Pronunciation – textploitation

Episodes

1. 10

   Christmas Memories: Used to / Would

   It’s been a while since we have put any new lessons up but for a very very good reason, which will become apparent in about March 2020. I couldn’t resist putting up a Christmas lesson and what better to focus on around this period but memories. I know there are many who don’t celebrate Christmas…

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   Dec 19, 2019
2. 9

   Modals of deduction – A murder – Part 1 & 2

   So, I have been teaching modals recently and I wanted to make modals of deduction a little more interesting. Voila: here we go. This lesson has a lot of reading, which should give the opportunity for some past tense work as well as lexis. It’s a murder mystery and the students work out who did …...

   Jul 11, 2017
3. 8

   Presentations: the pronunciation

   So, over the years I’ve taught countless presentation lessons. I’ve tackled them from many different sides. I’ve looked at linking words, planning and creating successful Powerpoint slideshows but what I noticed is that no matter how much planning went into the presentation or how much of the...

   Mar 1, 2017
4. 7

   One-sided phone calls

   Some of the more eagle-eyed among you may recognise the title from another lesson that we have done. This one seeks to differ though in its focus on future forms. There is also a focus pronunciation, intonation in the first listening and connected speech in the second. The idea for this came, as…

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   Jan 25, 2017
5. 6

   Low-level Past Simple Story Lesson

   THE WAKE-UP CALL I’ve been working out of New English File Elementary recently and it’s a great book but as often is the case with a book, it never really 100% gets the challenge right for your particular group. Sometimes it’s too easy, sometimes it’s too hard. At the moment it’s a smidgen too…

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   May 24, 2016