dog break-up
Here’s a refreshingly unusual, highly amusing and yet gut-wrenchingly poignant video extract that can help you spice up those ever so dreaded lessons on love and relationships that every teacher of...
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role playing: haggling in English
First things first: do you know what haggle means? If so, skip over the dictionary entry. If not, here’s what it means: (taken from the Oxford Advanced Learners’ Dictionary) Haggling is obviously...
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Some of the funniest roleplays I’ve ever done in class were based on situations revolving around giving and receiving tacky / useless gifts. I can still recall a group of intermediate students I once...
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collocations with lie
Who would’ve thought American political pundit Rachel Maddow would ever end up throwing a video with 10 collocations with lie on my lap? Last week, as I was enjoying my daily dose of the Rachel Maddow...
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President Obama’s 2012 victory speech
This listening / vocabulary video lesson is based on short excerpts from President Obama’s 2012 victory speech. I’ve been meaning to put together a lesson like this for a while now, so, on the heels of...
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TV pranks: a speaking / listening lesson
This is a challenging video-based listening / speaking / vocabulary lesson based on TV pranks. It is only suitable for upper intermediate and advanced students. This lesson was prompted by a Brazilian...
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“Jump”: Risk-taking vocabulary through music
This is a ready-made lesson you can use with your intermediate / upper-intermediate students. Copy and paste whatever you want to your heart’s content! You can use it to introduce / supplement those...
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And the Oscar goes to…
This is a ready-made, video-based lesson you can use with your upper-intermediate / advanced students. Copy and paste whatever you want, to your heart’s content! It’s yours to use. The activities have...
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Negotiating in English
This is a ready-made, video-based lesson you can use with your upper-intermediate / advanced adult students. Copy and paste whatever you want and use it to your heart’s content. A How easy would it be...
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