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Material: Reading passage (Article) Themes: Education, perseverance and determination, inspiration and motivation, lifelong learning, etc. Level: Pre-intermediate (1st and 2nd year baccalaureate students) Reading rubrics covered: Downloads: Handout (word version) Handout (PDF version)
Expressing certainty and uncertainty is one of the language functions that are used in everyday English. In this post, EFL Collective shares with you a free practical worksheet that you can use to teach these functions to your pre-intermediate learners. The worksheet includes well-thought of activities at every step of the lesson. To familiarize your…
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In this post, EFL Collective shares a new economical worksheet you can use to teach vocabulary related to sustainable development challenges and goals. It is mainly devised for pre-intermediate classes. You can kick off the lesson by brainstorming what your students already know about the topic, then have them read the website entry above to…
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EFL/ESL learners are advised to learn idioms as they are an essential part of the English language and are commonly used in daily conversations. Idioms can be difficult to understand for non-native speakers because they often have a figurative meaning, which is different from their literal meaning. However, learning idioms can help students understand native…
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In this post, EFL Collective shares with you a new economical grammar worksheet you can use to teach direct and reported speech. It is time-saving and is provided in 3 different forms: PDF, word, and Powerpoint. This worksheet will help you teach all tense changes required in reported speech in a limited time. It also…
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This is an adapted interesting listening lesson from Speakout Pre-intermediate Coursebook. Theme/unit: Humour, Talents, Performing Arts, Leisure, etc; Skill (s): Listening (main skill) and writing (sub-skill); Title: Secret Talents; Timing: 40 minutes or less. Level: Pre-intermediate Suggested Procedure Pre-listening stage: The students read the advertisement and discuss what it is about. While-listening stage: The students…
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In EFL reading classes, learners usually do tasks that only test their comprehension of the text. While it is helpful that learners maintain the habit of reading by doing a variety of comprehension tasks, we should also make sure that reading strategies are not overlooked. That is, instructors should not set learners to read just…
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While it is recommended that students write reviews of their favourite films, it is also helpful if they watch a short film together in class, and then write about it. This way, we, as teachers, can explore how our learners see the same thing from different perspectives. In this post, EFL Collective suggests “Ah Boy”,…
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Lesson: Writing a narrative paragraph (Telling Anecdotes) Level: Pre-intermediate/ Intermediate Lesson Plan: Download Worksheets: Model Anecdote along with its activities, Visual Aids, and New Headway Intermediate (pp. 106-107) Remarks: To prepare students for different stages of the lesson, they review the Simple Past through a chain game called “Let’s tell a story”. I opt for…
In this post, EFL Collective suggests an interesting viewing lesson you could try with your EFL/ESL classes. This lesson will help you teach a number of cultural aspects. It also helps that the video is pleasing to the eye as it features breathtaking landscapes and nature from Machu Pichu in Peru. I am sure your students will…
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