Teaching Present Perfect Tense using U2′s Song (Sung by David Cook)
Using pop song’s lyrics to teach tenses can be a good way to start a grammar lesson especially for beginners. Instead of going straight [...]
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Ideas VocabularyTop 1000 Words in Academic and Business Writing
Teaching students to read and write academic texts may be a daunting task and often makes teachers unsure of where to start. Well, if [...]
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Ideas VocabularyTeaching Idiomatic Expressions Using Comic Strips
While it may be culturally-biased, some comic strips can be greatly utilised as a source of motivation for English language learners. I recently discovered [...]
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NewsThe Khan Academy is Free to Attend No Matter Where You Live
This is probably not directly related to ELT but it’s worth sharing for the passion of free education. Educators around the world are currently [...]
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Ideas YouTube
10 Best YouTube Channels for English Language Teachers
There are indeed vast amount of YouTube videos which can be used in the English language classrooms but teachers might not have the time [...]
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Literature
Useful Resources for Teaching “Catch Us if You Can” (Form 5 Novel)
Listed as one of the Form 5 novels for the KBSM Literature Component, Catch us if You Can by Catherine MacPhail (Perlis,Kelantan,Kedah, Penang and [...]
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Curriculum
English Language Curriculum for Primary Schools (KSSR) Year 1,2 and 3
Ministry of Education Malaysia has introduced the standardised English Language Curriculum for Primary Schools (Kurikulum Standard Sekolah Rendah), which will be implemented phase by [...]
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ArticlesRecreation as a Learning Tool
Education does not happen only in the classroom. While ESL instructors provide the information and context of the English language, that alone may not [...]
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Ideas Lesson PlanLesson Plan: It’s All About Movies
Students love watching movies and using it as a tool to learn English can be effective and interesting. Here is a lesson plan that [...]
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Lesson PlanLesson Plan: Facebook and social networking
Allowing students to talk on topics that interest them is one way to encourage interaction in the class. Of course, for teenagers these days, [...]
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