Class Debate - tasks for everyone
on Nov 21, 2009 in debate intermediate advanced writing First and foremost, let me thank everyone. Let me thank those who had expressed enough interest to have voted, but let me also thank those who had not voted because they made me realise that some students were thinking they could switch off while the...

Parts of the body
on Nov 20, 2009 in elementary games basic vocabulary lists Do you know your body? Put yourself to the test and and play this labelling game by clicking on the icon below. Speed (time) and accuracy (percentage of correct answers) are the two important factors here. Before you start the game, try to identify...

Why do we have seasons on Earth? (Geography/Science)
on Nov 17, 2009 in video Science Q+A CLIL geography It is perhaps something we all have taken for granted, and perhaps some of us think it has got something to do with the distance of the sun from the Earth at different times of the year. Well, actually, the reason why we have seasons is because the...

Plain Massif - Know Your Relief (Geography)
on Nov 13, 2009 in games CLIL geography vocabulary I'm sure you know what a beach is, but can you tell a cliff from a cape, or a gorge from a glacier? Put yourself to the test and try to match the descriptions to the images by clicking on the icon below. Speed (time) and accuracy (percentage of corr...

How to make a telephone call (Elementary)
on Nov 12, 2009 in video elementary games listening skills speaking how to basic conversation vocabulary Do you have trouble making a telephone call in English? Do you get nervous when you don't understand the person on the other end? Are you familiar with most of  the basic telephone language? In this post, I will  try to help you improve your teleph...

Label the Animal Cell (Science) (Elementary)
on Nov 8, 2009 in elementary games Science CLIL basic vocabulary Click on the image below to test your vocabulary knowledge of the animal cell in this fun labelling game! Speed (time) and accuracy (percentage of correct answers) are the two keys here. When you've played the game, don't forget to post your name (fu...

Phases of the Moon (Science) (Elementary)
on Nov 5, 2009 in video elementary games Science CLIL basic The moon is Earth's only natural satellite, and is the brightest object in the sky at night. However, the moon itself has no light, but because it reflects light from the sun, it appears as though it has. As the moon orbits around the Earth, it seem...

Superlative adjectives without the definite article 'the'
on Nov 1, 2009 in grammar problems Q+A adjectives We've always repeatedly told our students, 'Don't forget the definite article when using the superlative!' so it wasn't all that surprising when one of my students, Saulo, asked me the other day, 'Isn't that sentence wrong? Isn't it missing the defin...

Jumbled Sentences: Adverbs of Frequency (Elementary)
on Oct 27, 2009 in elementary adverbs grammar games wordle basic make sentences present simple You probably already know about adverbs of frequency, so I won't say too much here, except to say that these adverbs tell us how often something happens. There are plenty of them, but the basic ones you need to know are the following: never-->some...

Find these major cities in this latitude/longitude game
on Oct 26, 2009 in games CLIL geography Test your map reading skills! Using the given latitude and longitude, try to find these major cities as quick as you can. When you've finished, take note of your score (% and time), and post it in the comments section below. If you would like to bri...