This a re-post of a re-post.... Simon Thomas (http://www.efl-resource.com/on-english-grammar-lessons/) originally spotted this post on Larry Ferlazzo's blog (http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2011/03/13/english-grammar-lessons/). A really nice range of flash based grammar games for every conceivable language point! So thanks to Larry for finding it and thanks to... Continue Reading →
Covering a colleague's class today and opened the book at the required page to see: "Grammar - conditionals". Hmm. So what's attached here is what I came up with as a bit of a "Conditionals review", which (with any luck)... Continue Reading →
What to do with all those words? One of the gripes I have with course books is the often seemingly random presentation of vocabulary sets where the target items appear in a little box in one corner of the page,... Continue Reading →
If you haven't come across wordle yet then it's worth taking a look. But what to do with it? Anna Pires of IH Braga gave a seminar on using wordle with classes about a year ago, but fortunately, you don't... Continue Reading →
… but you can’t make it put together a successful piece of writing. The whole hoof thing and lack of opposable thumbs gets in the way of text creation in general and successful writing in particular. Language learners on the... Continue Reading →
Many people will be familiar with the TED talks blog - a range of inspiring, fascinating and thoughtful talks on a range of topics from how to shoot mosquitoes out of the sky to examining the creative process from a Greco-Roman point... Continue Reading →
Yep, hot on the heels of yesterday's post on collocation trees, another activity to see how many collocations your learners can identify and to help them see a little bit better why a collocation is... well... a collocation. Collocation Pyramids!... Continue Reading →
"Teacher, what's a collocation?" "Well, they're sort of words that go together." "Teacher, I don't understand." "Well, you know the expression 'heavy traffic'? Well, traffic's not really heavy is it? I mean, it can be, but... erm.... Collocations are just... Continue Reading →
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