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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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

When a noun is used as an adjective, we use the singular form:

book store
pet shop
pencil case
coin purse
letter carrier
...

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.

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 ...

... 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...

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...

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...

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, ...

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...

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?

I replied to this here, how to teach 1-5 year olds.