As teachers it’s not always easy to have a spontaneous conversation with our language users, trying to stay within a specific grammar target. Over the years I’ve had hundreds of university students and adults in my ESL classroom. They seem to always tell me the same thing, that they already know most of the grammar but they just want to practice CONVERSATION. Every ESL teacher’s worst nightmare is the “only conversation” student because we all know that it’s impossible to speak well without the necessary grammar. Usually, I try to follow a simple lesson plan. 1. Teach the grammar 2.…
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I love these cards (well, I should. I made them😀) I created this set using all Present Simple questions. Sometimes I’ve found that beginning English students get frustrated because they want to speak but have limited vocabulary, grammar and comprehension. Sometimes teachers just don’t know what to ask – keeping it simple (Present Simple). These cards are great because they are also divided by category: Is/ Are Do /Does Adverbs of Frequency, How often questions to talk about daily routine Questions with What, Where, How Many, Who, When Have got questions to talk about possession. Here is a link to…
What a great way to practice identifying singular and plural noun endings. These colorful cards make it fun! I use them in the EFL classroom. After learning the rules with my young learners this is a quick, little prep (print, laminate & cut) activity. It can be used over and over again after is has been laminated. In this activity, your students will match PLURAL and SINGULAR noun images to matching vocabulary words. Nouns with plural suffix endings -s, -es and -ies are included. This is an easy to prepare activity for literacy centers. By turning the cards upside down, it can be used as…
Letter matching activities are the best way to practice UPPERCASE and LOWERCASE alphabet letters. Kids love the hands on matching and the moveable pieces help with fine motor skills as well. My DONUT alphabet matching kit is a great one for young learners. They love the colorful theme. You can also make a fun donut day activity by getting donuts and eating them after the activity. This is a pre-literacy matching card set that can be used with or without parent/teacher supervision. I can’t tell you how much these photo keeper boxes have come in handy throughout the years for…