Forum: English Questions 
Nov 25th, 2018, 03:45 pm
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Views: 2,138  Re: leftover
Leftover food or leftovers is what is not eaten from a prepared meal and can be eaten on another day. Scraps is also leftover food, but usually not for eating. It is food that is thrown away or given...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
May 26th, 2018, 05:12 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 26,393 Re: Pronunciation games and activities
To practise minimal pairs, I've had quite a lot of success with this word match (http://eslgames.com/minimal-pairs-game/) activity. It really helps students to notice where they have difficulties and...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 17th, 2018, 03:51 am
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Oct 30th, 2017, 05:54 am
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Oct 27th, 2017, 12:34 pm
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Views: 3,321 Sounds of Halloween quiz
If you're looking for a fun Halloween activity. I've created an audio quiz (http://eslgames.com/halloween-activities/) which might fit the bill. Suitable for teens and above.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 25th, 2017, 10:01 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,245 Re: Teaching pronunciation to big groups
This minimal pairs games (http://eslgames.com/minimal-pairs-game/)is fantastic for helping students recognise and focus on the difference between similar vowel and consonant sounds. It's aimed at...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 4th, 2017, 07:44 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,553 Re: Any lesson plans online?
Here you go:
Heads Up English | ESL Lessons - Frontpage (http://www.headsupenglish.com/)
You might find something useful at ESL Base (http://www.eslbase.com/teaching/lesson-plans/) too.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Jul 3rd, 2017, 08:32 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,553 Re: Any lesson plans online?
Assume you're teaching adults, I have found very few decent examples of complete lesson plans.
At a push, I might use:
Breaking News English Lessons: Easy English News Materials | Current Events |...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Feb 20th, 2017, 05:25 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 338,934 Re: First Day Activities
One of my favourite activities for older, more advanced learners is to give each student a bunch of cards with different opinions on. If the opinion matches the student's own then they hang on to the...
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Forum: English Questions
Jan 18th, 2017, 09:00 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 49,303 Re: Will vs going to vs present continuous
I really like using future holidays to talk about the different future forms.
There are fixed arrangements when you need the present continuous.
I'm flying from Heathrow
We're staying with...
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Forum: ESL Games and Activities
Jan 18th, 2017, 08:46 am
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Jan 16th, 2017, 03:16 pm
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Views: 1,655 |
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Forum: English Questions
Aug 21st, 2016, 04:20 pm
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Aug 14th, 2016, 12:49 pm
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 8th, 2016, 06:57 am
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Views: 2,240 Re: Do these phrases mean the same thing?
No, they don't.
The grand opening, is the opening party of the store, maybe a celebrity opens the store, there might be some champagne for the first cutomers, etc.
The period of inception is the...
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 2nd, 2016, 05:46 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,175 Re: surprised
For your two examples there is no difference in meaning.
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Forum: English Questions
Jul 1st, 2016, 09:39 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,175 Re: surprised
Surprised can be followed by a verb (to + infintive), or by a noun - surprised at + noun, in your example you use the gerund seeing which is really just a verb in a noun form. You could also say...
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Forum: English Questions
Jun 25th, 2016, 12:32 pm
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Views: 2,888 Re: natives/indigenous people
I think the word natives has negative connotations and should be avoided.
The second example would probably divide opinion, it may not be politically correct but it doesn't sound as patronising as...
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Forum: Jumbled Words & Sentences
Jun 25th, 2016, 12:20 pm
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Views: 2,531 Mixed up idioms
Lots of mixed up idioms here.
eslgames.com/idioms/ (http://eslgames.com/idioms/)
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Forum: Advertise Your Services
Jun 23rd, 2016, 02:27 pm
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,859 Daily English Email
Sign up for a daily English email (http://dailyenglishemail.com) and get a little English in your inbox every morning.
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Forum: Teaching ESL
May 27th, 2016, 05:31 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,358 Re: Teaching Disabled Teens
If you're looking for a book to use, I find Headway A1 is excruciatingly slow for false beginners but absolutely perfect for slow learners. If you can somehow get hold of a copy of the teacher's book...
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Forum: General Chat
May 16th, 2016, 06:02 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,452 Re: do the English learn English?
I understand that it's difficult for many native English speakers to motivate themselves to learn another foreign language (the case for non-native speakers to learn English is very strong today)....
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Forum: English Questions
May 7th, 2016, 05:31 am
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Views: 2,783 Re: I can relate to
I don't think you have to be able to relate to someone to be able to understand them. I can watch the behaviour of a millionaire and understand how they might reach decisions. But I can't relate to...
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Forum: English Questions
Apr 29th, 2016, 08:11 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,783 Re: I can relate to
Hi fface,
To relate to something means that you can understand what something is like because you have had a similar experience.
For example, "I can relate to the character John in this book",means...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Apr 26th, 2016, 04:35 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,043 Re: Best organizing android app
I use google drive (including the android app) for organising everything. I use it for keeping track of classes, creating shared documents for homework, and keeping a repository of useful pdfs. I...
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