Bag of Tricks

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.

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This is a huge site with different interesting sub sites. The certain activity that I've explored is designed especially for Business English classes. There are useful worksheets that are printable and can be very effective both to learn new specific vocabulary and to practice already learnt words.

Dear all, here is a link where I found a collection of strange signs. You may enjoy sharing it with your students or colleagues. Actually it is not an activity but it is an excellent raw material for creating a good activity. For example you may ask your students to decide what is wrong in these signs and getting students to correct them. Since the list is very funny and authentic I think it is very motivating for discussing it too so this may become a very good topic for the classroom discussion. Anyway I think you may create an excellent activity for the development of your students' speaking skills.

Hangman is an excitement game, plus it is very fruitful for the vocabulary enhancement. The level of the game is high intermediate. Player is supposed to guess the word by clicking on the letters. For some help the player has definition button and the button with the hint. Player has 6 tries to guess the word. I find the game very fascinating and useful.

Create a Room This game is designed to enhance or/and reinforce beginners' vocabulary. The learnes are supposed to decorate the different rooms.The game is attractive for kids since it is presented in colorful pictures and because the children are supposed to create and arrange the rooms up to their own desire.

Good for students' vocabulary reinforcement. Interesting and easy to play.Students are supposed to click on a blue tile, then another. If they are opposites, they match and disappear. If they're not opposites, they'll flip back over.

The site provides online books. Students have the opportunity to listen, read, work on the printable worksheets on the related topic, and finally take a quiz. This site may be helpful to develop students' listening, reading and writing skills.

The fridge raider is looking for food. You should read the sentence at the top and decide what article comes before the noun. You should help the fridge raider to get a snack with your knowledge.In order to win you should make fewer than five mistakes!!! It assists in reinforcing article usage.I played this game with my high elementary level student.It was very productive.

You are stranded in a deserted island.Your car is out of gas.Match words with the four groups and find way to civilization.This game is especially useful for vocabulary learning. I tried it with my 12 years old brother who has low inetrmediate level.It helped him greatly.

In this game you should make as many words as you can containing at least three letters before the timer runs out.It is very productive for vocabulary learning.I myself with great enjoyment play this game.

This is a classroom game where students answer questions to win billions.The questions involve grammar items. Students anwsering correctly to all question will earn billions.I tried this game with a group of learners it was very productive.They say it reinforces grammar knowledge.

This is a listening vocabulary exercise - You need to turn on your speakers or put on your headphones.Click the top and match with the bottom. Wait till you hear the audio before you click next match. I tried this game with my student . She says it helped her much in vocabulary learning.

This activity is good for improving spelling.A word appears on the screen after which the learners should try to chatch the falling letters of that very word. I tried this game with my elementary level sister.She liked it greatly.

This activity is good for developing students' comprehension. How they would analyze the sentence which is given with the missing word. In this game students are provided with some help in the case of if they are not able to guess the answer. It helps students play with the words, match them with the given blank boxes and then fulfill them. I tried this activity with my 2 EEC students. They worked on it as a group and it was productive. The students got motivated because they were trying to guess the missed word the first.

This is a very nice activity for ESL beginners to practice their knowledge.It gives multiple choice questions and also allows the learner to make direct connections between the definitions and real life relatives. I tried it out with my niece who heard most of the answers for the first time. Through this game she remembered most of the new words as they were given in a simple and clear way. I would advise everybody to pilot this game with beginner students.

The game is designed in a way that high intermediate EFL students can add in it whatever it requires to complete. Through this game, EFL learners become inspired and excited. At the end of the story the reader can write his/her own analogue and change the story. Accordingly, it will also promote creativity and learners writing skill. I tried it out with my student and I got a great result.

Use this action verb flashcards in different context.

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