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Teaching Second Conditionals Through Absurd Sentences
Elena Shvidko
The second conditional (e.g., If I were, I would…) often causes difficulties even for advanced English learners. This fun and interactive activity will help learners practice this structure. The first part of the activity gives learners a chance to interact … Continue reading
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Developing Writing Skills Through Personal Journals
Elena Shvidko
A few years ago, when I was studying English in an intensive English program, I asked my writing instructor what I could do to improve my writing skills. I had a hard time coming up with ideas, so I asked … Continue reading
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Audience Awareness: An Interactive Group Activity
Elena Shvidko
This is yet another interactive activity that may help learners better understand the concept of audience (readers), the importance of the writer’s background knowledge about their audience, as well as the importance of writer-reader relationships. For this activity, you will need … Continue reading
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Speed Paraphrasing
Alexandra Lowe
Learning how to paraphrase is a crucial academic writing skill. Teaching paraphrasing is also a great way to teach critical thinking skills, because the struggle to write a succinct paraphrase forces students to wrestle with the underlying meaning of a writer’s … Continue reading
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Halloween Writing: A Scary Jumble Story
Elena Shvidko
Many teachers are familiar with a jumble story writing activity. There can be several variations to it depending on what the lesson is focused on. In the past, I used this activity to practice certain grammar principles, the use of … Continue reading
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Expressing an Opinion Through Scavenger Hunt
Elena Shvidko
And once again—a scavenger hunt! From my experience—and perhaps I am just lucky—student tend to enjoy activities based on the scavenger hunt idea. It gives them a chance to do something different from mundane classroom activities. While accomplishing a task, … Continue reading
Getting-to-Know-You Writing Activity: Using Names
Elena Shvidko
In many schools and educational programs around the world, the end of summer is considered to be the beginning of a new academic year. For us, teachers, this period involves lots of preparation, including designing a course syllabus, developing lessons … Continue reading
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4 World Cup Writing Activities
Elena Shvidko
As World Cup 2014 is about to start, we, teachers, can create interesting and motivating activities to make this popular event a part of our courses. Like many people in Russia (and Europe), I enjoy watching soccer games, and in … Continue reading
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