Food - Handouts 🍉🍨🍪🍒

     Hello, my friends! 🍓🍫🍇

 I love talking about food (as well as eating 😉) and I guess it is one of my favourite topics. 
That's why I decided to prepare handouts related to this theme today . So lets get down to work and our worksheets 😌👇

1) Food Word Grouping Activity - http://www.esltower.com/VOCABSHEETS/food/What%20does%20lemon%20taste%20like.pdf
2) Food & Drinks Matching Activity - https://pcpi-2-ingles.wikispaces.com/file/view/Food%20and%20drinks.pdf/277227812/Food%20and%20drinks.pdf 
3) Food Word Search Activity - http://www.grammarbank.com/support-files/food-word-search.pdf ;
http://www.grammarbank.com/support-files/birhday-party-word-search.pdf 
4) Food: Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaqISEs_uj0
5) Food: Audio & Pictures - http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/food-new/ ;
http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/food2/
6) Fruits: Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApZNCBgoi30
7) Food Wordsearch & Grouping Activity - http://www.esltower.com/VOCABSHEETS/food/foodquantifiers.pdf
8) Crossword Activity - http://www.esltower.com/VOCABSHEETS/food/Food%20crosswords.pdf 
9) Food Spelling Worksheet - http://www.mes-english.com/worksheets/flashcards/food_spelling.php
10) Food Boardgame - http://www.mes-english.com/worksheets/flashcards/food_boardgame.php
11) Lets Talk About Food (lots of different useful worksheets) - https://en.islcollective.com/resources/search_result?Vocabulary_Focus=Food

 

 

Sport - Handouts 🏃🎾⚽🏇

Hello! 😉
Today I decided to choose the topic "Sport" and I want to share a few useful handouts with you. 🏊🏈🏀 As I and a lot of my friends have tutoring classes with children, I want to share handouts which are perfect for this age group. These worksheets include various activities and games. Below you can see links: 1) Sports Picture Dictionary Worksheet - https://www.englishwsheets.com/sports-1.html
2) Sports Matching Exercise - https://www.englishwsheets.com/sports-2.html
3) Sports Vocabulary Wordsearch Puzzle Worksheet - https://www.englishwsheets.com/sports-3.html
4) Sports Vocabulary Crossword Worksheet - https://www.englishwsheets.com/sports-4.html
5) Sports Bingo Worksheets - http://bogglesworldesl.com/sportsbingo.htm
6) Sports Crossword - http://bogglesworldesl.com/files/Sporteasy.jpg
7) Different worksheets connected to the Summer Olympics (crosswords, riddles, bingo, exercises) -    http://bogglesworldesl.com/olympics_worksheets.htm
8) Different worksheets connected to the Winter Olympics (word search activities, a word jumble activity, a crossword...) -  http://bogglesworldesl.com/winter_olympics.htm
9) Multiple Choice Questions - https://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/336.html
10) Various ESL Sports Worksheets - https://en.islcollective.com/resources/search_result?Vocabulary_Focus=Sports

11) You can create your own worksheets here - http://www.toolsforeducators.com/sports.php

Hope you will like these handouts 💟

Exploring English - Week 3

Hello, my readers! ✌

I have already  finished 3 weeks of this course and I must admit that they have been very exciting so far. 

 

So during the third week we discussed the British countryside. We also watched interesting videos and learnt more about the different countries that make up the United Kingdom. In addition, I read information about gradable and non-gradable adjectives and their modifiers in the language focus section. Below I posted my screenshots 😊

 Thank you for your time and have a great week!

Exploring English - Week 2

Good evening! 💜

I would like to tell you about the second week of the course "Exploring English" (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/explore-english-language-culture/7/todo/10741).

This week is focused on British music and on how music is being used to help young people take an active role in society. I like that the language work section is included in this course and we read some information about relative pronouns and relative clauses this week.  You can see screenshots of quizes which I took during Week 2 as well as comments and my progress below. 

This course is definitely worth taking!

Bye 😉

Exploring English - Week 1

Hello!

I decided to join the online course "Exploring English" by the British Council (https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/explore-english-language-culture/7/todo/10740). I completed the first week and it was very
interesting.

During that week we looked at English as a global language and how technology could help people learn. Moreover, I got a chance to learn about the usage of passives and  discussed the expressions like "in terms of" and "in the sense that". I had many quizes during this week and I will include a few pictures of them here.

I also wrote a lot of comments. Below you can see some of them.

Thanks for reading my blog and check out my review on Week 2 :)

The child as a learner

Good evening, everyone!

 

Today I came across an article that explores how young children learn languages and what teachers can do to help them and their parents to make this process more enjoyable and positive. As I have some tutoring classes with little kids, I was curious to find out what stops children from learning, how they learn and which tips can help me to teach them more effectively. The highligh of this article for me was the passage about the language learning games which I can play with my students. I decided to share these games in my post.

• Bingo - Use numbers, letters of the alphabet, or word families: furniture, fruits, sports, jobs, colours, actions.
• Memory - Put ten everyday objects on a tray. Say what they are in English, cover them. Can your child remember what's there and tell you in English? You can also use photos from magazines or newspapers of different word families.
• Alphabet Game - Say a letter of the alphabet. Can your child find an animal, something to eat, etc. beginning with that letter? Or ask your child to write five words beginning with one letter.
• I-Spy - Say that you are thinking of something beginning with a letter. Your child has to guess what it is.
  Example: 'I spy with my little eye, something beginning with W.' 'Is it water?' 'No.' 'Is it the window?' 'Yes!'
• Twenty Questions - Think of an object or animal. Your child has to ask questions to find out what it is.
  Example: 'Is it big?' 'No.' 'Is it very small?' 'Yes.' 'Is it green?' 'No.' 'Is it grey?' 'Yes.' 'Is it a mouse?' 'Yes!'
• Definition Game - Give your child a definition, they have to guess what you're defining.
  Example: 'It is very big and it has a long nose.' 'Is it an elephant?' 'Yes!'
• Treasure Hunt - Your child has to find something by following the clues you've written in English.

 

If you are interested in this topic, read the full article on this link: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/child-a-learner-1

Thanks for reading my blog! Bye :)

Teens and writing skills

Hello, my dear readers!

I cannot but agree that writing is becoming an increasingly important skill in today’s world. Teenagers use the written word in their own language to communicate in both social and academic contexts and many of them will need to develop good writing skills in English too. This article provides some awesome tips to improve your writing skills. You can find my favourite tips below.

 

Before writing

1. Having something to say - helping to think of ideas and shape these ideas into a plan before students begin writing. 
2. Roleplay - before starting a piece of writing such as an opinion essay or a ‘For and against’ essay, it can be useful for learners to argue different points of view about tphe topic.
3. Speedwriting - it helps learners jot down all the ideas and information they have about a subject. They write continuously about a certain topic for three minutes. The aim is to get ideas down on paper.
4. Images - they can help learners think of ideas for different kinds of writing tasks.
5. A story mountain - before writing a story it is useful for learners to plan their storyline. A story mountain can help them do this by giving them a basic story structure. Find an example of a story mountain here:http://www.brainpop.co.uk/uk/new_common_images/files/11/112523_GO_STORY_MOUNTAIN-UK.pdf
6. Extending vocabulary   

 

 After writing

1. Having an audience – reader response - learners will be more motivated to write interesting content and think about accuracy if they know their writing is going to be read by someone other than their English teacher.
2. Correction codes - e.g. learners make a glossary of the correction codes the teacher uses in their notebooks (sp = spelling, wo = word order, vf = verb form, p = punctuation, etc.). They also assign a section of their notebook to track the mistakes they make in each piece of writing. This way, they can see which mistakes they regularly make and consciously look out for these particular mistakes when reviewing their work. 
3. Spelling - students do various exercises to improve their spelling as well as they memorize misspelt words from their assignments.

In my opinion, these tips by Samantha Lewis are very reasonable. You should check the full article to find out more information about improving writing skills: 

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/teens-writing-skills