Archive for the ‘Past continuous’ Category

More Xmas links, should you be a glutton for merriment (including one that says “Focus: Fluency speaking, advanced vocab, conversation, destroying students’ enjoyment of Christmas”, which is nice)

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Sorry there hasn’t been a lot going on the blog page of my blog. It’s all going on elsewhere though: (more…)

I don’t know if anyone has coined the term “desperation googling” yet, but that is the only description for what I have just been doing. My (fairly typical in Japan) Business English class that don’t really want to study Business English had been told that they were going to get the book this week (International Express Intermediate New Edition- yuck!) because I couldn’t think of a single other practice speaking activity for the Past Perfect and Past Continuous. And then I realised that I’d left the textbook at head office… (more…)

Here are some game-like resources for teenagers and adults who are going to travel and/ or are working in the travel industry:

http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheet-accomodation-rules-guessing-game-modals-travel-english/

http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheet-air-travel-mimes-collocations/

http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheet-travel-english-what-are-you-going-to-do-future-household-vocab/

http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheets-travel-english-compound-nouns-blackjack/

http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheets-air-travel-compound-nouns-articles-dominoes/

http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheet-travel-advice-country-guessing-game-modals-culture-uk-auz-nz/

http://www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp?catid=58025&docid=153941

All tried and tested, but feedback still gratefully received

According to this Daily Yomiuri article, 40% of new Japanese university students surveyed only reached the English level expected of 15 year olds! There is hope, though, and it comes from the fact that the university mentioned realises they have a crisis on their hands and has been forced to employ someone who can teach rather than just someone with a string of letters after their name. And she really does seem to know her public, because low level Japanese adult learners do love miming. They really can’t get enough of it, which is why I have a miming worksheets bonanza tried and tested in Japan over the years for you here:

 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheet-air-travel-mimes-collocations/

http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheet-body-idioms-mimes-pictionary/

http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheet-food-and-drink-mimes-present-continuous-culture/

http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheet-medical-english-mimes/

http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheet-noises-mimes-linking-words/

http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheet-technical-english-mimes/

http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheet-travel-english-mimes-past-continuous/

http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheets-business-english-sounds-and-mimes-present-continuous-present-simple/

So many uses for TPR, so little time…