Welcome! Bienvenido! 欢迎! Добро пожаловать! Hope you enjoy using these second language and EAL materials in your classroom, wherever in the world you are.
Welcome! Bienvenido! 欢迎! Добро пожаловать! Hope you enjoy using these second language and EAL materials in your classroom, wherever in the world you are.
This set 153 flash cards includes all of the Chinese characters necessary to recognise to achieve the first level of the Chinese language proficiency test, the HSK 1. Perfect for beginner learners of Mandarin Chinese!
Each card has the simplified Mandarin Chinese character on the front, the pinyin pronunciation and tone, the English meaning, a simple example sentence (also using HSK 1 level characters and sentence structures) and its English translation on the back.
This is a PDF document with 8 images per A4 page, but can be printed larger or smaller by changing the number of images per page in the print settings. Images can be folded back to back to create double sided cards, or could be cut individually and used for fun matching activities.
This uses the vocabulary for the New HSK test system. Can be used by those who study Chinese themselves, by private Chinese tutors, or in the Chinese classroom.
If you found this product useful, please leave a review and let me know, as I also have sets for the HSK2, HSK3 and HSK4 ready to upload. Thank you!
Mandarin Chinese picture flash cards, with simplified characters and Pinyin pronunciation, for use in the classroom or self-study!
This PDF document contains 5 A4 pages of picture flashcards to print, with the 4 seasons and 11 types of weather. Each page contains 6 images, a colorful picture on the left, alongside the simplified Chinese character, with the pinyin pronunciation and tonal markers underneath.
Topic: Seasons & Weather 季节&天气
Vocabulary included:
Spring 春天
Summer 夏天
Autumn 秋天
Winter 冬天
Sunny 晴天
Cloudy 多云
Rainy 下雨
Partly cloudy 部分晴
Snowy 下雪
Stormy 暴风雨
Sleet 雨雪
Windy 刮风
Hot 热
Cold 冷
Warm 温暖
Can be printed on card or paper. By folding each sheet down the vertical center before laminating, you can create double-sided cards to review. Alternatively, images can be used separately, for word walls, matching activities, etc.
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This PDF document contains 5 short writing templates for beginner English students learning to write their own short compositions. I made these for my 3rd grade EFL students, who are able to read simple storybooks and can spell 1st and 2nd grade sight words, but struggle with writing in complete sentences, and are complete beginners to writing passages. I briefly explain the writing topic for the day, which we discuss orally, then I write any difficult to spell vocabulary words up on the board according to what we discuss orally. I can then allow the students to get on with writing their passage themselves.
This is the second booklet we have used, with many more to come. The topics get progressively more difficult, allowing students to practice different vocabulary and sentence structures, with more and more freedom to compose what they want to express independently. You can download the first booklet for free here!
Topics in Booklet 2 are:
My School Day (Class subjects, and ordinal words)
My Hobbies (Likes, dislikes, etc.)
Questions (Writing simple questions and answers in a dialogue)
My Monster (Descriptions, It is… It has…)
My Week (On …day I …)
I am making more of these to use with my class at the moment, so if you enjoy the product, please leave a review and let me know which topics you’d like to cover in the next upload!
Document is 3 A4 pages, which can be cut in half to make a 5 page A5 booklet with a cover page.
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A collection of PowerPoints to teach children or beginner students daily English questions and answers. Each colourful presentation includes a simple question, and 4-10 example answers with pictures. Perfect for a beginner English ESL/EFL classroom. Can also be printed out as flashcards or for a wall display. At my English learning centre, we print out one of these power points each week and put it on a wall display in the lobby. During my lessons I go through one of these presentations each week as a warm-up or extra activity at the end of class for students to get extra points. The content here is from the last year and a half. This zip folder contains 52 PPTX files covering these topics:
How are you today?
How old are you?
How’s the weather?
Which colour do you like?
Who is he/she? (Family members)
What’s in your bag?
Do you like (fruit)? I like/don’t like…
Where are you from? (Countries)
What’s your favourite toy?
How does it taste? (sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, salty)
What lives on a farm?
What is the Season now?
What can you do?
What are you wearing?
What do you do? (Jobs)
What languages do you speak?
What’s in the classroom?
Where is the apple? (Prepositions)
What’s your favourite sport?
Where is/are your (body parts)?
Do you have any pets?
Do you feel OK? (Illnesses)
How do you travel to school? (I travel by car/bus/on foot, etc.)
How much is it? (This pencil is one pound)
What day of the week is it?
What shape is it?
What’s in your room? (bed, table, wardrobe, chair, etc.)
What’s your favourite subject? (English, Math, science, etc.)
Where do you live? (I live in a city/the countryside/by the beach, etc.)
Where are you going? (I’m going to the zoo/park/library, etc.)
When is your birthday? (Months)
What do you do in the morning?
What can you play? (instruments)
What do you have for breakfast?
What do you look like?
What would you like to drink?
What do you bring to school?
What do you live in? (I live in a house/tent/caravan/apartment, etc.)
What lives in the ocean?
What’s in the picnic basket?
What’s it made of?(wood/plastic/metal/paper, etc.)
What year is it?
What is he/she doing?
Where do you work?
Where does it grow?
What does (the animal) eat?
What can your body do? (senses)
What do you see in the grass? (insects)
What’s your Halloween costume?
What would you like from Santa?
What do you do at Christmas?
What’s your favourite holiday?
These presentations were all used with classes of Chinese students. They can be edited to match your own student’s cultural understanding.
With the Chinese New Year around the corner, I made this reading comprehension resource for my Chinese ESL students, an easy pre-intermediate/intermediate level reading of the Chinese folk tale about how the Jade Emperor decided the order of the Zodiac calendar by having the animals race.
This folder contains a 4 page document with the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiacs ready to be turned into double sided flashcards, or to be used for a word-picture matching exercise. The other document contains the reading passage (with some Chinese translation for the trickiest words), a spelling exercise, True or False questions, writing the animals next to the ordinal numbers, and an exercise for students to figure out their birth year.
Happy Year of the Ox 2021, and Year of the Tiger 2022! 新年快乐!Happy Chinese New Year!
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Mandarin Chinese flashcards for use in the classroom, wall displays or for self-study!
This PDF document contains 6 A4 pages of picture flashcards to print - a total of 18 Christmas and Winter holiday vocabulary words. Each page contains 6 images, a colorful picture on the left, alongside the simplified Chinese character, with the pinyin pronunciation and tonal markers underneath.
Topic: Christmas 圣诞节
Vocabulary included:
Christmas Tree 圣诞树
Stocking 圣诞袜
Present 礼物
Bells 钟声
Candy Cane 糖果手杖
Antlers 鹿角
Holly 冬青
Bauble 装饰球
Hot Cocoa 热可可
Snowman 雪人
Gingerbread House 姜饼屋
Santa Claus 圣诞老人
Gingerbread Man 姜饼屋
Lights 彩灯
Wreath 花环
Candy 糖果
Reindeer 驯鹿
Sleigh 雪橇
Can be printed on card or paper. By folding each sheet down the vertical center before laminating, you can create double-sided cards to review. Alternatively, images can be used separately, for matching activities, etc.
Check out the Discover Languages for FREEBIES and other Chinese Language teaching materials!
Mandarin Chinese flashcards for use in the classroom, wall displays or for self-study!
This PDF document contains 8 A4 pages of picture flashcards to print - a total of 12 vocabulary words related to Chinese New Year and the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals. Each page contains 6 images, a colorful picture on the left, alongside the simplified Chinese character, with the pinyin pronunciation and tonal markers underneath.
Topic: Spring Festival / Chinese New Year 春节 / 新年
Vocabulary included:
Lantern - 灯笼
Tangerine - 橘子
‘Good luck’ sign - 福
Paper cutting - 剪纸
Red Envelope - 红包
Lucky Money - 压岁钱
Dragon Dance - 舞龙
Firecrackers - 鞭炮
Fireworks - 烟火
Cherry Blossom - 樱花
Gold Ingots - 元宝
Dumplings / Steamed Buns - 包子
Year of the Rat - 鼠年
Year of the Ox - 牛年
Year of the Tiger - 虎年
Year of the Rabbit - 兔年
Year of the Dragon - 龙年
Year of the Snake - 蛇年
Year of the Horse - 马年
Year of the Goat - 羊年
Year of the Monkey - 猴年
Year of the Rooster - 鸡年
Year of the Dog - 狗年
Year of the Pig - 猪年
Can be printed on card or paper. By folding each sheet down the vertical center before laminating, you can create double-sided cards to review. Alternatively, images can be used separately, for matching activities, etc.
Picture flash cards for learning new vocabulary, reviewing, wall displays, small group activities and matching games!
Contains both:
Double-Sided version - With picture and text in separate images
Single-Sided version - With text under the picture on the same image
Topic: Farm Animals and Zoo Animals
cat
dog
rabbit
pig
sheep
chicken
mouse
cow
duck
goat
bull
turkey
rooster
horse
donkey
elephant
giraffe
hippo
lion
gorilla
monkey
tiger
zebra
kangaroo
crocodile
camel
ostrich
rhino
antelope
panther
Can be printed on card or paper. By folding each sheet down the vertical center before laminating, you can create double-sided cards to review. Alternatively, images can be used separately, for matching activities, etc.
EAL / EFL / ESL Teachers may also like:
The Question of the Week PPT Bundle - 52 Daily Conversation Questions for beginners www.tes.com/teaching-resource/question-of-the-week-52-ppts-for-esl-beginners-12602471
Writing Prompts Booklet for new English writers - www.tes.com/teaching-resource/daily-writing-prompts-booklet-2-for-esl-beginners-12599157
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Picture flash cards for learning new vocabulary, reviewing, wall displays, small group activities and matching games!
Contains:
15 vocabulary words, a total of 45 different tiles
Double-Sided version - With picture and text in separate images
Single-Sided version - With text under the picture on the same image
Topic: Basic 2D Shapes
Vocabulary:
circle
oval
square
triangle
rectangle
star
heart
diamond
pentagon
hexagon
octagon
heptagon
trapezoid
cross
semi-circle
Can be printed on card or paper. By folding each sheet down the vertical center before laminating, you can create double-sided cards to review. Alternatively, images can be used separately, for matching activities, etc.
Follow the store here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoverLanguages
for more Language Learning materials!
English teachers may want to check out this FREE writing booklet: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/daily-writing-prompts-booklet-1-for-esl-beginners-12599134
and these ESL Flash Cards about Animals: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-esl-flashcards-farm-and-zoo-animals-12638675
Thank you, and a review would be much appreciated!
Picture flash cards for learning new vocabulary, reviewing, wall displays, small group activities and matching games!
Contains:
30 vocabulary words, a total of 90 individual image tiles
Double-Sided version - With picture and text in separate images
Single-Sided version - With text under the picture on the same image
Topic: Jobs, occupations, careers, work
doctor
postal worker
firefighter
farmer
teacher
plumber
cleaner
surgeon
writer
police officer
server
business person
judge
architect
construction worker
pilot
chef
director
photographer
musician
athlete
nurse
flight attendant
journalist
travel agent
driver
artist
marine
captain
soldier
Can be printed on card or paper. By folding each sheet down the vertical center before laminating, you can create double-sided cards to review. Alternatively, images can be used separately, for matching activities, etc.
Follow the store here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoverLanguages
for more Language Learning materials!
English teachers may want to check out this FREE writing booklet: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/daily-writing-prompts-booklet-1-for-esl-beginners-12599134
and these ESL Flash Cards about Animals: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-esl-flashcards-farm-and-zoo-animals-12638675
Thank you, and a review would be much appreciated!
Picture flash cards for learning new vocabulary, reviewing, wall displays, small group activities and matching games!
Contains:
24 vocabulary words, a total of 72 individual tiles
Double-Sided version - With picture and text in separate images
Single-Sided version - With text under the picture on the same image
U.S. English and U.K. English Versions
Topic: Classroom Supplies, Class Objects, Stationary
Vocabulary:
pencil
eraser / rubber
pen
scissors
sharpener
paintbrush
stapler
glue
color pencils / colour pencils
paper
pin
folder
ruler
tape
notebook
marker
paper clip
chalkboard
globe
bookshelf
laptop
microscope
tablet
projector
Can be printed on card or paper. By folding each sheet down the vertical center before laminating, you can create double-sided cards to review. Alternatively, images can be used separately, for matching activities, etc.
Follow the store here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoverLanguages
for more Language Learning materials!
English teachers may want to check out this FREE writing booklet: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/daily-writing-prompts-booklet-1-for-esl-beginners-12599134
and these ESL Flash Cards about Animals: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-esl-flashcards-farm-and-zoo-animals-12638675
or these about jobs and work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-language-esl-flashcards-jobs-occupations-12643841
Thank you, and a review would be much appreciated!
Picture flash cards for learning new vocabulary, reviewing, wall displays, small group activities and matching games!
Contains:
21 vocabulary words, a total of 63 different tiles
Double-Sided version - With picture and text in separate images
Single-Sided version - With text under the picture on the same image
Topic: Days of the Week, Month of the Year
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
the weekend
workdays
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Can be printed on card or paper. By folding each sheet down the vertical center before laminating, you can create double-sided cards to review. Alternatively, images can be used separately, for matching activities, etc.
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Picture flash cards for learning new vocabulary, reviewing, wall displays, small group activities and matching games!
Contains:
24 vocabulary words, a total of 144 individual image tiles
Double-Sided version - With picture and text in separate images
Single-Sided version - With text under the picture on the same image
Both an U.K. British English and U.S. American English version
Topic: Clothes, Fashion, Accessories, Outfits
T-shirt
dress
shirt
trousers / pants
jumper / sweater
socks
jacket
jeans
shorts
gloves
hat
backpack
shoes
vest / tank top
belt
scarf
watch
earrings
handbag / purse
sunglasses
sandals
necklace
bowtie
boots
Follow the store here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoverLanguages
for more Language Learning materials!
English teachers may want to check out this FREE writing booklet: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/daily-writing-prompts-booklet-1-for-esl-beginners-12599134
ESL Flash Cards about Animals:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-esl-flashcards-farm-and-zoo-animals-12638675
ESL Flash Cards about Jobs and Work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-language-esl-flashcards-jobs-occupations-12643841
ESL Flash Cards about Shapes:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-language-flash-cards-shapes-12643844
ESL Flash Cards about School Supplies and Classroom objects:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-language-flash-cards-classroom-objects-stationary-12643849
Thank you, and a review would be much appreciated!
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Picture flash cards for learning new vocabulary, reviewing, wall displays, small group activities and matching games!
Contains:
24 vocabulary words, a total of 144 individual image tiles
Double-Sided version - With picture and text in separate images
Single-Sided version - With text under the picture on the same image
Both an U.K. British English and U.S. American English version
Topic: Transport, Vehicles, Cars, Transportation
car
bus
airplane
taxi
train
yacht
sailboat
hot air balloon
forklift
van
helicopter
lorry / truck
bicycle
scooter
skateboard
rollerblades / roller skates
go kart
motorcycle
segway
tricycle
excavator
police car
ambulance
fire engine / fire truck
Can be printed on card or paper. By folding each sheet down the vertical center before laminating, you can create double-sided cards to review. Alternatively, images can be used separately, for matching activities, etc.
Follow the store here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoverLanguages
for more Language Learning materials!
English teachers may want to check out this FREE writing booklet: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/daily-writing-prompts-booklet-1-for-esl-beginners-12599134
ESL Flash Cards about Animals:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-esl-flashcards-farm-and-zoo-animals-12638675
ESL Flash Cards about Jobs and Work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-language-esl-flashcards-jobs-occupations-12643841
ESL Flash Cards about Shapes:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-language-flash-cards-shapes-12643844
ESL Flash Cards about School Supplies and Classroom objects:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/english-language-flash-cards-classroom-objects-stationary-12643849
Thank you, and a review would be much appreciated!
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Picture flash cards for learning new vocabulary, reviewing, wall displays, small group activities and matching games!
Contains:
18 vocabulary words, a total of 54 different tiles
Double-Sided version - With picture and text in separate images
Single-Sided version - With text under the picture on the same image
U.S. English and U.K. English version
Topic: Weather and The Four Seasons
Vocabulary:
Spring
Summer
Autumn/Fall
Winter
sunny
cloudy
rainy
sunny spells
snowy
stormy
sleet
windy
hot
cold
warm
cool
hail
rainbow
Can be printed on card or paper. By folding each sheet down the vertical center before laminating, you can create double-sided cards to review. Alternatively, images can be used separately, for matching activities, etc.
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Picture flash cards for learning new vocabulary, reviewing, wall displays, small group activities and matching games!
Contains:
18 vocabulary words, a total of 54 different tiles
Double-Sided version - With picture and text in separate images
Single-Sided version - With text under the picture on the same image
Topic: Members of the Family
family
mother
father
elder sister
younger sister
baby
elder brother
younger brother
grandmother
grandfather
aunt
uncle
niece
nephew
pet
son
daughter
cousins
Can be printed on card or paper. By folding each sheet down the vertical center before laminating, you can create double-sided cards to review. Alternatively, images can be used separately, for matching activities, etc.
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Beginner Italian picture vocabulary flashcards for learning farm animals and zoo animals vocabulary. This PDF printable download includes both English Bilingual, and Italiano only versions. Perfect for games, matching activities, display in the classroom, or for self-study!
This PDF document contains 35 A4 pages of picture flashcards to print. Each page contains 6 square images. This PDF document includes:
Double-sided version with the picture, Italian word and English
Double-sided version with the pictures and Italian only
Single-sided version with the Italian word under the picture on the same image
English and Italian words only version, without pictures
Topic: Animals / Animali
Vocabulary included:
il gatto - cat
il cane - dog
il coniglio - rabbit
il maiale - pig
la pecora - sheep
il pollo - chicken
il topo - mouse
la mucca - cow
l’anatra - duck
la capra - goat
il toro - bull
il tacchino - turkey
il gallo - rooster
il cavallo - horse
l’asino - donkey
l’elefante - elephant
la giraffa - giraffe
l’Ippopotamo - hippopotamus
il leone - lion
il gorilla - gorilla
la scimmia - monkey
la tigre - tiger
la zebra - zebra
il canguro - kangaroo
il coccodrillo - crocodile
il cammello - camel
lo struzzo - ostrich
il rinoceronte - rhino
l’antilope - antelope
la pantera - panther
Can be printed on card or paper. By folding each sheet down the vertical center before laminating, you can create double-sided cards to review. Alternatively, images can be used separately, for matching activities, noticeboard displays etc.
This PDF document contains 3 pages for learning the colours in Turkish!
A poster / reference card with 12 different coloured crayons with the turkish language word underneath.
A worksheet with coloured crayons and spaces to write each of the turkish words underneath. SPelling hint provided as each letter is represented by a dash _ _ _
A worksheet where the Turkish colour words are printed, and students need to colour in the blank crayons accordingly.
Follow Discover Languages for more Turkish Language learning materials, for example:
FLASH CARDS FOR BEGINNERS:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/turkish-english-flashcards-10-topics-for-beginners-12597908
TURKISH / ENGLISH BILINGUAL CARDS - COLOURS https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/turkish-english-flashcards-colours-renkler-12627301
TURKISH ANIMAL FLASH CARDS:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/turkish-english-flashcards-animals-hayvanlar-12626722
Beginner Italian language picture vocabulary flash cards for learning the colours - Free PDF download - Both English Bilingual, and Italian only versions. Perfect for games, matching activities, display in the classroom, or for self-study!
This PDF document contains 18 A4 pages of picture flashcards to print. Each page contains 6 square images. This PDF document includes:
Double-sided version with the picture, Italian word and English
Double-sided version with the pictures and Italian only
Single-sided version with the Italian word under the picture on the same image
English and Italian words only version, without pictures
Topic: Colors, Colours, The rainbow, I Colori
Vocabulary included:
rosso - red
giallo - yellow
verde - green
blu - blue
viola - purple
arancione - orange
rosa - pink
nero - black
blanco - white
marrone - brown
grigio - gray
blu scuro - indigo
dorato - golden
argento - silver
colorato - colourful
Can be printed on card or paper. By folding each sheet down the vertical center before laminating, you can create double-sided cards to review. Alternatively, images can be used separately, for matching activities, noticeboard displays etc.
If you find this product useful, please return to leave a review and let me know which topics to cover next time!
Mandarin Chinese flashcards for use in the classroom, or for self-study!
This PDF document contains 5 A4 pages of picture flashcards to print, a total of 15 different colours in Chinese. Each page contains 6 images, a colourful picture on the left, alongside the simplified Chinese character, with the pinyin pronunciation and tonal markers underneath.
Topic: Colours 颜色
Vocabulary included:
red 红色
yellow 黄色
green 绿色
blue 蓝色
purple 紫色
orange 橙色
pink 粉色
black 黑色
white 白色
brown 棕色
gray 灰色
navy 深蓝色
gold 金色
silver 银色
colorful 多彩
Can be printed on card or paper. By folding each sheet down the vertical center before laminating, you can create double-sided cards to review. Alternatively, images can be used separately, for matching activities, etc.
Please leave a review if you found these useful, and check back in at the Discover Languages shop for more Mandarin Chinese Flash Cards to come! 谢谢你!
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