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This is an economical and helpful worksheet which will help you teach paragraph wrting explicitly. Skill: Writing Allocated time: 50 minutes Level: Intermediate Themes covered: Education & Social Problems. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, your students will be able to: identify parts of the paragraph; write an appropriate topic sentence; write an appropriate…
Summary of Gerund and Infinitive uses: Practice: Put the verbs in brackets in the infinitive or gerund. 1. What do you like (do)___________in your freetime? 2. On his way to work, my dad usually stops (pick up) ___________ hitchhikers, whatever they look like. 3. “Thank you for (call) ___________, my dear. I’m looking forward to…
As a teacher who successfully passed the Professional Exam and moderator of a dynamic Facebook group for EFL/ESL teaching materials, I have received many requests for any helpful resources teachers can go over in their preparation for this exam. It goes without saying that your final grade in the Professional Exam, at least in the…
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The following is a list of words and phrases you can use to express your opinion about, for example, the weather, a place, an experience, a holiday, etc. Examples: The weather in Agadir is usually fantastic. For me, the food we have at the boarding school is terrible. I think that Marrakeshi people are…
In this post, EFL Collective shares with you 3 PPP lesson plans covering 3 language aspects: grammar, vocabulary, and functions. The lesson plans were devised depending on Gateway To English 1 textbook for intermediate levels in the Moroccan context. To download the lesson plans in PDF, see the table below: Lesson Download link Vocabulary: Cultural…
In this post, EFL Collective shares with you different types of lesson plans covering a number of language aspects, namely grammar, vocabulary, functions, and reading. The lesson plans were devised depending on Visa To The World textbook for elementary (and intermediate) levels in the Moroccan context. To download the lesson plans in PDF, see the…
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I used to think that devising an annual course calendar is a waste of time! “I know I will cover the whole syllabus on time, so why should I bother keeping a plan like this one every single school year?” I always thought to myself. It is only when I decided to design an annual…
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“It took us a long time at the Regional Supervision Coordination [in Ben Mellal-Khenifra Regional Academy] to decide whether diagnostic tests should be unified /standardized (at least region-wide) or teacher-made. We eventually opted for the second alternative for different reasons, namely that teacher-made tests are bottom-up, more economical, and more effective. Teachers can design their…
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In this post, EFL Collective shares with you three economical but exhaustive diagnostic tests for all high school levels: Common core, first, and second-year baccalaureate in the Moroccan context, and maybe in other contexts. The tests include three components, namely, reading comprehension, language, and writing. They also cover a number of language aspects and themes….
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When looking for any reading materials on any ELT aspect, you may face an influx of suggestions, leaving you uncertain of where to start and/or what to choose. While having access to a substantial amount of resources to read from is a positive thing in the field of ELT, it is also hard to have…