I put together a list of free digital and online teaching resources, or resources that now offer premium features for free, that might be useful now when many teachers are overwhelmed by the sudden shift to online teaching, for which many of us aren’t prepared due to the consequences of…
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10 ESL Netflix Shows to Watch With Your Students
Video lessons are an engaging and fun way to teach vocabulary, grammar, listening and culture to various age groups and levels. However, sometimes you just want to use an interesting video as a filler or a discussion material without any preparation. Sometimes there is no time for printing the lessons…
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ESL/EFL Resources: Worksheets, Lesson Plans, Communication Activities and Games
Our new ESL/EFL resources are now available at our shop. Check our our bundles of vocabulary activites, role-plays or communication activities. If you want to save even more money, share our products on social media or refer to a friend for even more discount. These two activities are our most…
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ESL Video Lesson Based on Netflix Docuseries “The Mind, Explained”
This ESL Netflix video lesson plan is based on “The Mind, Explained” docuseries that answers the questions about our brains. What is going on inside my head? How does memory work? Why do I dream? The show has six episodes: Memory, Dreams, Anxiety, Mindfulness, Psychedelics. Each twenty-minute episode explains the…
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Balderdash: ESL Speaking Game
Balderdash is a word bluffing game in which you write definitions for weird words. The definitions may or may not be correct. The ESL variation of the game is played very similarly. The PDF which you can download below, contains words that are balderdash, or nonsense. At least they seem…
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47 Interactive and Online ELT Resources for Teachers
This extensive list contains 47 interactive and online ELT resources that can help English teachers save a ton of time when preparing for lessons. ELT Resources: SPEAKING 1. BBC Learning English The site is sponsored by BBC and its divided into these topics: General & Business English Grammar, Vocabulary &…
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15 Words That Came From Literature: Did You Know Their Origin?
How well-read are you? These fifteen words can be traced to various literary work. How many of them did you read? Check out this infographic from Visually to find more about their origin. From Visually.
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ESL Video Lesson Plan: Stand Up Comedy With Shayne Smith And The Prisoner of Azkaban
STANDUP VIDEO LESSON PLAN WARM-UP QUESTIONS What do you think about people who have a lot of tattoos? Do you have any tattoos? If not what tattoo would you like to have? What do you think about body modifications? (piercing, implants, scarification) Have you ever got looks from strangers because…
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No-Prep ESL Picture Description Speaking Activity
A quick and easy speaking activity based on pictures.
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ESL Speaking Activity: Conversation Cards
One-Minute Talk is an engaging speaking activity that is great as a warm-up, filler, conversation starter and speaking practice.