ESL Teacher Talk – ESL Podcasts for Teachers

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A fun and easy to prepare game that works to improve fluency, volume, and can be used for grammar or vocabulary review. All you need is a deck of cards and some students. 🙂

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If you didn’t know, Mark halloweens hard. This week we talk about some different Halloween activities and original games you can use in your classes or at a Halloween party. Since Halloween products can sometimes be scarce in other parts of the world, there are also some tips for how to decorate your classroom or event for Halloween, even on a low or no budget.

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Halloween Coloring Images
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Halloween Flashcards
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Halloween Party Ideas
Halloween Games

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After spending 2 years working in China, our guest, Jake, reflects on his experience and gives some advise for those looking to head over to China. He goes over the good, the bad and what kinds of cultural differences you might encounter.

The Game of the Week: Jake talks about a video activity he did with his university students making demonstrative videos and how you can too. With minimal media capabilities (a cell phone, webcam, digital camera or video camera,) you can make your students stars!

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This week’s guest talks about a video activity he did with his university students making demonstrative videos and how you can too. With minimal media capabilities (a cell phone, webcam, digital camera or video camera,) you can make your students stars!

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Who doesn’t want to watch a movie in class? There is more to it than just throwing on a popular video because the students like it. You can do more with it and still maintain the excitement and education value. This podcast goes over quite a few possibilities but feel free to post your own ideas below.

The Game of the Week is the prepositions game. Get your students to become masters of prepositions of location. Best of all, it’s fun for everyone!

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The Game of the Week is the prepositions game. Get your students to become masters of prepositions of location. Best of all, it’s fun for everyone!

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Encouraging participation, rewarding good behavior, and discouraging destructiveness are all problems we face as teachers. A solid reward system that backs up the classroom design and builds strong learners is essential. Here are a few ideas for different types of reward systems you can implement in your classes.

The Game of the Week: Do you know how to…
An easy to prepare activity that sends students on a mission to get past the angry bear, over the ominous mountain or past the angry English teacher for example.

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An easy to prepare activity that sends students on a mission to get past the angry bear, over the ominous mountain or past the angry English teacher for example. You can follow up with a writing exercise and you’ll have speaking, listening, reading, and writing all in one activity. Try it out with your students and let us know how it goes.

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A few weeks ago we talked about the advantages of having an English only classroom. After ths show Mark tested it out on his classes. Hear about his experiences. If you didn’t hear the previous show, check it out here.

The game of the week: The Can-Must Game. Altering and using the template provided here, students go around and practice giving other students commands, ‘You must …’ or ‘You can’t …’ The students mark down what they are told and then the insanity begins. The game is pretty fun, quick, easy to set up and explain. It will work with imperatives, ‘have to’ and I’m sure other grammar as well. Have fun!

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Altering and using the template provided here, students go around and practice giving other students commands, ‘You must …’ or ‘You can’t …’ The students mark down what they are told and then the insanity begins. The game is pretty fun, quick, easy to set up and explain. It will work with imperatives, ‘have to’ and I’m sure other grammar as well. Have fun!

Download the Can Must Game Word Document