Nationalities and Jobs
Speaking activity. In the file you have a set of cards containing a proper noun, a nationality and a job. Students have to construct sentences with this information. The teacher will give each student...
View ArticleVideo Worksheet: The Story of Thanksgiving
This is worksheet about the Story of the First Thanksgiving based on the youtube video of Ellen Degeneres Show. It is really funny and I recommend to use it with older learners. There are eleven...
View ArticleGeography of the USA
The PPT will help you to demonstrate some geographical facts to start the new unit about the USA. It can be used for training speaking skills about the most important geographical sightseeings and...
View ArticleCountries
These worksheets are useful for young children. They are for children who started learning English as a second language. The first one is nice to consolidate some English speaking countries. The...
View ArticleMovie Worksheet: New Year's Eve
A worksheet that goes with the movie 'New Year's Eve' from 2012. The worksheet includes a little bit of prediction based on the actors, some vocabulary to review together and only 3 comprehension...
View ArticleEnglish-Speaking Countries Awareness Quiz
This quiz is both an informative and entertaining activity. It can be played in class or English club school work. All keys provided for all 4 different sections being groupped into Rounds allow a...
View ArticleJohnny Appleseed, an American Hero (voa)
This worksheet is based on a special English broadcast by Voice of America. The corresponding mp3 file and transcript can be found on the Voice of America ESL website at...
View ArticleStarbucks CEO's Interview
This is an article suitable for business classes to improve their reading skills. It is about the past and future of Starbucks. It includes a vocabulary matching exercise and some comprehension...
View ArticleAbraham Lincoln
This PowerPoint gives a brief overview of key points regarding Abraham Lincoln. It includes some vocabulary and links to a variety of websites for students to obtain additional information. Abraham...
View ArticleReading Comprehension: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting.
This worksheet is about the event that occurred recently in December in the USA. Since my students were working on the social issue of weapons in the USA, I decided to make them read an article about...
View ArticleListening Worksheet: Ray Kroc by VOA
There are 4 listening tasks on this worksheet telling the story of Ray Kroc: the man who made McDonald's popular around the world. After listening, students are asked to reformulate the story in their...
View ArticleThe Alphabet
This is a PowerPoint presentation about the correct pronunciation of the English alphabet in both American accent and Great Britain accent. It can help with pronuncation of the alphabet for early...
View ArticleTravelling
Four short texts with the tasks: prereading, reading, postreading. Restoring the original order of the paragraphs, finding word(s) in the text which fit(s) with the definition slots, making up phrases...
View ArticleThe USA Quiz
How much do you know about the USA? Complete the gaps with info about the US presidents, towns, culture etc., find the correct letter and put down the final question. Can you answer it? It´s not so...
View ArticleThe USA Quiz- .Doc
How much do you know about the USA? Complete the gaps with the info about the US presidents, towns, culture etc., find the correct letter and put down the final question. Can you answer it? It´s not...
View ArticleAn American Summer
I used this presentation with secondary students in Spain. The vocabulary covers summer holidays, activities, cookout food/drinks, and weather. The last slide in my PP is copied and pasted from a...
View ArticleBritish vs. American English
I presented this PowerPoint with my British co-worker. The topics covered include the differences between British and American intonation, spelling, pronunciation, and vocabulary. It was a fun class...
View ArticleNew York City
My students were studying a unit that had information on NYC, so I made this presentation to talk about some of my favorite things about the city. This PowerPoint is made up of mainly photos. I talked...
View ArticleAmerican Football
I created this presentation to teach my students about American Football. This presentation covers the history of football, rules, uniforms, tailgating, rivalries, and traditions. I have included a...
View ArticleAmerican Slang
I created this presentation as a supplement to a lesson from the text on slang in general. This PowerPoint is a "quiz." I had my students guess what they thought the meaning of the slang word/phrase...
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