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Tefl reviews - Classroom Management For Teaching English As A Foreign Language Use Of Eyes Voice And Gesture - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
This presentation is going to focus on the section of classroom management. We could start with a definition of classroom management as being the skill of organizing the class individual students within that class and what takes place within the class. Perhaps one of the most important resources for achieving these things is you and in terms of you there are a number of things that you can use to help with the classroom management and they include though they're not limited to the use of your eyes the use of your voice and the use of gesture. So let's take each of these in turn and see how they can be used to help with their management of the classroom. So starting with our eyes. First of all the eyes can be used in a number of ways and they can certainly be used to hold attention.... [Read more]
Great Ways to Start a Sentence - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Here you will find a useful list of common sentence starters that you can use in an English discussion as well as in essay writing. Learn these sentence starters to improve your English speaking and writing skills.
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Present Continuous Tense Worksheet I - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Look at the people below. What are they doing? Create sentences with the correct use of the present continuous tense.
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The WH Questions in English - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is an activity to present some of the WH Questions in a simple recognizable way. You can use them as flashcards, show them and make your students create a sentence with that question word.
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Board Game - Xmas Challenge - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Here's a Christmas board game focusing on sentence building, either spoken or written. To practice speaking, let students say sentences (make sure to correct pronunciation when needed); to practice writing, let them write sentences (adapt the game to your students' level).
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Tips for Polite and Diplomatic Language - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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As a teacher of English as a foreign language, it's a good idea to teach students polite words and expressions right from the start. While diplomatic language often includes difficult vocabulary, it's actually not that hard to add some polite spice to a simple sentence - even for beginner students.
Of course you can make sentences a lot more polite by using the two magic phrases "please" and "thank you". However, there are a lot of other ways to use more polite language when speaking to others.
For English leaners, the problem mostly comes down to the fact that words and expressions that are considered "kind" in one language, aren't always kind in another. English uses a lot of language strategies to express politeness that... [Read more]
Basic Sentence Structures - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is the perfect sheet to hand out to your students to help them with the most basic sentence structures in English. Ideal for beginners to build a strong language foundation.
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Roll a Silly Sentence - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a fun silly sentence worksheet for English fun in your ESL classroom.
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Present Simple vs. Present Continuous Game - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a guided speaking activity where students talk about routines or things happening right now. The pictures and sentences help them to use the correct tense.
It takes about 45 minutes if students talk about every picture. Put students in pairs of 2 - 4. Use counters.
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An Overview of the Conditionals in the English Sentence - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Conditionals are sentences which are also known as ‘if clauses.’ These types of sentences are an important concept for anyone learning the language to understand. Let's take a look at the different conditionals in the infographic below.
Conditionals are sentences with two clauses, an “if” clause and a main clause. Generally, conditional sentences are often divided into different types. Let's take a look at each of them.
(Present Real Conditional)
In general, “zero conditional” refers to conditional sentences that express a fact, rather than describing a hypothetical situation or potential future circumstance. The grammar term is typically used in the present tense, however such sentences can be formulated with... [Read more]
What are some useful ESL teaching resource books? - TEFL Blog
Federico Riva
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The market for ESL teaching books is very large and all the major publishers have some form of involvement in the production and selling of these resources. There are many different types of books and resources that are used in ESL teaching and we will consider three main categories.1) General teaching theory books2) ESL book series3) Activity resource books
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Types of Articles: Definite Article & Indefinite Articles - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Let's take a look at the different types of Articles in English! Learn article definitions and how to use definite and indefinite articles in sentences with the ESL infographic below.
An article is defined as a word that modifies or describes a noun. Adjectives are used before the noun to show whether it refers to something specific or not. So, in a way, articles can also be described as a type of adjective as they also tell us something about the noun, just like adjectives.
There are two types of articles in the English language, they are indefinite articles (a, an) and definite article (the).
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Picture Sentence Match Present Continuous - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Here is a crazy picture, with lots of things going on which are just not right! The task is for the students to match up the sentence parts.
1-g, 2-j, 3-i, 4-a, 5-h, 6-f, 7-m, 8-p, 9-k, 10-b, 11-n, 12-c, 13-l, 14-d, 15-o, 16-e
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Verb To Be Affirmative Sentences - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a useful worksheet for EFL students to practice using the verb "to be" in affirmative sentences.
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Since and For - What is the difference? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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"For" and "since" are prepositions used when talking about time. Let’s look at the difference between the two words.
For and Since are prepositions. Let’s look at the difference between these two words.
"For" is used with a period of time. This is often a number plus a time word.
"For" is used when we measure the duration of something or how long it lasts. It has a start point and an end point and can be used in different tenses.
"Since" is used with a starting point or a time or date. It refers to something that started in the past and continues until now. "Since" is mostly used with the present perfect and perfect progressive tense.
For example:
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Fix it Sentences for January - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is the ideal worksheet for EFL students to practice sentence structure in the English language.
Find the words that need to be capitalized and fix the sentences.
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Fix the Mixed Up Christmas Sentences - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This free, printable worksheet is great for your winter and holiday-themed classes. Have your students fix the mixed up sentences with winter and Christmas vocabulary.
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When to Use Capital Letters - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Knowing when and when not to capitalize is an important part of writing correct English. Most students quickly learn that you always capitalize the first letter of a new sentence, but what are the other rules?
Although mistakes with capitalization do not generally have a big affect on the readability of your written English, it is important to get it right when writing formally for work or study purposes. Fortunately, the most common rules above are quite clear and straightforward to learn. Below are a few more capitalization rules you should be aware of.
Capitalize family relationships when used as proper nouns.
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How to Use Modal Verbs - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This infographic explains 10 modal verbs and their usages with useful examples.
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This, that, these and those - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This, that, these and those are demonstrative pronouns. We use them to point to specific people or things. Demonstrative pronouns are used in place of a noun. We can use same words as demonstrative adjectives.
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How to Use Neither and Either - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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The words "neither" and "either" are often confused by English learners around the globe. The word "either" sometimes has a similar meaning as the word "neither" but they are often used incorrectly. Below, we take a look at the differences so you can use (and teach!) these words correctly and with confidence.
When both words are used as adverbs the meaning is almost exactly the same:
neither (adverb) used to show that a negative statement is also true of somebody/something else, for example:
“She didn’t remember to bring an umbrella and neither did I.”
A: “I don’t like mushrooms.”
B: “Me neither.”
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Synonym Words for ANGRY - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Here are some great synonyms for the word "angry" that will make your writing and essays more interesting.
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Fix Sentences about Turkeys for Thanksgiving - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Have your EFL students fix the sentences about turkeys by correcting the spelling mistakes.
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Shopping - Complete the Sentences - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a fun ESL worksheet about the topic "shopping". Students complete the 15 sentences.
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Reading Simple Sentences for Summer - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a fun ESL worksheet for young English students. Have the students read the sentences and color in the pictures with the correct colors.
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Whom and Whose - How to use them in English - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Let's take a look at how to correctly use "whom" and "whose" in English.
Whom is an object pronoun like ‘him’, ‘her’, ‘us’, etc.
We use WHOM to ask which person receives an action, for example:
Whose is a possessive pronoun like ‘her’, ‘his’, ‘our’, etc.
We use WHOSE to find out which person something belongs to, for example:
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How to Actually Use Apostrophe ‘s - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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In general, the apostrophe s (‘s) serves two functions: to contract words and to indicate possession. Let's take a look at this closely in the infographic below.
The apostrophe s (‘s) serves two functions:
Only add ‘ (just the apostrophe symbol) to a plural noun:
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Words to Use Instead of "Very" - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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In English, "very" is used extensively as an adverb to emphasize that something is of a high degree or intensity. However, there are many single words that can be used to say the same thing more effectively.
When speaking or writing English you can make better use of the language and impress the listener/reader by using individual descriptive words rather than using “very” to show a high degree or intensity.
For example:
Instead of saying “My friend and I took a ride on the roller coaster and we were very afraid”
Say “My friend and I took a ride on the roller coaster and we were terrified”
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How to Use Learners’ Internal Motivation - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
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Motivating students is always a challenge and can, in fact, be one of the most difficult parts of education. There are countless ways to either encourage or intimidate a student into completing their work or participating in class but these external motivators have a limited effect. Encouragement and praise may only motivate a student while they are seated in the classroom. A teacher expressing disappointment on an uncompleted assignment may only encourage the student to avoid the subject or course work altogether. One of the best ways I have found for motivating students is to find a student's internal motivation.
Finding Students' Future Goals
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What Games to Use in Your EFL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Federico Riva
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Growing up, hearing the word games in the classroom was almost always associated with a lack of concentration on the students' side or maybe just a side note on activities to be done during recess. Today, especially after taking this course, I have come to see just how essential academic games could be! From young learners to mature scholars, everyone always goes back to a classroom at some point and the fact that classrooms are now evolving makes the learning process more and more interesting.
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