Don’t Let Me Go
Posted: December 11, 2021 Filed under: Advert, Christmas | Tags: advertisement, animals, Christmas, observation, speaking, vocabulary 8 Comments
Happy Christmas, everyone. Here’s a Christmas lesson plan that isn’t based on a John Lewis advert.
An Oddly Unsatisfying Video
Posted: June 19, 2017 Filed under: lesson plan | Tags: CAE, FCE, speaking, unsatisfying, vocabulary 7 Comments
Main activities describing, comparing, First Certificate and Advanced speaking test practice
Suitable for teens and adults, upper-intermediate (B2) and above
Click here for the Teacher’s Notes
The pdf contains everything you need for class, but if you’d rather display the images using Powerpoint, click here for the slides.
Buster the Boxer – a Christmas lesson plan
Posted: December 11, 2016 Filed under: Advert, lesson plan | Tags: animals, Buster the Boxer, Christmas, John Lewis, sounds, speaking, speculation, vocabulary Leave a comment
Every December we produce a lesson plan based on the John Lewis Christmas advert and this year’s offering features a dog called Buster, a trampoline and an assortment of wild animals. The lesson is suitable for teens and adults, upper-intermediate (B2) and above, and includes speculation, observation and vocabulary to describe sounds.
Click here for a pdf of the Teacher’s Notes.
The pdf contains everything you need for class, but if you’d rather display the images using Powerpoint, click here.
Employable Me
Posted: July 20, 2016 Filed under: Documentary, lesson plan, Uncategorized | Tags: collocation, impressions, listening, speaking, vocabulary, work 8 Comments
MAIN ACTIVITIES collocations with impression, talking about work, watching clips from a documentary about job seekers with neurological conditions such as autism and Tourette syndrome.
SUITABLE FOR teens and adults, pre-advanced (B2.2) and above
Click here for the Teacher’s Notes.
Household Objects
Posted: June 29, 2016 Filed under: lesson plan, Viral Video | Tags: music, Pulp Fiction, Quizlet, speaking, Star Wars, vocabulary 2 Comments
http://flickr.com/eltpics by @borap, used under a CC Attribution Non-Commercial license, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
MAIN ACTIVITIES discussing and writing descriptions, watching a clip, using online Star Wars vocabulary flashcards
SUITABLE FOR teens and adults, intermediate (B1) and above
Click here for the Teacher’s Notes.
Beetle Brawl
Posted: May 16, 2016 Filed under: Documentary, lesson plan | Tags: appearance, beetle, listening, ordering, personality, speaking, vocabulary 4 Comments
MAIN ACTIVITIES describing personality and appearance, watching a clip from a nature documentary, ordering a text
SUITABLE FOR teens and adults, pre-advanced (B2.2) and above
Click here for the Teacher’s Notes.
Cut to the Chase
Posted: April 12, 2016 Filed under: Advert, lesson plan | Tags: bank robbers, beer, car, chase, police, vocabulary Leave a comment
Chase Scene by Alan Levine is licensed under CCBY2.0
MAIN ACTIVITIES making predictions, vocabulary to talk about car chases in movies
SUITABLE FOR adults, advanced (C1) and above
Click here for the Teacher’s Notes
Ice Skating Penguins
Posted: February 3, 2016 Filed under: Documentary, lesson plan | Tags: collocation, listening, pronunciation, speaking, vocabulary 2 Comments
Adelie Penguin by David Cook is licensed under CCBY2.0
MAIN ACTIVITIES talking about learning how to do something new, collocations and pronunciation
SUITABLE FOR teens and adults, upper-intermediate (B2) and above
Click here for the Teacher’s Notes
Foot Talc – a Christmas lesson plan
Posted: December 9, 2015 Filed under: Advert, lesson plan | Tags: Christmas, listening, speaking, vocabulary 1 Comment
Every year we like to produce one or two Christmas posts based on a seasonal advert and our first one for this year stars a famous Hollywood actor trying to solve a classic Christmas problem.
MAIN ACTIVITIES predicting/ listening for specific information/ talking about Christmas / using vocabulary featured in the text
SUITABLE FOR teens and adults, upper-intermediate (B2) and above
Click here for the Teacher’s Notes.
Click here for the PowerPoint presentation.
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