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Vocabulary is Fun! It is important to teach idioms in the English language classrooms since they are frequently used in the speaking discourse with native speakers and if the learners are unaware of them they will fail to understand what they mean. I tried this activity with learners and saw that it was challenging for them but little by little they overcame the difficulties.

Idioms Game - Slang Game is very good for being exposed to idioms og the target language. I liked the game very much, because I find it funny, interesting and useful.

Do you know what it means to let the cat out of the bag? Play this game to learn more!:)))

I tried this video back in NY while teaching to ESL adult students. They were intermediate students, though with good english knowledge. I was supposed to teach idioms and this video helped me to first remove myself from being the center of attention and second to help students learn the idioms more easily, as the visualizations readily stick in their mind. The students very much liked the video and its humor refreshed the class atmosphere. However, I suggest to include some post-task exercises both written and spoken to reinforce them. There are other categories such as eye idioms as well which can be used to teach idioms in a fun way.

Do you use idioms in your speech? I don't because I'm not a native speaker of English and not so sure about the meanings of many idioms. This task may help none native learners to learn idioms and use them in proper situations.

Armine! I think this is a really good activity! I will use it with my Business English class! Thanks so much:-)

Well done Armin jan, I enjoyed playing it !!!!

Vocabulary is Fun! Just ask our visitors. Whether you're learning or teaching analogies, antonyms and synonyms, compound words, figurative language, homophones, parts of speech, root words, prefixes and suffixes or contractions to your English speakers or your ESL students, Vocabulary *is* fun!

This is a wonderful activity for developing students' listening, reading (skimming and scanning), speaking skills, as well as increasing vocabulary. it contains variety of activities which are based on the listening. Moreover, all the activities can be done both online and on paper (all materials are printable including the transcript of the audio). It contains a pre-watching vocabulary activity the story a comprehension activity a language activity about idioms I used this material with my two intermediate students. Though the level was lower I have decided to try. In order to help them I wrote down the words/expression that they might be unknown and discussed them before listening. Then they listened to the audio but still had difficulties to understand completely what the audio was mainly about. In order to solve the misunderstanding I have decided to give the transcripts to read while listening (It helped much to understand). I used the third activity to check whether they could scan and skim the information (they could as I guess reading helped them very much). The last activity was a multiple choice activity where the students should look at the given idioms and choose the best meaning. Suggestion- If your students are not high intermediate/advanced the process will be slowed down. Just use transcript and after listening discuss the text. It will help.

1. Advanced English listening skills 2. Advanced English conversation skills 3. Using English slang and humor 4. Advanced English phrasal verbs and their usage 5. Using complex sentences with multiple clauses 6. Advanced English idioms and vocabulary 7. English for daily life, social life and business 8. Advanced verb tenses & usage At the end of each audio, there is a vocabulary list with explanations in front and also some expressions that are utilized in the the lesson.

I used these dialogs with my brother, who wanted to improve his English. Generally speaking he wanted to listened to native speakers speech and daily conversations. During the listening I didn't show the transcript of the dialogs in order to check whether he understood the meaning. To tell the truth there were some unknown words and expressions even for me. He could get the main meaning of the dialogs, however there were words and expressions that were quite difficult for him to understand. So, to solve the problem I used the vocabulary list written below.

A productive link which contains high Intermediate English Audio Lessons for busy people, aiming to help them to *Improve English listening skills *Learn to speak and understand fast English *Develop natural English conversation skills *Learn to use English phrasal verbs and idioms *Formal, informal and general English styles *Complex sentences, clauses, questions and grammar *Learn to tell stories and make friends in English

This activity will help the students of advance level to promote their vocabulary.