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Teach English with Lucha Libre
Posted on: November 13, 2013
- In: Culture | Diversity | English/ Language Arts | ESL/EFL | Foreign Language | Literacy | Reading | Speaking | Writing
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HERE is Larry Ferlazzo’s recent New York Times article where he explains how to incorporate the Mexican wrestling phenomenon of Lucha Libre in a speaking, writing, and reading activity for English Language Learners. A video, slide show, and quiz is included.
Posted on: October 21, 2013
10 British Slang Expressions You Will Hear When Visiting London
From the blog The World Is Your Oyster:
If you’re planning on visiting London in the future, you might just want to familiarise yourself with some British Slang expressions that are very commonly used by the British.
They will be very useful particularly if you’re likely to be socialising with Londoners.
Posted on: October 21, 2013
These Images Show Just How Differently Cats and Humans See the World
Great images to start off a discussion on diversity and culture.
Podcasts – Get Them Talking!
Posted on: October 11, 2013
How can teachers use podcasts in the classroom??
Here’s a “Quick List” of ideas!
Use podcasts for…
- Weather reports
- Science reports
- Poetry recitation
- Pronunciation practice
- Classroom news
- Old-time radio soap operas
- Interviews with parents, teachers, community members
- Directions to a place in school or in the community
Ideas by Grade Level Clusters
- K-5: interview community members in small groups, starting with school staff for younger students
- 6-8: “interview” characters from literature being read, scientists being studied, and famous people in history
- 9-12: students design an investigative project in which they pose a problem or questions and then interview a series of people in the community about the topic
(From: Empower English Language Learners With Tools Form the Web, by Lori Langer de Ramirez)
Posted on: September 26, 2013
This is a list of dice games, communication games, games for language classes using dice and most make for great group games and one-on-one games in foreign language lessons and lesson plans.
Use these free dice makers to create dice with custom text or dice with pictures to match MES-E flashcard sets. The free dice generators are available from Tools for Educators.com which is an MES site.
Posted on: September 26, 2013
Communicative/Pair Activities for ESL students
“Communicative activities provide students with the opportunity to hear and use language. These types of activities require students to communicate with each other to complete a task or shared goal and use specific target language at the same time.
Mazzocchi ESL 