Town vocabulary
In this post I would like to introduce about 20 new words connected with towns. These words are neccessary if you want to speak about the place where you live …
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Easter – a magazine full of texts about Easter
Finally, Easter is here. I have been looking for this holiday for weeks and it has arrived. I am really happy. Last year I and Lynne Blackburn devoted a lot …
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Dates – learn to say the dates and ordinal numbers in English
To say dates in English is quite simple. However, as there are two ways to do this, students often get confused and mix both of them together. I hope that …
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Two Dates – Chapter 4
Here we go at last! This is the last chapter of the story Two Dates. Are you curious what will happen to Alan, Martha and Bruce. I hope that the …
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Two Dates – Chapter 3
Have you been wondering what the big shock for Alan was? The story continues here. Once again you can learn 16 new words and practise them in a game. Then …
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Two dates – chapter 2
The first chapter of the story Two Dates proved to be quite popular. The story will have 4 chapters in all. Here is the second one. Here is a mind …
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Two dates – a story about and for teenagers
I don’t know whether anyone will be interested in this mini series called Two Dates. However, as all the research shows that extensive reading helps students improve their English I …
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Numbers – learn to read and write numbers in English
In this post you should learn to read and write numbers in English. To help you with this I have created a simple graphical presentation and three games. I hope …
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Make and do – when should you use Make and Do
My friend keeps asking me whether there is a logical way to see if he should use DO or MAKE. I always told him that there is not and that …
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Plants – learn the names of 15 kinds of plants
In my opinion Plants are one of the worst covered vocabulary topics in ELT. That is why, I have created the following post. There is a pictionary with all the …
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Animals vocabulary – learn the names of 50 animals
Many people think that the topic animals is suitable only for children. Thus the learners learn the names of twenty animals when they are young and they think it is …
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Crazy Vocabulary – learn 11 new words in a rap
Scientists claim that the center for rythm is located next to the long-term memory in our brain. Knowing this, we could exploit it to the students’ benefit and teach them …
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Winter sports – learn the names of all the Winter Olympic sports
The whole planet is following the Winter Olympic games in Sochi. And as this site has got the word “games” in its name I think it will be appropriate to …
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Negative prefixes – games
Negative prefixes are very productive. It seems that if you learn these then you might be able to create countless English words. However, it is not enough to learn only …
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Battle of Hastings
This material is a demonstration of the approach called CLIL. In CLIL You learn the content and thus you learn the language. However, experimenting a bit with the approach I …
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Containers – mind map and games
The concept of uncountability is very difficult to understand and use correctly for learners of English. However, even the English sometimes need to count the things which are uncountable. To …
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Phrasal verbs – Fred and Betty
Phrasal verbs are always difficult to learn. Even though they consist of two or three tiny words, which are easy to remember themselves, they can create so many different combinations …
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Clothes vocabulary – elementary
Clothes vocabulary is useful and quite easy to learn. Here you will find a video introducing the correct pronunciation (American English) of the words. Watch the video and repeat. In …
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Christmas – vocabulary and listening
Christmas is nearly over, but when the holiday ends I would like my students to tell me about their Christmas. To be able to do this properly they will need …
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Advice
Phrases to ask for advice and for giving advice are incredibly useful for normal life. Students should be able to express their needs and I believe this post will help …
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