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This is an easy warm-up or energizing activity that requires very little to no preparation. Students compete to see how many words they can make from letters included in their name, a quote, and the like. The activity can take up to 15 minutes or more depending on the pace with which your class works….
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This is an adapted listening lesson from Speakout Elementary Students’ Coursebook. Theme: Health Level: Elementary/Pre-intermediate Skill: Listening Timing: 35 minutes or less Suggested Procedure: Pre-listening stage: The students review some vocabulary and functions related to health. They can do the vocabulary tasks 1A and B in the worksheet. To prepare them for listen, they answer…
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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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Language teachers can benefit from using OpenAI GPT-3 on Telegram. This artificial intelligence technology can help teachers devise more engaging and effective classroom activities. With GPT-3, they can also generate personalized content which will allow them to address their learners’ specific needs, level of understanding and interests. This could help make language learning more enjoyable,…
Language teachers sometimes have the tendency of providing edits when checking students’ pieces of writing. Because students’ mistakes in writing can sometimes be “provoking” in a way, language teachers are tempted to provide corrections instead of eliciting them. However, by providing edits, teachers can never be certain that students will not make the same mistakes…
NSW suggests this short instructional teachers’ guide to using ChatGPT. ChatGPT is a powerful tool that can help teachers enhance student learning. By following this guide, you will learn how to effectively incorporate ChatGPT into your teaching practice and make the most of its capabilities. More specifically, the guide provides useful tips to get refined…
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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One of the activities learners enjoy in EFL classes is speaking or watching videos about different cultural and life aspects of English-speaking countries like the UK and the US. They like to explore English native speakers’ lifestyles and cultures. In this post, EFL Collective shares with you an economical worksheet based on a video about…
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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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In this post, EFL Collective shares with you an economical worksheet based on a video about leisure in Britain. Throughout this lesson, we believe your students will have fun learning about British culture in general and British leisure activities in particular. They will also listen to authentic, received English. Video Title: Leisure in Britain Level:…
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