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If you’re looking for a way to help your students cope with the idiosyncrasies of English plurals, this Lesson of the Week, “Plural Nouns & Admired People”, contributed by an Indonesia ETA, may be just the ticket. Following a grammar introduction, students practice using regular and irregular plurals with stories about people whom they may admire, as well as other activities. You can find materials for this lesson below:
Thinking in another language is hard. In order to prepare our students’ minds for a full lesson of English grammar, conversation, or some other topic, it is often best to use the first few minutes of class doing some sort of non-demanding warm-up activity to get the English-language gears in students’ brains going. If you’re searching for ideas of good starter activities to use for your classes, then our newest Lesson Resource of the Month, “Warm-Up and Filler Activities”, may be just the thing for you!
You can explore the warm-up and filler materials put together by multiple ETAs here.
Verb tenses, and teaching prepositions.
Activate: Games for Learning American English
Fun, meaningful board games to use in your classroom. Check out these board games! Game themes require students to produce certain types of expressions, so they practice a variety of vocabulary, grammatical patterns, and functional meanings.
For example, check out "Use a Word" to practice past simple tense, or "Have you Ever...? Oh, When?" to practices present perfect tense.
To print the board games and instructions visit American English @ State https://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/activate-games-learning-american-english
Guess What
Players take turns using English to describe words on Guess What? cards. In turns, one player describes the items with as much detail as possible, while the remaining players try to guess what the student is describing. This game works well in groups of 3-4. It can also be done as a whole-class activity or as a competition among groups.
To print a set of cards and instructions visit American English @ State https://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/activate-games-learning-english-guess-what#child-1684
Board Games
Word Bricks help students identify word patterns in sentences. This overview will teach you sentence structure and patterns and help you to master all of the Word Bricks games!
To print word bricks and instructions visit American English @ State https://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/activate-games-learning-american-english-word-bricks#child-1820
Picture This
Picture This cards are a set of cards that can be used for a variety of conversation and word games in English classes.
To print a set of cards and instructions visit American English @ State https://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/activate-picture-this
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