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Ideas on how to teach English for Engineering

Really short, cute, wordless videos which could be used in a multitude of ways

Good for my Level 0/1 at WCC! Thanks!

Very short funny video students can watch and describe

Not particularly revolutionary but in all the years I've taught 3rd level conditionals I've never thought of framing them in this way...could be a lot of fun and maybe more relevant

Short video of a cat solving a puzzle to get his dinner. Could be used for teaching process writing.

Funny video students can watch and describe

Students can count on using the 3-2-1 strategy to help them successfully comprehend and write about an informational text.

Some different approaches using pictures to help teach inferencing skills

Some very accessible writing prompts for lower level students. Can download a free PDF of the books.

There were some really useful feedback "stems" in here for mid-session evaluations or other regular feedback to students. It's nice to not have to reinvent the wheel when you can use a stem and personalize it for students!

This is a vocabulary learning platform with phonics. It has many, many vocabulary categories to choose for lower level vocabulary (classroom instructions/ parts of the body) to more advanced vocabulary (character traits, natural disasters, solve the crime). It has matching quizzes for each category. Definitely good for lower levels 1-4.

This is an interesting website, dedicated to providing news articles to teachers / students at various reading levels. The lowest reading level I could do was "4", which is probably good for Level 3 with support. You do have to register, but it's free to join. Once you set up a class (I did "test class", grade 3), you'll be directed to articles at that reading level. Good way to add some extra non-fiction reading to your classes, especially if you're looking for timely, easier-to-access reading than found in your textbooks.

A collection of links for various educational videos -- there might be some of interest for your classes, especially afternoon classes.

An interesting blog article addressing some students' reluctance to read and some ways to work through it. Written for native speakers, but attitudes toward reading often transfer from L1 to L2

A really nice listening site with animated, captioned true stories. For native speakers, but the animation and the captions help enormously with understanding the pictures.

Sundays at Roccos was a moving story for a cartoon about an immigrant family from Italy that makes it in the US only to (you have to see it for the rest). I think this is a high Level 3 and up listening material that will generate a lot of discussion from interesting and animated stories

Video -- overcoming nerves when giving a presentation

Video -- the importance of body language in presentations

How to lead a discussion (list)

How to maintain a classroom discussion

Although this is written from the viewpoint of a high school, native speaking (probably) population, from the research on adult learners, this is still true, if not more so.