by Andrea Giordano | Mar 19, 2015 | Student Posts
“Imagine” by John Lennon – An English Gap Fill Exercise How does a gap fill exercise work? While listening to “Imagine” by John Lennon, you’ll read along with the lyrics worksheet below the video. Notice that blank spaces have been...
by Andrea Giordano | Mar 18, 2015 | Student Posts
Do you want easy or English? You can’t have both! Yesterday in class, my students were supposed to be researching for a presentation that they will be giving soon. These students are advanced-level university students who are only a couple months away from...
by Andrea Giordano | Mar 17, 2015 | Student Posts
Practice Your Listening Skills – St. Patrick’s Day Listening Activity St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated around the world on March 17th. In my country of the United States, this holiday is especially popular. Tradition is that you must wear green or...
by Andrea Giordano | Mar 16, 2015 | Student Posts
Conversation Starters About Basketball March Madness has started! Yesterday they announced all of the teams who made the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament this year. I mention this becasue basketball is one of my favorite sports. I played basketball from the ages...
by Andrea Giordano | Mar 13, 2015 | Student Posts
English Lessons from The Oscars Did you watch the Oscars this year? The red carpet is always filled with gorgeous people, donned with extravagant ball gowns and slim-fitted tuxedos. When English is your second language, it can be difficult to know how to...
by Andrea Giordano | Mar 12, 2015 | Student Posts
Stop Daydreaming and Start Learning English Thinking about learning a language and actually learning a language are not the same thing. Seems obvious, right? But consider this… I know many people who dream about speaking English well. They can easily imagine the...