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Listening Worksheet: Difference between Cold & Flu

February 10, 2023February 10, 2023 EFL Collective 2 Comments

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…

1 Year Bac, Common Core, Worksheets, Worksheets

Listening Worksheet: Secret Talents (Unit of Humour)

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 EFL Collective 2 Comments

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…

2 Year Bac, Worksheets

OpenAI GPT-3 on Telegram (Safe Link)

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 EFL Collective No Comments

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,…

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A Must-have Poster: Writing Correction Code

January 12, 2023January 23, 2023 Mourad EL HANAFI 4 Comments

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…

Classroom Materials, Teacher Materials

Teacher's Guide to Using ChatGPT (PDF)

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 EFL Collective 2 Comments

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…

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Demo Lesson: Reading Strategies (Guessing the Meaning of New Words)

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 Mourad EL HANAFI 4 Comments

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…

2 Year Bac, Classroom Materials, Teacher Materials, Worksheets

Viewing Lesson: Festivals in Britain (Worksheet + Video)

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022 Mourad EL HANAFI 2 Comments

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…

1 Year Bac, Viewing Lessons

Viewing Lesson: An Inspirational Short Film (Worksheet + Video)

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 Mourad EL HANAFI No Comments

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”,…

2 Year Bac, Common Core, Viewing Lessons, Viewing Lessons

Viewing Lesson: Leisure in Britain (Worksheet + Video)

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 EFL Collective No Comments

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:…

1 Year Bac, Viewing Lessons, Worksheets

Demo Lesson: Jigsaw Groups in Teaching Writing

December 13, 2022December 16, 2022 Mourad EL HANAFI 6 Comments

Learners, especially in EFL/ESL classes, find writing challenging. Therefore, unless writing lessons are devised with careful planning, they will be more challenging – and maybe boring, too. Learners usually feel frustrated that they excessively experience writer’s block and cannot generate interesting ideas. To minimize the effect of such factors on learners in writing classes, instructors…

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