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High school english language arts cultural activity interactive whiteboards
Idioms collection bundle ESL, EFL, ELL adult and kid conversation
This presentation contains SEVEN POWER POINT NO PREP LESSONS in editable PPT format, containing 46 slides each with 20 idioms, 3 worksheets and teacher's notes. This collection includes 140 of the funniest and most difficult idioms for a non-native speaker to comprehend.The origin of each idiom (if known) are explained in the note section of each slide, some are absolutely fascinating!I love teaching idioms, mostly because they make absolutely no logical sense and they get the class guessing and
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Idioms part one - ESL, EFL, ELL adult & kid PPT conversation lessons
Idioms, proverbs, and sayings, are extremely challenging for ESL students, but they are very important for spoken Language skills. This no-prep lesson requires students to guess the meaning of the idioms, give examples, and use them in conversation.This presentation contains a 46 slide PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with 3 worksheets and teacher's notes that accompany the lesson. This PowerPoint presentation includes:- 3 Worksheets for the students- Teacher instructions- Idioms and th
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Idioms collection bundle ESL, EFL, ELL adult and kid conversation
Describing your location - ESL adult and kid conversation lesson
YOU CAN FIND A VIDEO SAMPLE OF THIS LESSON: Click here This presentation contains a 71 slide PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with a vocabulary handout and Teacher’s notes.Descriptions of locations are becoming more and more difficult (not only for ESL), because we have learnt to rely completely on a GPS. We can’t read maps anymore and we have a tough time for giving directions to a specific location, if we can’t “share the GPS location on our phone”.In this lesson, I’ve tried to collect
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: learning to describe - bundle for ESL, EFL, ELL adult conversation
The most annoying things - ESL adult and kid conversation classes
This presentation contains a GREAT 47 slide PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with 2 work papers and a teacher’s note, for a 90 min. lesson. The goal of this lesson is to introduce and practice useful idiomatic phrases to express annoying situations.ESL students use a very ‘stiff’ and ‘grammatically academically structured’ language – with this lesson, I aim to pull them out of their comfort zone. Some of the sentences they are required to use, are deliberately ‘borderline’ slang, because
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The secret marketing tricks of supermarkets – Business English
This is a two-hour business PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format, with worksheets, and teacher's notes. Supermarket marketing tricks are fascinating. According to research, we spend 25413 hours of our lives (the equivalent of 3 years) on average in a retail store, and all this time a billion-dollar industry of psychologists, anthropologists, and scientists is being employed to get us to part with our cash. Some of these methods are well known and upfront, others are unknown to most and work
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Elevator pitch – Business English - ESL adult classes
"Constructing an elevator pitch" is a 39 slide PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with worksheets and teacher’s notes.Although created with English Business classes in mind, this lesson is also a great practice for adult ESL students of intermediate and advanced levels who want to be able to introduce themselves in English professionally and socially in improvised situations.This lesson is aimed at Business English students of intermediate and advanced levels who work with an international
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: ESL International business course – Business bundle - ESL adults
Meet and greet - ESL, EEL, EFL adult conversation classes
Meet and greet - ESL adult conversation lesson in PowerPoint formatThis is a two-hour ESL adult conversation lesson in editable PPT format with student handouts and teacher’s notes.RESOURCE TYPE✓ 2 PowerPoint presentations✓Teacher’s notes✓Student-printed handouts with the covered material*My PowerPoint presentations are created using the Microsoft 365 program and feature an advanced level of slide animation. The printable worksheets are created on the Word program. Meet and greet - Lesson descri
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Extreme sport – There’s a twist! - ESL adult & kids conversation lesson
This is a two-hour ESL adult PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with worksheets and a class activity. In this lesson, students are asked to comment, discuss, and argue - risky and dangerous behavior – but they’ll need to define it first. Extreme sports are becoming popular due to a society that is growing wealthier, more health-conscious, and with much more free time. Another (seemingly less important, but who are we kidding) interesting factor is the visual attraction that these sports ha
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Pro and Post Vacation Bundle - ESL adult conversation PowerPoint lessons
American desserts as a reflection of a culture - ESL adult and kid conversation
This presentation contains a 55 slide PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with a Teacher’s note included. I had to explain to a student what a Twinkie was (he saw it in a film), and realized that you can probably teach a lot about American culture through its unique desserts. Every culture has its own desserts. The USA is a melting pot of immigrants and its desserts very much reflect that.I gathered every classic American dessert I could think of (who knew there were so many…) with some int
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Fear – what exactly are you afraid of – ESL adult conversation PPT
This presentation contains a 27 slide PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with 3 handouts that accompany the lesson. Fear! - can you think of a better conversation topic for a lesson?This lesson has got me through some difficult Mondays...it's a non-prep lesson that will give you two hours of engaged conversation and full participation.This lesson includes:♚ A discussion about the difference between fear and phobias.♚ Common fears and whether they are rational or not.♚ What is the biggest f
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Halloween mega bundle - ESL Adult English conversation power-point
Superstitions - What does science say? ESL adults PPT no-prep lesson
This presentation contains a 36 slide PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format. *This is the conversation part of the "superstition" lesson. The second part is called: "Superstitions - quiz"I created this lesson for the Halloween period when superstitions are fun to discuss. Superstitions are a great conversation topic because we all seem to have them. Even my most pragmatic students reluctantly admit that they wouldn’t discuss road accident scenarios while driving or book a flight on Friday the
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Halloween mega bundle - ESL Adult English conversation power-point
Making a first impression – Business English - ESL Adult conversation classes
This adult conversation business lesson was designed to help ESL students to learn about social and professional situations. Improvised situations are a formidable challenge for ESL students, mainly because it requires an “on the spot” reaction in English. Practicing a first impression is a way to properly prepare them for such cases. Learning where they might trip up is the first step to success in a cross-cultural encounter. This presentation contains a PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT forma
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: ESL International business course – Business bundle - ESL adults
Censorship, what's the big deal? debate - ESL adult and kid conversation
This presentation contains a 39 slide PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with a worksheet on censorship in our society.It includes a debate lesson on:- Examples from real contemporary censorship cases - Self-censorship – do we need to apply it? When?- News censorship – is it different to other forms of censorship?- Movies, should they be censored?- discussion about the censorship of books.I hope you enjoy this lessonFor problems and questions, suggestions or idea sharing, I would LOVE
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Job interview – Business English - ESL adult conversation classes
'Job interview' is an adult PowerPoint business lesson.A successful job interview depends mostly on the ability to reduce surprises to a minimum. Getting a job interview is getting your foot through the door but passing a job interview with flying colors takes planning and practice. Many job interviews go badly for reasons that have nothing to do with the candidate’s capacity or suitability for the job.This lesson covers the necessary steps and preparations a person needs to take in order to ens
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: ESL International business course – Business bundle - ESL adults
Describing food – ESL adult power point conversation
This presentation contains a 55 slide, power point presentation with a vocabulary handout.the second-best thing to eating food, is talking about it. You can no longer come back from a holiday or talk about a weekend away with friends without being asked to describe your meals in detail.it’s not just about food – ‘Food talk’ take on many forms. When we talk about food, we share our pleasure in what we eat but we also convey our love and desire, devotion and disgust, aspirations and anxieties, ide
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: learning to describe - bundle for ESL, EFL, ELL adult conversation
Describing faces – ESL/ELL adult conversation PowerPoint lesson
This is an ESL adult conversation lesson. It includes an editable PowerPoint with worksheets, a class activity, and teacher’s notes.Face description is a fascinating thing. Every time I watch a program where a witness is asked by a detective to describe a person that they’ve seen at a crime scene, I marvel at their ability to do it so accurately. I’m not even sure I’d be able to describe my neighbor’s face to someone, let alone a face I’ve seen for a split second under duress. Facial features ar
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: learning to describe - bundle for ESL, EFL, ELL adult conversation
Planning a dream vacation - ESL adult conversation
This is a two-hour ESL adult PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with worksheets and a conversation activity. This is a great lesson to have either before or after a holiday or at the end of the year.Vacations are always fun to discuss, even when we can't have one. This is a great cross-cultural topic and will be a wonderful ice-breaker lesson for a new class. Why are we obsessed with planning dream vacations?In this lesson, students are required to share their thoughts about the planning s
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Pro and Post Vacation Bundle - ESL adult conversation PowerPoint lessons
Making a presentation in English – Business English - ESL adult conversation
This presentation contains a 40 slide PowerPoint lesson in an editable PPT format with two checklist sheets for the students and a teacher’s notes. This lesson is aimed at Business English students of intermediate and advanced levels who work with an international market, for multinational companies, do business with Anglo-Saxon companies or require English for traveling abroad.This lesson is a part of a business English course covering: International Business etiquette, Cross Culture business g
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: ESL International business course – Business bundle - ESL adults
Marriage – for and against - ESL, EFL, ELL adult and kid conversation
This presentation contains a 49 slide PowerPoint lesson in an editable PPT format with Teacher’s notes and a quiz worksheet that accompany the lesson. Let me start by mentioning that I have been happily married for the past 24 years. The idea for this lesson started with an argument in my ESL class about whether or not a growing rate of young people is choosing a substitute for the traditional marriage format. I wanted to check this theory out and found a flood of information in the form of coun
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
CANADA VS USA - ESL adult and kid debate conversation
This presentation contains a 50 slide PowerPoint lesson in an editable PPT format with a work paper and Teacher’s notes that accompany the lesson. This lesson is a wonderful exercise in debating an opinion for ESL students or high school kids.Most ESL students, adults and kids alike, have misconceptions, stereotypes and sometimes just plain wrong opinions about these two great countries.Most of all, in my experience, it’s Canada that gets the short end of the stick. I know the comparison might a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Stress - ESL business adult conversation lesson
This is a conversation lesson with two PowerPoint presentations in editable PPT format, worksheets, an activity, and teacher’s notes.This topic is probably one of the most relevant and interesting conversation topics you’ll find, perfect for ESL students, since it’s a universal problem, experienced by everyone.I tried to collect and include as much ‘up-to-date’ research data as possible about the subject so that you could hold an informative discussion in class about it.In this lesson, we will d
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Excuses - learn how to make them properly! ESL adult & kid conversation
This presentation contains a 31 slide, adaptable power point presentation, with a video and a work paperTeacher notes included.This subject is fun because it gives us an opportunity to talk openly and in detail about something we usually don’t freely admit.It’s also a great opportunity to use the (very English) phrase ‘hypothetically speaking…. Which my students adopted immediately and totally abused by the end of the lesson…This lesson includes: - Proverbs - The difference between an excuse an
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Ice breakers - adult ESL conversation lesson in PowerPoint format
This is an ESL adult conversation lesson in editable PPT format with worksheets and teacher’s notes.RESOURCE TYPE✓PowerPoint presentation✓Printable word worksheetsLesson descriptionThis lesson is for new groups/classes, that need to bond and get to know each other.When we know personal information about other people, it creates communication shortcuts. In a group, this information is a type of shorthand, that is not only more engaging but also makes the group trust one another and be more produc
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Breakfast - The most interesting meal of the day – ESL adult & kid conversation
This presentation contains a 37 slide PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT format with two work papers and a video that accompany the lesson - Teacher notes and answer key included.Cross culture lessons are always interesting and engaging.Breakfasts are incredibly diverse from one culture to another. They change drastically from country to country, from area to area, from person to person.This lesson includes:- Breakfast vocabulary - We discuss the students’ personal breakfast preferences and habit
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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