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Here is a poem that went down well with my learners. Write it on the blackboard and get them to copy it down. Have them fill in the blanks in any way they like.
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Could I love you?
I think I could
I think I could love you more than __________
But could I ever love you as much […]

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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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International House conference, Barcelona
He looked suspiciously at everyone that got off the plane.
In this workshop, I wanted to demonstrate that drawing in the classroom is not just for children. About 30 teachers came along and as far as I know, everyone got artistically involved.

The cat will bite you if you pull her tail.
One of the […]

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how-to-books.pdf is a lesson that uses 14 pictures of book covers, each of which contain the words ‘How to …’ in the title.

All of the images were downloaded from Amazon.com, an example of a Learner-Friendly Corpus.
I haven’t actually tried out this lesson yet so I don’t know how well it will work. I’m going to […]

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