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by CraigPeterson
Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:27 pm
Forum: Activities and Games
Topic: Save Valuable Time Now!
Replies: 0
Views: 1287

Save Valuable Time Now!

This post is for anyone who likes to or would like to use songs as part of their classroom! :) So you have your song, but now what? Well, a lot of teachers like to use some sort of a worksheet to compliment the song. In order to save everyone(us included) time, the crew down at ESL Song Source has r...
by CraigPeterson
Fri May 25, 2007 8:28 pm
Forum: Adult Education
Topic: Teaching adult ESL for the first time
Replies: 30
Views: 16662

I've been teaching a conversation class with adults for the past several months. Two actually, one at a basic level and one with advanced students. I think the most popular class we've had so far was a debate class! I started by getting the students to name different contraversial issues, which were...
by CraigPeterson
Fri May 25, 2007 8:17 pm
Forum: Activities and Games
Topic: Activities for simple present & present progressive?
Replies: 4
Views: 12768

I love using songs in class, so I created a website devoted entirely to it! Here's the link to a song that contrasts present simple and present continuous: http://eslsongsource.com/node/66 In the tips section there are many ways to use songs in your class, in case you're short on ideas. Good luck! ~...
by CraigPeterson
Fri May 25, 2007 8:10 pm
Forum: Activities and Games
Topic: in, at, on
Replies: 4
Views: 2958

Prepositions

I just did a lesson on prepositions of place. We had quite a few extra than in, on, and at, but maybe this can help. Activity One: 20 Questions Spinoff I started the game so that they could have a good example before taking over. I picked a random object in the room, and they had to ask questions us...
by CraigPeterson
Mon May 07, 2007 6:46 pm
Forum: Activities and Games
Topic: Community Driven ESL Song Website!
Replies: 0
Views: 1221

Community Driven ESL Song Website!

Hello everyone! Well, a while ago I was looking for a good website to get information about using songs in my ESL class. Everything I found was static and not updated, and didn't really serve my needs. So, I decided to start a new site. www.eslsongsource.com is a site dedicated to building a huge da...