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Easy as 1, 2, 3: Ideas to practice counting
When you teach a group of beginners, a lesson on numbers usually appears early in the curriculum. Do you have some favorite activities for numbers? It’s common to ask students to exchange phone number… more →
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Easy as 1, 2, 3: Ideas to practice counting
englishwithjennifer wrote 1 day ago: When you teach a group of beginners, a lesson on numbers usually appears early in the curriculum. Do … more →
What are you thankful for?
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englishwithjennifer wrote 4 days ago: Soon Americans will celebrate Thanksgiving. Whether you’re in the U.S. or not, we can all take a mom … more →
The Language Used in a Language Lesson: Controlled v. Authentic
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englishwithjennifer wrote 6 days ago: Do you believe we should teach using controlled language or authentic language? Should students hear … more →
Old Hats, New Uses: How experience outside the field gets put to use
englishwithjennifer wrote 1 week ago: Not all ESL/ EFL teachers discover their calling before graduating college. In fact, I’ve trained in … more →
Tools at Your Fingertips: Interesting Online Resources
englishwithjennifer wrote 1 week ago: I love a successful session of browsing on the Internet. Let me share two discoveries. Both of the f … more →
Sentence First Aid: An exercise to practice punctuation
englishwithjennifer wrote 1 week ago: Practicing punctuation in some people’s view may be as exciting as washing dishes, but by providing … more →
Our Colleagues: Establishing and maintaining a mutually beneficial relationship
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englishwithjennifer wrote 2 weeks ago: I wrote once before about viewing our colleagues as a resource. As part of our professional developm … more →
Compound Circles: An activity to practice compound words
englishwithjennifer wrote 2 weeks ago: Objective: To help students gain familiarity with patterns used in forming compound words (open, clo … more →
Student Stumper 11: Compound Words
englishwithjennifer wrote 2 weeks ago: QUESTION: How do we know if a compound word is written as a single word, as separate words, or with … more →
More Language Learning Opportunities Found in Online Photos
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englishwithjennifer wrote 3 weeks ago: As a continuation of my previous posting, here are two more whole language activities centered aroun … more →
Language Learning Opportunities Found in Online Photos
englishwithjennifer wrote 3 weeks ago: I love finding new uses for common teaching tools. Photos have always been one of my favorite visual … more →
Student Stumper 10: The placement of adjectives
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englishwithjennifer wrote 3 weeks ago: QUESTION: Do adjectives always come before nouns in English? ANSWER: No. This question was shared wi … more →
Online Treasures: Free online downloads for listening practice
englishwithjennifer wrote 1 month ago: I discovered an interesting site with audio recordings that are all public domain. (The site states … more →
Second-hand Writing: Maximizing the usefulness of a writing activity
englishwithjennifer wrote 1 month ago: I hope the title caught your attention, but perhaps it’s also caused some confusion. Let me explain. … more →
Using the Sense of Touch in Pronunciation Instruction
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englishwithjennifer wrote 1 month ago: I’ve shared tips for teaching vowel and consonant sounds in an earlier posting. One addition to that … more →
Turning Informal Into Formal: A writing activity for phrasal verbs
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englishwithjennifer wrote 1 month ago: The purpose of this exercise is to reinforce students’ understanding of the differences between form … more →
Putting Together a Narrative: An activity for phrasal verbs
englishwithjennifer wrote 1 month ago: This activity puts a spin on a familiar classroom game: chain stories. It’s best to do it in writing … more →
Student Stumper 10: Figuring out phrasal verbs
englishwithjennifer wrote 1 month ago: QUESTION: How can we know if a phrasal verb is separable or inseparable? ANSWER: There isn’t always … more →
Real Life Skills: First Aid
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englishwithjennifer wrote 1 month ago: Is there anyone for whom it’s not beneficial to know how to administer first aid? For the following … more →
