IDIOMS AND PHRASAL VERBS IN SONGS

Why should we use songs to teach English?

Listening to songs is a really great way to improve our students' pronunciation and grammar. They are also likely to learn and remember new vocabulary and idioms.

Pronunciation: Listening to (or singing) English songs will help students to learn how to pronounce English words correctly and will also help to reduce their accent. They will learn more about the rhythm of sentences and how to link words together when they speak.

Vocabulary: Listening to music will help students to learn more vocabulary quickly. They are also more likely to remember new words and English expressions if they listen to them in a song than if they read them or learn them in English class.

Grammar: Grammar doesn't have to be taught and learnt in a very structured way but listening to music will help students to remember grammar patterns and learn how to use grammar correctly in everyday conversation.

Atmosphere: Listening to music creates a good atmosphere in the classroom and increases the motivation. Students relate to songs and find learning through songs interesting and amusing rather than tedis.  ou

IDIOMS AND USEFUL PHRASES GAME

A lesson plan for ESL teachers.

I believe that students learn so much faster when they compete, play and generally have fun. I also believe that students remember vocabulary and grammar much better when they see it in a context or a picture. These videos are perfect to conduct a picture quiz and learn new words and structures at the same time. How? It's very simple.

1. Divide your students into two competing teams.
2. Explain the rules of the game to your students and tell them to remember not only the idioms but also their definitions and the texts in speech bubbles.
2. Students from the first team must guess the meaning of the idiom presented in the first picture.
If they guess it correctly, they get a point and the other team has to guess the meaning of next idiom.
3. If students can't guess the meaning of an idiom, they get no points and the other team must guess it.

4. The second part or the video is a revision of the whole material. Students get one point for completing the texts in speech bubbles and one point for completing each definition. 

*****After the game, you may conduct a speaking activity. Students work in pairs. One student sits back to the screen and the other student must describe the picture from the screen. The student sitting back to the screen must guess the idiom. After 10 pictures students swap seats.  

Hope it will be fun!!!

 Let me know how it went!!! 

ESL PICTURE TRIVIA QUIZ

A lesson plan for ESL teachers.

I believe that students learn so much faster when they compete, play and generally have fun. I also believe that students remember vocabulary and grammar much better when they see it in a context or a picture. This trivia quiz is a great tool to teach new vocabulary. It's also perfect to get your students engaged in the lesson, expand their knowledge about the world and turn your lesson into
an entertaining game.

1. Pre-teach the vocabulary from the quiz that students might not know.

2. Divide your students into two competing teams.
3. Students have to guess what's in the picture as quickly as possible.
4. The team which guesses first gets one point and can answer next question. However, if their guess is wrong the other team gets a point and can answer next question.
***If both teams guess at the same time they play rock, paper, scissors 
5. If students answer a question correctly they get a point for their team and can answer next question. However, if they give a wrong answer the other team gets a point and the other team can answer next question.
6. After three questions (sometimes two) there is another photo and again
students from both teams have to guess what it shows as quickly as possible.

Hope it will be fun for you and your students!!!

 Let me know how it went.