Practice English Grammar and Expand Your Vocabulary
English Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises
One action interrupted by another. She was watching TV when her phone rang. Completed action or situation finished a long time ago. I graduated from college in 2010. Action that started in the past and is linked to the present. I have been living in this city for five years. Action to describe something that is going on at the same time of speaking. I’m listening to music right now. Annoying situation for the speaker in the present. The car alarm outside my
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Engaging Activities: Storytelling, Music, and Videos
Storytelling: “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle
Aims:
- Work on the vocabulary related to the story in English.
- Engage children in listening, observing, and comprehending a story in English.
- Learn to work in a group to construct the sequencing of a story.
Before Reading the Story: Predicting the Story
Materials: A copy of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, flashcards of the key vocabulary
Procedure: Gather the children in a circle, showing the cover
Black Death, Scottish Independence, and John Wycliffe: Key Facts
Black Death Facts
- The bubonic plague originated in China and then arrived in England in 1348.
- Flagellation was one method people used to try to escape the disease.
- The Great Fire of London in 1666 is thought to have helped end the plague by destroying houses and rat populations.
- The Black Death arrived in Europe by sea in October 1347, carried by 12 Italian merchant ships docking in Messina, Sicily.
- There were three variants of the plague: bubonic (characterized by buboes), pneumonic (affecting the respiratory
Child Language Acquisition and EFL Teaching Methods
Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
- Sensorimotor
- Preoperational
- Concrete Operational
- Formal Operational
Interlanguage
Interlanguage is a mixture of vocabulary and grammar from the learner’s first language and the target language.
Stages in Language Acquisition
- Pre-production (Silent Period)
- Early Production (Sounds)
- Speech Emergence (Sounds of the mother tongue)
- Intermediate Fluency (One-word stage)
- Advanced Fluency (Two-word stage)
Acquisition Requires Meaningful Interaction
True.
Stages of Language Proficiency
Read MoreEffective English Teaching: Pedagogical Tenets, Multiple Intelligences & Language Development
Pedagogical Tenets to Promote English in the Classroom
- Active Methodology: Engaging students through active participation.
- Using Realia: Incorporating real-life objects and materials.
- Comprehensive Approach: Addressing all aspects of language learning.
- Setting Routines: Establishing consistent classroom procedures.
- Short and Varied Activities: Keeping lessons dynamic and engaging.
- Promote Communicative Activities: Encouraging interaction and communication.
Multiple Intelligences
- Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence:
Mastering English Tenses: Examples and Usage
Where do you come (come) from? Are you American?
The sentence is asking about the person’s place of origin, which is a general fact or habitual action.
It is usually dry here at this time of the year doesn’t rain (not / rain) much.
The sentence describes a general situation or a fact that is true in general.
Water boils (boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.
The sentence states a scientific fact or a general truth.
Look at that man over there! What is he doing (he / do)?
The sentence refers to an action happening
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