Not a word was spoken (but many were learned)
Video is often used in the EFL classroom for listening comprehension activities, facilitating discussions and, of course, language work. But...
News Quiz 2013 - Vocabulary
Images by Tim Evanson , Gene Hunt & Alex Alishevskikh via Flickr As usual, as a follow up to the traditional end-of-year news quiz,...
Traditional end-of-year news quiz 2012
Photo by Sandy Millin via eltpics A bit less heavy on political news this year and featuring more sports, showbiz and gossip items, here is ...
Honesty Day
April 30th is celebrated in the USA and some other countries as Honesty Day. To mark this day, Billy Joel's classic ballad was an obviou...
If I were a boy
This activity based on Beyonce's song is suitable for older teens and adults at pre-intermediate level and up. The lesson plan is based ...
Before you listen, here are some words you may not know
Pre-listening activities: what to focus on? At last year's IATEFL conference in Brighton I was at a presentation on teaching listening w...