity: Lesson plan
LEVEL: Upper-Intermediate – Advanced (B2 – C2) TYPES OF ACTIVITY: Speaking; Debate; Compare and Contrast; Essay writing. OBJECTIVES: The principal objective of this lesson is to help students to...
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Armstrong and Miller, RAF Pilots
This activity is one of those I described in my post ‘How to … exploit video in class’. The objective is to get the students to produce a possible alternative script for this video clip. Play the...
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Shakespearian insults
A refreshing alternative to the usual insults we hear. Enjoy!Filed under: Authentic materials, Culture, English Language Tagged: Insult, William Shakespeare
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‘It was a dark and stormy night…’– Resources for Halloween
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) It’s interesting how a pre-Christian festival from the north of Europe seems to have taken hold worldwide. However, there’s no denying the popularity of Hallowe’en, so here...
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Gunpowder, treason and plot … Guy Fawkes in the classroom.
Although in recent years Guy Fawkes Night has been somewhat eclipsed by Hallowe’en, it is still an important date on the calendar for many British people. Here are some activities for this festival,...
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A war of words – poetry and propaganda in World War I
Poppy Field (Photo credit: Neilhooting) 95 years ago, the guns fell silent across the Western Front, as the Armistice took effect, leaving behind four years of destruction on a previously unimaginable...
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A war of words – Part II
Photo credit: Wikipedia In my previous post, I focused on how poetry formed part of the propaganda offensive designed to encourage young men to join up to fight on the Western Front, using as an...
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Valentine’s Day – Resources for class
Photo credit: http://www.digitaltrends.com Once more, St. Valentine’s Day is almost upon us, which means it’s time to break out the hearts and flowers as our thoughts – and lesson plans – turn to love....
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Language And The City, 10 Shakespeare Quotes that you can use in Modern English.
I couldn’t let the Bard’s birthday (and the anniverasry of his death) go by without some sort of mention. Thanks to Roseli Serra for sharing this....
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a Google Translate experiment with language | 4C in ELT
In this post, Tyson Seburn explains how to make students more aware of the limitations of Google Translate, while at the same time giving us an idea of how to use the theme songs of popular TV series...
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