Listen to the show. This week Chris Cotter from Heads Up English.com is with us again. Heads Up English.com has some new lower intermediate exercises: speaking activities, listening activities, grammar worksheets and vocabulary exercises free for download! Please check out Heads Up English.com! Mark starts the conversation off and offers quite a few ideas about […]

What makes for a good speaking activity

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Listen to the show. This show starts off with a quick discussion about the new teacher tips video blog that Matt has put together on DreamEnglish.com called the Teach Kids English Show.Â  They are short 3-4 minute videos packed full of tips for teachers that are teaching young learners. Talking briefly about MES-English‘s 5th anniversary […]

Dolch Sight Words – Using them in ESL classes

Listen to the show. This week we welcome Dave from http://www.learnenglish-online.com.Â  Dave is working at a language school and international high school in Canada.Â  Additionally he runs his own website for students to “learn English online.”Â  We’ll talk a bit about his website and also in general about website building/promotion later in the show. In […]

High grammar but low speaking competence

Listen to the show. Even though it’s February, happy New Year!Â  Valentine’s Day is on the way and Mark has a new site with some cool teacher tools.Â  Print With My Pic.com allows you to add your photo to cards, calendars or certificates.Â  Since Valentine’s is just around the corner, why not send your Valentine […]

Teaching holidays

Listen to the show. Christmas is upon us … ho! ho! ho! Merry Christmas everybody!Â  Tis the season, so Matt has a new Christmas Song for you to download and use in your classes: Merry Christmas!Â  It’s a play-like song with speaking, actions and a matching picture book!Â  There are a few more resources discussed […]

Motivating students

Listen to the show. This show was recorded back in the summer and a few shows got bumped up, so if you feel we’ve gone back in time, I guess we have 

What makes for a good speaking activity

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