Cambridge exam preparation and learner autonomy: some online tools
A Designer Lessons ESL lesson plan by Neil McMillan It’s getting perilously close to the Cambridge FCE, CAE and CPE exams here in Barcelona. If your preparation courses, like mine, are finishing a week or so before the exam itself – or even if that dreaded date is still some …
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Apps and Mobile Technology – voice recognition
A designer Lessons ESL lesson plan developed by George Chilton I’ve taught this lesson in a couple of ways in the past. This one has been designed with Adult ESL students in mind, but it is highly adaptable – and can be tweaked quite easily for teens and lower-level groups. …
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5 Lessons with Infographics – 1 – That’s Old News
A designer Lessons ESL lesson plan developed by Neil McMillan I’d always liked the fancily animated graphical information on news and election programmes in the UK, so I was intrigued to discover just how big a phenomenon infographics are becoming on the internet. A quick search on google or pinterest …
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Future Self – Perfect and Continuous
Photo by Livy Vargas, © All Rights Reserved A designer lessons ESL lesson plan developed by George Chilton Here’s one for higher level teens – non-tech, and very centred on the students. It could be used for Business English, one-to-one and General English classes equally well, though you may just …
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A man without money – Listening and discussion
A designer lessons ESL lesson plan developed by George Chilton This is a simple video, comprehension and discussion related to giving up money – aimed at intermediate adults and teens. I’ve kept this one free of too many ideas because I’d really like to see what you do with it …
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Equal Opportunities: videotelling, listening, discussion (NSFW!)
A designer lessons ESL lesson plan developed by Neil McMillan EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING: This lesson focuses on the development of speculation & listening skills in relation to rapid American English, and the use of the vocabulary of equal opportunities, sexism and racism in …
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Liberty
A designer lessons ESL lesson plan developed by George Chilton This is a lesson plan that starts with a discussion and ends with a speech. The aim is to engage your students and talk about topical issues – now, as the lesson progresses, it should come apparent that the speech …
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30 days: Using English Outside the Classroom
A designer lessons ESL lesson plan developed by George Chilton This lesson plan aims to help students become motivated in their use of English out in the real world. They will start to plan and track their use of English and reflect upon their progress with other students in the …
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The Friendship Graph
A designer lessons ESL lesson plan developed by Neil McMillan Sometimes, finding comedy clips which appeal across cultures can be tricky, but you know it’s working when your students start laughing along. Perhaps because it deals with people who are some way out of their own cultural safety zone, the …
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5 activities for a floor plan: Part 3 – Estate Agent
A designer lessons ESL lesson plan developed by George Chilton Everybody loves estate agents, right? Well, this is a lesson that celebrates them. I’m using pictures sourced from @elt_Pics – I encourage you to look at the Flickr group and to follow them on Twitter. If you’ve had enough of …
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