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Do and make collocations (a lesson plan)

March 25th, 2009 · 13 Comments

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Preparation
The starting point for this lesson plan was to think of a good number of do or make collocations. My students’ notebooks were helpful for this task. Here is what I found:

Do 100 mph
Do a bungee jump
Make a cup of coffee
Make a face
Make a noise
Make a phone call
Do a strip tease
Make a wish
Do […]

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Tags: Do/make · Idioms · Lesson plans · Vocabulary

From Flashcards to flash images

October 30th, 2008 · 7 Comments

From flashcards to flash images is the title of a talk I gave recently at the 3rd International Symposium and Conference on ELT Materials (link here). I would like to say thank you very much to everyone involved, especially Sujatha, Jayakaran and the people from Pearson, for organising a great conference and of course, for […]

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Tags: Conferences and workshops · Do/make · Lesson planning · Student drawings · Vocabulary