015 - Jobs

Listening Practice about Jobs

Cool Jobs
http://www.elllo.org/english/0701/T749-Tim-GoodJob.htm

Todd's Job Experience
http://www.elllo.org/english/Points/PT03-Jobs.html


Reading about Jobs

Really Cool Worksheet
http://busyteacher.org/19199-the-most-extraordinary-jobs.html

014 - Future Progressive and Future Perfect

014 - Future Progressive and Future Perfect

Videos

Explanation on Future Perfect

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=future+perfect

Explanation on Future Perfect Progressive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arwsd341azI

Reading

Grammar explanation on Future Perfect

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/future-perfect-exercise-1.html

Grammar explanation on Future Perfect Continuous

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-continuous-exercise-1.html

013 - Clothing Vocabulary

013 - Clothing Vocabulary

Video Vocabulary: Clothing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqRgbX4KTBc
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=clothing+ESL

What should I wear?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ3iBkMud7E

Listening
Comprehension Listening
http://www.elllo.org/PagesMixer/59-MX-Clothes.htm

Listening Game: Guessing Clothes
http://www.elllo.org/english/Games/G025-Clothes.html

Colors and Clothes
http://www.elllo.org/english/0651/T652-Wendi-Clothes.htm

Weather and Clothes
http://www.esl-lab.com/clothing/clothingrd1.htm

Where did you get your clothes?
http://www.elllo.org/video/1301/1305-GeawMiki-Clothes.htm

Do you worry about our fashion?
http://www.elllo.org/video/1251/V1300-Goron-FashionWorry.htm

Shopping for clothes
http://www.elllo.org/english/1251/1300-Spencer-Curtis-Clothing-Quirks.htm

Vocabulary related to clothing
http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-fashion.htm

Reading
Importance of Clothing
http://www.excellentesl4u.com/esl-clothes-reading.html

Clothing Style reading and worksheet
https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/reading_fashion/fashion--clothes/14814

Ancient Egyptian Fashion
http://eslreadinglessons.com/ancient_egyptian_fashion.htm


Speaking
Different clothes for different activities
http://www.dailyesl.com/clothing.htm

Games related to clothing
Clothing related vocabulary
http://www.eslgamesplus.com/clothes/

Ideas for the Classroom
8 ideas for using clothing as topic
http://busyteacher.org/6975-8-great-esl-clothes-activities.html

More ideas for teaching lessons
http://www.teach-this.com/resources/esl/shopping

012 - Verbs of Perception

Verb of Perception. Definition:

A verb (such as see, watch, look, hear, listen, feel, and taste) that conveys the experience of one of the physical senses. Also calledperception verb or perceptual verb.

• "I discovered that to achieve perfect personal silence all I had to do was to attach myself leechlike to sound. I began to listen to everything. I probably hoped that after I hadheard all the sounds, really heard them, and packed them down, deep in my ears, the world would be quiet around me."
  (Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Random House, 1969)
• "This is the pit of loneliness, in an office on a summer Saturday. I stand at the window andlook down at the batteries and batteries of offices across the way, recalling how the thing looks in winter twilight when everything is going full blast, every cell lighted, and how you can see in pantomime the puppets fumbling with their slips of paper (but you don't hear the rustle), see them pick up their phone (but you don't hear the ring), see the noiseless, ceaseless moving about of so many passers of pieces of paper . . .."
  (E.B.White, Here Is New York. Harper, 1949)
• "Now perchance many sounds & sights only remind me that they once said something to me, and are so by association interesting. . . . I see a skunk on bare garden hill stealing noiselessly away from me, while the moon shines over the pitch pines which send long shadows down the hill . . .. I smell the huckleberry bushes. . . . Now I hear the sound of a bugle in the 'Corner' reminding me of Poetic Wars, a few flourishes & the bugler has gone to rest."
  (Henry David Thoreau, July 11, 1851. A Year in Thoreau's Journal: 1851, ed. by H. Daniel Peck. Penguin, 1993)

Videos

The difference between See, Look and Watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtM1v1YZXhU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObMbNufZkaY

Example and use of some verbs of perception

http://www.eslgold.com/grammar/verbs_perception.html
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-52232.php

011 - Indirect Speech

011 - Indirect Speech

Definition:  Indirect speech, also called reported speech or indirect discourse, is a means of expressing the content of statements, questions or other utterances, without quoting them explicitly as is done in direct speech. For example, He said "I'm coming" is direct speech, whereas He said (that) he was coming is indirect speech. Indirect speech should not be confused with indirect speech acts.

Reading Material
Basic notions of Indirect Speech
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/reportedspeech.html

Reported Speech Explanation
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech.html

Video Material
Indirect Speech Explained.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwlm-GoPzJI

Reported Speech Explained with different style.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBtc6rpcMz4

Changing Direct Speech into Indirect Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew4YHmNigRs

Reported Speech Examples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZr_CMGedvo

Assessment Questions on Indirect Speech Grammar
1) What is Quoted Speech and Indirect Speech?
2) What are other names for Indirect Speech?
3) When is Indirect Speech used?
4) How is it formulated?
5) What are reporting verbs?
6) What are the two most common reporting verbs?
7) What is the difference between the two verbs?
8) Can you give us some examples of reporting verbs that are not the common ones?
9) What happens in the time tense when we change Direct Speech to Indirect Speech?
10) What happens to time expressions when we step back in Indirect Speech?
11) When is not necessary to change the time tense?
12) What changes do we make in pronouns and possessives?

Online Exercises
Multiple Choice Exercises
http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/repspee.htm
http://www.redcamelot.com/camelot/exercises/SEPT26/Grammar/Reported%20Speech/Level%201.a.htm

Fill in the blanks
http://www2.arnes.si/~oskksavokl2/reported.htm

Mix and Match
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/questions2/exercise5.swf

Unscramble the sentence
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/questions2/exercise4.swf

From direct to indirect speech
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/questions.htm
http://www.english-4u.de/rep_speech_ex1.htm
http://www.english-4u.de/rep_speech_ex2.htm
http://www.english-4u.de/rep_speech_ex3.htm

Reported Speech with Questions
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/questions2/exercise6.swf
http://www.redcamelot.com/camelot/exercises/SEPT26/Grammar/Reported%20Speech/Level%201.b.htm

Reported Speech with Commands
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/reportedspeech-commands1.html


Presentations and Worksheets
Powerpoint regarding Reported Speech
http://busyteacher.org/21922-reported-speech.html

Garfield exemplifying the Reported Speech
http://busyteacher.org/19920-reported-speech-2.html

Very useful worksheet to practice
http://busyteacher.org/11028-reported-speech.html

Best Webpages for English Teachers (ESL).

010 - Recommended Webpages

Class Dojo
https://www.edmodo.com/new-user

Busy Teacher: Perfect for finding Worksheets.
http://busyteacher.org/

Dipity: For making interactive timelines.
http://www.dipity.com/

Perfect English: Good source of explanation and exercises
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/

Randall's ESL Lab: Probably one of the best sites with listening resources.
http://www.esl-lab.com/

Agenda Web: Online Exercises Web Engine
http://www.agendaweb.org/

Kahoot: Excellent quiz maker and clicker substitute.
https://www.getkahoot.com/
https://kahoot.it/#/

Lyrics Training: Video webpage where students can practice listening.
http://en.lyricstraining.com/

OM Listening Webpage
http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omlisten/contenidotematico.htm

Quizlet: A page to practice with flashcards. Recommended for concept working.
https://quizlet.com/latest

Zaption: A video-based teaching.
https://www.zaption.com/

Online Quiz Creator: Pretty much what it says.
https://www.onlinequizcreator.com/

A more comprehensive list of utilities.
http://www.uic.edu/depts/tie/coolsites.htm

009 - Embedded Questions

009 - Embedded Questions


Video Material

What are embedded questions?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XakBbLdyWt8

Embedded Questions with Simple Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFTnn82ebr0

Reading Material

Complete Explanation of Embedded Questions
http://grammar.about.com/od/e/g/Embedded-Question-term.htm

Examples on Embedded Questions. Phrasing Vocabulary.
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/410-embedded-questions.htm

Great Examples of Different Embedded Questions
http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Orange%20Level/O20_Embedded_Questions.html

Exercises on Embedded Questions

Exercises on Embedded Questions
http://www.examenglish.com/grammar/b1_questions.htm

Quotes on Embedded Questions

• "I live in New York, and I was thinking about the lagoon in Central Park, down near Central Park South. I was wondering if it would be frozen over when I got home, and if it was, where did the ducks go? I was wondering where the ducks went when the lagoon got all icy and frozen over. I wondered if some guy came in a truck and took them away to a zoo or something. Or if they just flew away."
  (J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, 1951)