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I have a varied background working in both education and the corporate world. I've held management roles, teaching roles and entrepreneurial ventures. I've been involved in adult education for the past two decades. My teaching areas are computing and workplace communication skills. I also have my CELTA and have experience teaching English as a second language. I love creating resources for all of the above.
Professional, engaging, ready to use resources. PowerPoints, Worksheets, Crosswords
I have a varied background working in both education and the corporate world. I've held management roles, teaching roles and entrepreneurial ventures. I've been involved in adult education for the past two decades. My teaching areas are computing and workplace communication skills. I also have my CELTA and have experience teaching English as a second language. I love creating resources for all of the above.
This template can be used when applying for jobs. It is set out in the correct format. It is a fill in activity for those seeking employment or practicing letter writing skills.
Words that are in brackets should be replaced by your own specific situation. It is useful to encourage learners to research the company that they are applying to so that the letter shows that they have used their initiative.
This is a fun Christmas Activity that can be used as a gap fill or early finisher. It contains 18 common Christmas words. Suitable for all ages, and for ESL.
It comes in a pdf and word format in case you want to edit any descriptions to suit your learners.
This is a fun Christmas Crossword puzzle that can be used as a finisher or starter to test knowledge on common traditional vocabulary.
It is provided in a zip file that contains a pdf and an editable word document so that you can change the descriptions to suit learners needs if necessary.
When planning a project at work or school, it's important to get team members prepared for their roles, tasks and responsibilities within the team.
The resources contained in the bundle are all you need to help you accomplish this. The three that I would start with are:
Identifying your Values - choose values as a group
Workplace issues: Brainstorm, problem Solve and Create Smart goals
Team collaboration - important for all to understand how teams work.
These resources are tried and tested in the workplace by my learners with amazing results for project outcomes.
Lesson Starter / Warmup
Start the lesson with a fun dice game focussing on Personal Protective Equipment.
Move on to a mix and match group activity exploring common words taken from H&S Policies.
Mental health awareness reading passage and comprehension questions.
Ensure learners know about the forms to use in the workplace and when to use them with the Workplace Incident / Accident / Near Miss lesson and the Template to be filled in when an incident occurs.
Finish off with a fun crossword puzzle that reinforces the same words learnt previously.
Lots of room for discussion in these topics.
This is a Christmas Crack the Code fun activity that can be used as a finisher or gap fill or simply for fun! It contains 18 Christmas Words and an Answer Sheet
It is provided as a pdf and in a word document so that descriptions can be edited if required.
This resource contains Christmas and New Year Crossword puzzles, mix and match, word searches, word scrambles and much more.
They can be used as a finisher or gap fill or simply for fun! It contains 18 words for New Year’s and 18 words for Christmas. Use as a general resource or as an ESL lesson to gain familiarity with vocabulary around this these holiday celebrations
It is provided as a pdf and in a word document so that descriptions can be edited if required.
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Email is the most common form of communication in the workplace and it is important to get it right. The Resource contains an e-book that contains six critical steps to ensuring your email is delivered to the recipient in a professional manner. Common mistakes have been addressed for those that have English as a Second Language and there are some practical exercises to be completed around grammar within. The answers are also supplied.
The second resource is a PowerPoint presentation that is useful for leadership coaching. It is interactive, and in the notes page of the presentation there are examples of activities for the learners to participate in as you work your way through the presentation.
The average office worker receives around 80 emails each day. With that volume of mail, individual messages can easily get overlooked. Follow these simple rules to get your emails noticed and acted upon.
Don't overcommunicate by email.
Make good use of subject lines.
Keep messages clear and brief.
Be polite.
Check your tone.
Proofread.
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This course will assist you in identifying behaviour traits within yourself that could be creating barriers to effective communication both in the workplace and your personal life.
It covers:
Passive, Assertive and Aggressive styles of communication
Ideas for gaining Confidence
The use of I statements to clearly communicate your message.
This is an interactive PowerPoint presentation that contains activities for learners to practice their communication skills.
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Contents
This resource contains rules, examples, and short challenges for commonly confused words and grammatical errors. It is fully editable so that you can change examples to suit your audience if you wish. They can be printed out and cut up to use in group / pair activities or printed out as a whole resource (workbook) for learners to work on individually. It covers the following:
1. There, Their, They’re
2. To, Two, Too
3. Accept vs Except
4. Your vs. You’re
5. A lot vs alot vs allot
6. Lose vs Loose
7. Its vs It’s
8. No vs know
9. Threw vs through
10. Correct use of semi-colon (;)
11. Affect vs Effect
12. Assure, Ensure, Insure
13. Proper use of Commas
14. Using ‘s’ to show plural and possessive (the difference)
15. Passed vs past
16. Weather vs whether
17. A vs An
18. Capitalisation in Sentences
19. Farther vs further
20. Compliment vs complement
How to Use this Resource
This resource contains 20 rules and example cards that can be used in the following ways:
1. As a revision e-book for anyone that needs a quick refresh on the most common writing errors.
2. As a group or pair activity for learners to practice and test each other in various ways.
Instructions / Ideas for Group Activities
Activity 1 – Group or pair competition
1. Print out the rules that you would like your learners to work on. (Laminate to keep them fresh, if you want).
2. Hand out 1 card to each pair or group. Have them read it and complete the short challenge. (Check to see if they have it correct – an answer sheet is provided)
3. Learners then present their task to whole group to complete (on whiteboard). This can be timed.
4. Groups get 1 point for each task that is correct.
5. Groups then brainstorm ideas to remember the associated rules.
6. Points are tallied up and the winner is announced.
Activity 2 – Group discussion and trouble shoot session
1. Learners select a card and read it to the group
2. They complete the task themselves first of all writing up sentence and answer on whiteboard.
3. Group members state whether they agree or not with the answer and share their thoughts
4. The correct answer is revealed by the teacher
5. Groups brainstorm ideas to remember the rules.
Activity 3 – Individual work
1. Print out the resource in its entirety, or print out parts that you’d like to work on.
2. Learners complete by themselves, and then check their answers in pairs.
3. Answers revealed by teacher and corrected if necessary.
Activity 4 – As a Warm Up Activity
1. Select one card at the beginning of the session
2. Group discuss and agree the answer for the task.
3. In pairs or individually think up more tasks to challenge the rest of the group.
This resource contains rules, examples, and short challenges for commonly confused words and grammatical errors. It covers the following:
1. There, Their, They’re
2. To, Two, Too
3. Accept vs Except
4. Your vs. You’re
5. A lot vs alot vs allot
6. Lose vs Loose
7. Its vs It’s
8. No vs know
9. Threw vs through
10. Correct use of semi-colon (;)
This resource contains 10 rules and example cards that can be used in the following ways:
1. As a revision e-book for anyone that needs a quick refresh on the most common writing errors.
2. As a group or pair activity for learners to practice and test each other in various ways.
Instructions / Ideas for Group Activities
Activity 1 – Group or pair competition
1. Print out the rules that you would like your learners to work on. (Laminate to keep them fresh, if you want).
2. Hand out 1 card to each pair or group. Have them read it and complete the short challenge. (Check to see if they have it correct – an answer sheet is provided)
3. Learners then present their task to the rest of the groups to complete (on whiteboard). This can be timed.
4. Groups get 1 point for each task that is correct.
5. Groups then brainstorm ideas to remember the associated rules.
6. Points are tallied up and the winner is announced.
Activity 2 – Group discussion and trouble shoot session
1. Learners select a card and read it to the group
2. They complete the task themselves first of all writing up sentence and answer on whiteboard.
3. Group members state whether they agree or not with the answer and share their thoughts
4. The correct answer is revealed by the teacher
5. Groups brainstorm ideas to remember the rules.
Activity 3 – Individual work
1. Print out the resource in its entirety, or print out parts that you’d like to work on.
2. Learners complete by themselves, and then check their answers in pairs.
3. Answers revealed by teacher and corrected if necessary.
Activity 4 – As a Warm up Activity
1. Select one card at the beginning of the session
2. Group discuss and agree the answer for the task.
3. In pairs or individually think up more tasks to challenge the rest of the group.
This is an editable resource in the form of a power point presentation that covers 20 of the most common writing errors. It can be used in classes to test learners knowledge in group settings. The explanations are contained in the notes area. This will be useful for discussion.
1. There, Their, They’re
2. To, Two, Too
3. Accept vs Except
4. Your vs. You’re
5. A lot vs alot vs allot
6. Lose vs Loose
7. Its vs It’s
8. No vs know
9. Threw vs through
10. Correct use of semi-colon (;)
11. Affect vs Effect
12. Assure, Ensure, Insure
13. Proper use of Commas
14. Using ‘s’ to show plural and possessive (the difference)
15. Passed vs past
16. Weather vs whether
17. A vs An
18. Capitalisation in Sentences
19. Farther vs further
20. Compliment vs complement
This is an editable resource in the form of a power point presentation that covers 10 of the most common writing errors. It can be used in classes to test learners knowledge in group settings. The explanations are contained in the notes area. This will be useful for discussion.
1. There, Their, They’re
2. To, Two, Too
3. Accept vs Except
4. Your vs. You’re
5. A lot vs alot vs allot
6. Lose vs Loose
7. Its vs It’s
8. No vs know
9. Threw vs through
10. Correct use of semi-colon (;)
This document contains common words that are found in Health and Safety documentation in the workplace that everyone should be familiar with. On the first page the word is listed with a plain English definition to the right. The next two pages contain cut outs so that a mix and match activity can take place with learners. This is suitable for those with low levels of literacy and / or English as a second language learners. I have put this into practice and it has been very well received within the workplace.
I split the class into groups and they have a competition to see who can finish first and / or get 100% accuracy. Leads to good discussions as well.
An elevator speech can be used to introduce yourself, talk about your company, network or pitch an idea. Everyone should have an elevator speech for different situations. It allows you to clearly and concisely get your message across so that others understand you and your intentions.
This presentation focuses on using an Elevator Speech in a workplace environment. By the end of the presentation learners will have created and practiced their own elevator speech.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what an elevator speech is.
- Understand why you need to have an elevator speech.
- Learn how to prepare an elevator speech.
- Learn how to deliver an elevator speech.
These templates are quick and easy for you to use and fully editable. Suitable for small / medium size businesses and sole traders.
Includes:
Project Templates in Powerpoint
Training Proposal Template
Meeting and Agenda Templates
Marketing plan Template
Computer Training Needs Analysis forms
The objective of the game is for players to become familiar with past and present tense irregular verbs. The winner of the game will have matched up the most present and past tense verbs. It is a mixture of knowledge, luck and good memory skills.
This resource contains two files. A word document (so that it can be edited if necessary) and a pdf document. Answer key is included.
1. Print out the pages with the irregular verbs on them. (laminate to preserve if you want)
2. Keep piles separated (past tense verbs are underlined).
3. Have learners work in pairs or groups
4. Place the present tense verbs face down spread out in one area and the past tense verbs in another area. (Keeping them in rows and columns is best).
5. Player 1 turns over one card from the present tense and then tries to find the matching verb from the past tense area.
6. If a match is not made, they turn the cards back over and the next person has their turn.
7. When a match is made the learner keeps the two cards.
8. The winner is the player with the most cards at the end of the game.
9. Optional – learners to then make up sentences with the verbs for extra points.
This is a Christmas activity that can be used as a finisher or gap fill or simply for fun! It contains 18 Christmas Words that students need to match up. Print and go worksheet.
It is provided as a pdf and in a word document so that descriptions can be edited if required to suit your learners.
Running a successful meeting is an essential business skill. Much time can be wasted in unproductive meetings. This PowerPoint presentation will take you through all the steps from creating an agenda to running the meeting, to summarizing. It is an interactive presentation that includes teachers notes for additional information and ideas to use with learners / students.
It also includes worksheets, processes and templates for learners / students to use throughout the lesson.
The files are editable and are provided in both pdf, power-point and word format.
Learning Objectives:
To save an organization time and money by running meetings efficiently.
To understand the importance of planning a meeting.
To be able to create and use documentation associated with running a meeting
The files are editable and are provided in both pdf, powerpoint and word format.
This resource contains a Worksheet with 3 different exercises to practice changing a verb to a noun using word endings. Simply printout and handout to class.
Both pdf and .doc files are included for if you wish to change the words in the tables. An Answer sheet is also provided.
The game is a mix n match cut out activity.
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Communications, Workplace, ESOL and Computing Resources