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- Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:09 am
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Technology in the Classroom
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12019
There are a lot of ESL games sites out there. You could use those and there are also a lot of videos on YouTube. However, I think the technology should be simply the tool and not the point of the lesson. If something enhances your lesson, then great! However, I feel you can leave the teaching of tec...
- Sat Dec 31, 2011 7:09 am
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Tools for Educators.com
- Replies: 30
- Views: 44627
There is a new online English games site --> MES Games ! _ _ _ _ _ _ http://www.mes-games.com/images/games.gif There are currently 15 different topics with 11 different activities to learn and practice English. There are grammar games, vocabulary games, questions and answers games, spelling practice...
- Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:20 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: ESL Games - The Five Most Popular ESL Games
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9184
I just started teaching as an ALT in Japan and was warned about hangman in the classroom. We should modify mainly because it is the topic of death. You could have someone in the class that had a relative or friend kill themselves by hanging. It certainly can be a sensitive topic. What I've done is ...
- Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:10 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: ESL Games - The Five Most Popular ESL Games
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9184
Too bad about Bingo. I found it great. ... I'm sure that I don't have to convince Sally, but just about any game can be transformed into an interesting, educational, communicative activity. If in bingo you are just calling out words and people are marking squares, well then it's not much better tha...
- Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:39 am
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Summer Party Ideas
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4543
Mike - Good luck with the party. What's the purpose of the party? is it to have a party or is it to study English? What are the levels, how many people. how many teachers? Do you have an example of an activity you feel is "constructive"? With more information, we might be able to offer you more targ...
- Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:25 pm
- Forum: Business English
- Topic: Why Fish & Chip Shop, but not Fish & Chips Shop?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9134
- Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:28 pm
- Forum: Video in the Classroom
- Topic: Youtube: a quick video library available anytime
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8574
There are also videos strictly for learning. you can find English vocabulary videos , grammar videos, and teaching videos with model lesson plans, tips for the classroom and activities.
- Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:36 am
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: ESL Phonics
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16039
Fun Fonix Book 4 - vowel digraphs and diphthongs worksheets: ee, ai, ea, oo, oa http://www.funfonix.com/images/ffonix_book4.gif This the the 6th book in the Fun Fonix series. It has a slightly more advanced structure, including reading comprehension sections with 2 short stories and then 3 reading ...
- Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:48 am
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: Lessons for kids
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4106
Re: Lessons for kids
... what about some good websites that would give useful teaching materials for classes, like those that you can print out and use? ... Here are a couple sites that might be helpful: MES English - flashcards, games, handouts, worksheets, projects, phonics materials for kid's classes Phonics Workshe...
- Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:33 am
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Situational Lesson for Intermediate Students
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5121
What about a professional conference meet and greet type situation. They can ask about specialties, what department they work in, how long have they been with the company, have they met ..., does ... work in their department, etc. Have different groups prepare product booths where they actually have...
- Thu Mar 10, 2011 2:01 am
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Tools for Educators.com
- Replies: 30
- Views: 44627
I updated the domino maker slightly. There's a new text only version. You can use that to make double sided text dominoes. With those you can choose to make dominoes with dots (like real dominoes) or the default is blank which would give you dominoes like the regular imaged based versions. http://ww...
- Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:01 am
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: Once a week - games?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7667
There are all kinds of games you can play with students. As Sally said, try the Games forum here. There's a post with 60 games for kids and then a bunch of people have added to that list: http://forums.eslcafe.com/teacher/viewtopic.php?t=4201 You can also check out the Games section on MES English, ...
- Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:38 am
- Forum: Elementary Education
- Topic: Connecting with ESL elementary teachers in other countries?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5302
There's also the option of project exchanges which are a bit easier to run. Students can just exchange a project of some sort. There's a V-Key Pals project exchange on MES English . It has completed projects from students around the world, on various themes. Your students can do a project and then y...
- Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:24 am
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Most commonly used handouts?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2881
I teach a lot of young learners, so I use vocabulary handouts and picture dictionary worksheets more than anything. Although from your list I chose grammar worksheets because I also use a lot of those with my students.
Where are you teaching and what age groups?
Where are you teaching and what age groups?
- Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:12 pm
- Forum: Preschool Education
- Topic: teaching mixed class 1- 3 year olds
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8249
I replied to this here, how to teach 1-5 year olds.