This is the first lesson of a new series of lessons I am creating called Big Topics. These lessons will centre around a major topic in our daily lives and come with many exercises for you to use in your class. Or if you are a student, you can use them at home in your […]
One of the hardest things for an English student to practice is speaking. In order to speak English one must open one’s mouth and speak. But who to? And about what exactly? It’s all very well telling students that they need to practice speaking in English but unless they know what they have to do
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Cheating in exams and tests is a serious problem for schools and colleges. And as technology becomes more and more advanced the teachers find they have to be one step ahead each time. Students come up with the most incredible ways to help them pass the test. In the following lesson, we meet Jay –
This is a lesson plan for English and ESL classes based on the idea of utopian societies and people going off-grid. It features an article about a German scientist, Gustav Obermann, who has started his own colony for people choosing to opt out of modern life. This is followed by; a list of reading comprehension
The English language has over one million words, while the average native English speaker knows around 60,000 of these words. There are 360 to 400 million native speakers and 750 million people who use English as a second language. In total is it estimated that over two billion people can speak English. It is the
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Reading should be an absolutely essential requirement in your life. It should be part of your daily routine — the same as eating and sleeping. But so many people say they have no time for reading. Their lives are too busy, they have too much to do. It is the same as saying you don’t
Introduction Begging has been around for thousands of years. Wherever there are a large number of people living together – usually in a big town or a city – we will probably find beggars. People that are down on their luck and in need. With no regular income to support them, they have no choice
The sales presentation opens and the junior sales manager begins his talk. It makes sense; he speaks clearly and coherently — but there is something lacking. It doesn’t sound like it has any real conviction. It lacks some colour in the presentation somewhere. And then the marketing department sent out some a newsletter. All in
English is indeed a funny language. For English students, it can be a frustrating exercise, trying to make sense of all the endless grammar rules — only to find a list of exceptions. The English language is totally crazy… Below, I have collected just a few things that make the English language unique. Enjoy!
Talking about your family should be one of the easiest things to do in English. These people are your family, so you should know them very well. Talking about your family for over five minutes should be no problem for you. But many students stumble over this topic and just don’t know what to say.