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Making Conversation: Student Interviews

This is an easy activity to get students talking. Each student selects a topic they want to be interviewed about. If there are internet-enabled devices available, …

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Big Brother is Watching You

Espionage has long been popular in movies. We’re all familiar with spy films where characters like James Bond use sophisticated hi-tech equipment and sometimes …

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The Future of Teaching

The art of conversation is considered a uniquely human endeavor. To become a better conversationalist we must listen to and participate in conversations with …

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29 Ways to Stay Creative

Breaking your routine and stimulating the senses in a new way are good ways to break out of a rut and refresh your creativity. …

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11 Untranslatable Words From Other Cultures

    How would you communicate the following ideas listed in the infographic in your native language? What words or phrases do you think …

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Does Your Handwriting Say Anything About You?

When I was on vacation recently I wrote a post card and sent it to my family. As I did this I realized how …

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London vs. Paris

Much of modern life revolves around cities. They’re convenient and centers of commerce. Fewer cities are more recognized than Paris and London. Here is …

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Some Perfectly Timed Photographs Part 1

These photos were complied by twistedsifter.com (original credits and more photos) and we’re borrowing a few to discuss tenses and vocabulary in English. Try to think …

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20 Years of Slang

  British Boy Learns American Slang:Filed under: Advanced, Culture, Fluency, Pronunciation, Speaking, Vocabulary Tagged: ESL, evolution, Slang, tefl, vocabulary

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10 Animal Idioms

An alley cat – is a feral or domestic cat that has gone wild and lives in a city street or alley. As poor …

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Quotes About Youth and Old Age

Filed under: Advanced, Argument and Debate, Cambridge Exam, Culture, Discussion, Philosophy, Reading, Speaking, Vocabulary Tagged: discussion, ESL, human needs, philosophy, Quotes, speaking

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Motorcycle Hand Signals

This is obviously good for people who ride motorcycles, but it’s useful for students learning English. It can be used to describe and discuss …

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Quotes About Attitude

Filed under: Advanced, Argument and Debate, Culture, Discussion, Philosophy, Reading, Speaking Tagged: critical thinking, discussion, ESL, human needs, Maslow's hierarchy, philosophy, public speaking,...

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US State Stereotypes According to Google

    Here is a map compiled by the @Amazing_Maps Twitter account. When someone types “Why is [state] so …” Google autocompletes it based on what …

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Quotes About Forgiveness

Filed under: Advanced, Argument and Debate, Cambridge Exam, Culture, Discussion, Philosophy, Reading, Speaking, Vocabulary Tagged: critical thinking, discussion, ESL, human needs, philosophy, public...

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Out in the Open: Man Creates One Programming Language to Rule Them All |...

This is for my students and readers involved in IT and programming. The article is about a new computer language called Julia. It’s considered …

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Amazing Photos from the Past

Photographs and other records of history are the closest thing we have for a time machine.  Most of us can’t really relate to the …

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Should The Copenhagen Zoo Have Killed the Lions?

From theguardian.com A Danish zoo that prompted international outrage by putting down a healthy giraffe and dissecting it in public has killed two lions …

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Using funny baby pictures to practice vocabulary and conversation

Here is a fun activity for the language classroom: Look at the following picture and describe what you see. What are they wearing and …

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Famous brands and their logo design

        Which of the following brands do you know? What do they produce and how does it effect your life? What …

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