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Teaching English Through Entertainment2003
Teaching English Through Entertainment2003
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A: A clock.
A: All of them.
A: An egg.
Q: Why is number six afraid ?
A: "The C"
Q:What begins with T, ends with
T and has T in it?
A: A teapot
A:
They are Saturday and
Sunday. All the others are weak
(week) days
Print this out and give it to your
students.
I never go to bed after 1 am
I study English more than 2 hours a week
I had a great time at secondary school-I
loved it
My ambition in life is to get a
permanent job
My parents started giving me pocket
money when I was five
I don't mind wet days, there are
still plenty of things to do
I really believe that motorbikes
are dangerous
Parents spoil their children
nowadays
The beach is for relaxing and
doing nothing
I am an adventurous person
I never run for a bus-I can catch
the following one
In the end, most people are very
nice
I absolutely hate Mondays
I have never stolen anything-
never
People who smoke are crazy
Tall men/women are more
interesting than small ones
People who watch more than 2
hours of TV a day are wasting
time
Spending 4,000 pesetas on a
permanent is immoral
Keeping animals at home is cruel
I am intelligent
Take a pack of letter cards,
mixed up. It is better if it is not
a complete alphabet, and there
are some duplicate cards.
Deal all the cards out to the
players
Students take it in turns to play
cards face down. They must go
through the alphabet, starting
from 'A', playing one card face
down and saying the letters in
Alphabetical order.
Even if not have the card to be
played for that turn, they must
play any card and pretend it is
the card they said. Say the
sequence has gone A,B. The next
player must play a card and say
C, even if he has not got an C.
If any player does not believe
that someone has played the real
card, he can say: "You're a liar"
and turns the card over. If the
card has the letter they do which
was said, the challenger picks up
all the cards. If it is not, the liar
picks up all the cards in the pile.
The winner is the first one to
finish all their cards.
The teacher prepares a 5x5 grid with
25 irregular verbs in the past tense in
each square. Make enough variations of
these grids so each student has one
that is slightly (or very) different.
A student, who is studying
English as a foreign language,
was confused when he saw the
words "open here" on a box of
laundry soap, so he asks the
clerk, "Can't I wait until I get
home to open it?"
Teacher: Tell me a sentence that
starts with an "I".
Student: I is the...
Teacher: Stop! Never put 'is' after
an "I". Always put 'am' after an "I".
Student: OK. I am the ninth letter
of the alphabet.
An elementary school teacher sends
this note to all parents on the first
day of school. "If you promise not to
believe everything your child says
happens at school, I will promise
not to believe everything your child
says happens at home.
Are you allowed to eat in the
classrooms?
Are you allowed to smoke in the
classrooms?
Did you belong to any clubs in
high school?
Did you go to a public high
school or a private one?
Did you have to wear a uniform
in high school? How about
elementary school?
Did you study art in high school?
Did your high school have a
band? If so, did you play in it?
Did your high school have a
band? If so, did you play in it?
Do most of your teachers take
attendance?
Do some of your teachers let
class out early?
Do you carry a dictionary to your
English classes? How about your
other classes?
Do you enjoy studying English?
(...math, science, ...)
Do you ever skip class?
Do you have any evening classes?
Do you play on any of the
school's sports teams?
Dear teachers , your job as
English teachers is not as
straightforward as many people
might think , but we reckon that
you realize the importance of
the responsibility you bear and
the need to some sacrifice to
achieve what you and your pupils
seek.
The object of the course is to
teach the pupils , not to finish
the book as long as you work
actively.
Nothing is more certain to
guarantee a disastrous lesson
than an unprepared teacher.
The more the teacher talks , the
less opportunity the pupils have
the chance to speak , but it’s the
pupils who need the practice.
Every teacher knows that what
works one day with one class ,
doesn’t necessary work with a
different class , or even on a
different day with the same
class.
Some teachers have taught the
same lesson in the same way for
years. Different situations call
for different materials ,
different activities and different
methods.
Mr. Shaban Abdul-Salam