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Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: At a Sporting event

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This role-play background is suitable for speaking about sport, football, sporting events or football fans, to give just a few examples. In this four-minute video, students can simulate a conversation with a football supporter while experiencing the final four minutes before Spain wins the World Cup for the second time. Well done, Spain!!! How to…… Continue reading Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: At a Sporting event

B1 · sports, hobbies & interests · video

Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: At the Bookshop

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XqEdBvTpM0 Are you planning to get your students talking about books and reading habits? Here’s a background that could make the activity more engaging by transporting learners from the classroom to a beautiful old bookshop, with some relaxing music to help set the scene. How to use it At the end of a unit on…… Continue reading Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: At the Bookshop

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A2 Are you an Optimist or a Pessimist?

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In Spain we have a saying that says ”Ver la botella medio llena o medio vacia” when we refer to how different people see aspects of life differently. In this I’m going to teach ‘will’ for predictions to my As and for this I have set up some new contents and I will also use…… Continue reading A2 Are you an Optimist or a Pessimist?

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B2 Survival English: Second Conditionals gone wild

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Are your students tired of grammar gap-fills? Mine too. So I created a dramatic survival activity to practise the second conditional in a way they’ll never forget… unless they get eaten by a tiger first. The Setup The topic was “Survival” and the target grammar was the second conditional. I prepared six short, horrible anecdotes…… Continue reading B2 Survival English: Second Conditionals gone wild

C 2 · sports, hobbies & interests

C1-C2 Quiz: matches, races, competitions and event vocabulary

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Tommy Farr The Tonypandy Terror and my dear grandfather Here are two quizzes related to this vocabulary. I divided the quiz into 2 as they were far too long and exhausting.

Body, health & nutrition · C 2 · sports, hobbies & interests

C1 Word formation ‘Sport Injury Prevention Tips’

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Text adapted from Healtychildren.org

B1 · sports, hobbies & interests

Intermediate B1 Speaking practice: Sport

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Hello! Here’s a fun way to do speaking activity on Sport. Click on the link and answer the questions once the wheel has stopped. Sport wheel

B1 · sports, hobbies & interests

Vocabulary on sport: play, do or go?

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Are you interested in sport? Do you do any particular form of sport? What type of sport do you like doing? Maybe you're a bit of a couch potato and you prefer watching your favourite team on TV instead of going out into the fresh air like some of my sporty friends; who never worry about… Continue reading Vocabulary on sport: play, do or go?