The 2016 Summer Olympic Games are on, so it’s a great time to try our brand new Countries vocabulary lesson with your young learners! (more…)
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Alphabet Name Game
This week’s Spotlight lesson is Alphabet Review from our Phonics Cafe – Book 2 section. Young English language learners will find 23 pages of printing practice for uppercase and lowercase letters, along with fun illustrations and exercises. After reviewing the alphabet on paper, why not try some oral practice with your students? The following activity is a simple one, but one I use again and again with my students because of the specific letter-sound focus. The instructions below tell you how to play with country names, but you can easily change the theme to suit whatever you’re studying in class (animals, food, etc.). (more…)
Article Review: Friendliest Countries in the World 2013
If you tried our Lesson of the Week about nations and nationalities, then a great follow-up would be to share these articles about different countries with your students.
Have your students look at “The Friendliest Countries in the World 2013” by Steven Sanders on Hubpages’s website. They’ll have fun checking to see if their countries are represented. Ask your young learners if they agree with the author’s choices. Which other countries do they think are friendly? How about their native countries (if you have a multi-national class)? How about other places they’ve visited? Have they been to any of the countries on the list? (more…)
I’m from Canada
Our Lesson of the Week, I’m from Canada in the Present Simple Dialogues 1 section of the Conversation Station, is a great follow-up from last week’s practice on the simple present. Students can improve their speaking, reading, listening, and grammar skills with this short exercise. (more…)
Where Do They Live?
Our Lesson of the Week is Where Do They Live? from the Where section in the Grammar School. This lesson features both world maps and city maps so that students can practice talking about where they live. This is a great lesson to do during the first few weeks of school when kids are getting to know each other. Our head writer, Tara Benwell, also wrote a blog post called Things to Do with a Map that is full of great activities that you could do before, after, or during the lesson. Our Library section has additional colorful maps available for subscribers in the Lists, Tests, Charts, and Maps category. For higher-level students, you could adapt the “directions” exercise in this lesson to include going from A to B with a review of prepositions of place. There is a prepositions chart on the second page of Grammar Chart A in the Lists, Tests, Charts, and Maps category. This week’s lesson could also lead to an interesting discussion about different cultures! (more…)
