Reading

Lead-in prediction task

Use this quick visual lead-in to build context and help learners focus their attention before any skills task or exam practice activity. Prepare a slide or digital board with 4–5 photos connected to the topic. Choose images that show people […]

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Vocabulary Snap & Mime

A quick vocabulary pre-teach task that is a useful to use instead of or after a word-definition matching task. Materials & Aims Materials Aims Procedure Online Adaptation Teacher Notes (support for weaker learners) Sample Task to illustrate notes: Match each […]

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Jigsaw Reading

A good way to make a reading task more manageable for students. The amount of preparation is up to you! Here are some ideas: This task is easily adaptable for an online class: Move on to the comprehension questions which […]

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Two Truths and One Lie

A classic warmer that never fails, especially in the first week of a new class or to review Present Perfect tenses to talk about experience or the past tense. Model the activity first by writing 3 statements about yourself on […]

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