This role-play background is suitable for speaking about shopping and eating habits, for example, where students usually shop and whether they ever visit local street markets. The inspiration for this video came from a lovely visit to Kingston upon Thames, where you can spend a relaxing day wandering around, sampling food from the local market…… Continue reading Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: At a Street Market
AI-generated Image. Two women happily chatting while grocery shopping together in the chilled foods aisle. Are you planning to get your students talking about their shopping or eating habits? Here’s a background that could make the activity more engaging by transporting learners from the classroom to a real-life setting. How to use it At the…… Continue reading Creating Immersive Role-play Experience in the Language Classroom: at the supermarket
Do you like going shopping? Do you like going to the sales to look for bargains? I bet you do! In this post you are going to hear somebody talking about something she bought at the sales. But guess what? Something went wrong. The woman in the pictures below went to the sales. She wanted…… Continue reading A2 Connecting sentences, Speaking, writing and Listening: A Woman Went to The Sales
These days we’ll be talking about shopping and consumerism in our B2.2 levels. In this level, you expect your students to gain spontaneity in speech when dealing with everyday situations. We’re going to talk about our favorite brands and advertisements that we find particularly funny. In this lesson, students speak and write about an ad…… Continue reading B2 Talking and Writing About Funny Ads
The sales have just started and many people see this as an opportunity to smarten up their wardrobes. Others just enjoy the challenge of finding the best possible bargains. When we talk about shopping, I usually notice something interesting. It seems the world is divided into people that love it. Then there are those that…… Continue reading B2 Personality quiz What Type of Shopper Are You?
Learning how to describe clothes is essential for speaking about fashion and style. So, in this lesson, we’ll explore the correct order of adjectives when describing clothing and practice using this rule effectively. In this post I will include: vocabulary related to materials and patterns adjectives to relate to styles word order related to adjectives…… Continue reading B2 Adjective Order for Fashion Descriptions
Hmmm lovely! Nothing like starting the year with a new set of phrasal verbs. These ones are related to wearing clothes and fashion. As usual, I’ve only included a short list of them to soften that learning curve. You’ll see there’s a cheat sheet and a quiz below. If you want to go the extra…… Continue reading B2 Learn Clothing Phrasal Verbs: Cheat Sheet & Quiz
This is going to be the last post for this year. If you’re wondering if I’m a bit of a workaholic, I’m beginning to think that I am. However, the intentions behind posting this during the Christmas holidays are partly due to the fact that among my New Year’s resolutions, I intend to find some…… Continue reading B2/C1 Engaging Listening Activity for Fashion Discussions
How good are you at managing money? Do you spend all your earnings before the end of the month, or are you what your friends generally refer to as ‘tightfisted’? In this personality quiz, you will be able to brush up on some money expressions and learn some more because this week we are dealing…… Continue reading B2 Personality quiz Are You a Money Maestro?
Hi there! Yes, I already had a presentation on shopping and fashion, but I can never stop myself from trying out new tools. Sometimes the result is a real mess, and sometimes it is worth it. I really don’t know if I will like the video below in a couple of weeks, but it took…… Continue reading B1-B2 Speaking about fashion
