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ESL Games esl vocabulary dominoes town

ESL Game Compound Nouns Dominoes: Town and Countryside

Posted on November 14, 2018October 7, 2021 By albacker

Vocabulary activity game. Download the game here: Compound nouns dominoes Places Other vocabulary resources: Travel/Holiday Vocabulary Cards Useful Classroom Tip: Vocabulary Revision Business English Vocabulary Card Game | Forbidden Words Media/Entertainment Vocabulary Card Game Based on Taboo.  

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From the classroom ESL holiday vocabulary taboo

ESL Travel Vocabulary Taboo Cards

Posted on October 6, 2018January 7, 2021 By albacker

Game cards based on Taboo.

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Group Work esl vocabulary revision tip

Useful Classroom Tip: Vocabulary Revision

Posted on September 19, 2018November 10, 2019 By albacker

Whether you teach large classes or small groups, revising vocabulary in a quick and simple way is always useful, especially when its all done by the students – all you have to do is to give them instructions, circle and monitor.

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Inspiration improve english netflix

Binge-Watch and Improve Your English: 5 Great TV Shows Available On Netflix

Posted on November 30, 2017November 10, 2019 By albacker

I love movies and TV shows and I always recommend my students to watch as much in the original language they can, to use English subtitles, to watch YouTube videos, TED talks, to immerse themselves in the language as much as they can. Nowadays, hundreds of movies and TV shows…

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Posters

Vocabulary Posters – Idioms and Collocations.

Posted on June 5, 2017 By albacker

I have neglected my blog in the past couple of weeks, mostly due to my duties at the school where I teach. Staff meetings, entrance exams, school leaving exams, paperwork…and at the end of the day, no energy for creativity, or even thinking. Hopefully, I will have more time in…

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Articles

Online Vocabulary Activity With Pictures.

Posted on May 3, 2017 By albacker

I want to share with you a fun activity which I found on the website of the Merriam-Webster dictionary. It is called Name That Thing, and that is exactly what you do. They show you a picture of an everyday object or a part of it and you have to choose…

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ESL Games business English vocabulary game

Business English Vocabulary Card Game | Forbidden Words

Posted on April 17, 2017October 7, 2021 By albacker

Forbidden Words is a game card activity based on Taboo. The aim of the game is to explain given words, but without those words that you would most likely use because those are taboo – that means, you can’t use them. The simplicity of this game allows for endless variations…

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Articles ESL role play worksheet

ESL Role Play Worksheet: Travel/Holidays

Posted on March 22, 2017September 27, 2021 By albacker

There is no such thing as enough role play activities and worksheets! I’ve recently gone over Travel vocabulary with my Intermediate and Upper Intermediate students and I love doing these speaking activities at the end of the lesson. In my previous article, I included my own version of the Taboo card game on the…

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Origin of words

Those Cute Little Pugs Used To Be Harlots.

Posted on February 28, 2017 By albacker

These little fellows are adorable monkeys indeed.  At least that was the meaning of the word in the 17th century, and it also meant harlot for some time. Miniature dog came to use only in the mid 18th century.  

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Inspiration

Grammar isn’t that boring as it may seem.

Posted on February 27, 2017 By albacker

Do you want to cast spells like Harry Potter? You don’t even need a wand. All you need is proper grammar!  

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Superb resource.

- Priya

Incredible conversation activities. Thank you very much

- Philippa

Some good ideas, especially with older students who are pretty quiet.

- Anthony
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