Debating topics relevant to the news can be a high-interest way to engage English language learner. The link below has some video clips to see this in action.
Debating
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Learn Words
This is a great way for students to explore and learn words – especially after discussing morphemes in class.
using TED talks
Links to some brilliant auto lesson sites – especially activities for listening.
forgetting
Just in time for exam revision comes this article on Edutopia. Great thing to keep in mind from the start of the year!
grit – passion and success
Connect
This twitter account from Katie Toppel has some brilliant ideas – many for primary level – but general ones as well.
Listening sites
Phonetics and EAL
Great little article for getting a handle on the language used by linguists.
Film English Ali’s story
Another brilliant short lesson from Film English
Personality Adjectives
Brilliant and fun activities for exploring personality adjectives.
