Sometimes students tell me that they would like to do a revision lesson. I ask them what they would like to revise and they say, “Verbs, of course”. Then I say, “What aspect of verbs would you like to revise?” and they reply, “Oh, you know - the past, the present, the future, and things […]

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Can-and-could-dvd-titles.pdf is another lesson plan that uses images obtained from www.amazon.com. It exploits 21 DVD titles each of which contains either the auxiliary ‘can’ or the auxiliary ‘could’.

The activity requires learners to translate these 21 ‘minitexts’ into their own language and then translate them back into English. It is hoped that this process will […]

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