Blog & Teach

This is a nice video!

Just watch…good fun. It makes me think of those people who will never be able to understand the world around them!

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The British Council introduces this small applet, Text Terminator, from Learn English Central. Students must complete hidden texts in three different levels. You can listen to the story if it is too difficult.

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-games-text-terminator-index.htm#how-to-play

I’m back!

Back after an almost three-week daily struggle with my three daughters… Happy New Year!

Here’s a link to The British Council… about time! Different interactive activities as well as print-outs. Nice for young learners.

I’ll be back with new materials very soon.

Here’s a listening from    with two people talking about Santa Claus in Canada and in Switzerland. You can read the text as you listen, and then have your students do the quiz. Click on the pictures:

Canada:

Switzerland:

Here’s a nice website with some listening games: elllo. The interface is quite simple, and it’s good for time-filling activities. The transcript appears right underneath the quiz game.