TOEFL Speaking question 6 - Presentation and 10 Practice Questions with Audio Files Lesson Aims: -To introduce TOEFL Speaking Question 6 (Academic Listening - Listening to a Lecture) -To clarify the exam question timing (Listening / Preparation and speaking time) -To recommend a clear note taking strategy -To provide a clear structure for how to answer each question -To give a clear speaking frame with sentence starters for guidance -To give useful and relevant advice for answering each question -To offer a model question and high level example answer -To provide 10 example questions with audio files for extra practice (This lesson also includes hidden slides with transcripts so that the teacher can clearly read the content of each audio file)

TOEFL Speaking question 5 - Presentation and 10 Practice Questions with Audio Files Lesson Aims: -To introduce the TOEFL Speaking question 5 (Discussing a problem - Dialogue listening) -To clarify the exam question timing (Listening / preparation and speaking time) -To recommend a clear note taking strategy -To provide a clear structure for how to answer each question -To give a clear speaking frame with sentence starters for guidance -To give useful and relevant advice for answering each question -To offer a model question and high level example answer -To provide 10 example questions with audio files for extra practice (This lesson also contains hidden slides so that the teacher may view transcripts for the 10 practice question audio files)

TOEFL Speaking question 4 - Presentation and 10 Practice Questions with Audio Files Lesson aims: -To introduce the format of TOEFL speaking 4 (Integrated Question - Academic Reading - Monologue Listening) -To clarify the exam timing (reading / listening / preparation / speaking time) -To recommend a clear note taking strategy -To provide a clear structure for how to answer each question -To give a clear speaking frame with sentence starters for guidance -To give useful and relevant advice for answering each question -To offer a model question and high level example answer -To provide 10 example questions with audio files for listening for extra practice (There are also hidden slides which allow the teacher to view the audio transcripts for extra support while teaching this lesson)

TOEFL Speaking question 3 - Presentation and 10 Practice Questions with Audio Files Lesson aims: -To introduce the format of TOEFL speaking 3 (Integrated Question - Campus Notice Reading - Dialogue Listening) -To clarify the exam timing (reading / listening / preparation / speaking time) -To recommend a clear note taking strategy -To provide a clear structure for how to answer each question -To give a clear speaking frame with sentence starters for guidance -To give useful and relevant advice for answering each question -To offer a model question and high level example answer -To provide 10 example questions with audio files for listening for extra practice (There are also hidden slides which allow the teacher to view the audio transcripts for extra support while teaching this lesson)

PowerPoint presentations for TOEFL Speaking questions 1 and 2. Lesson Aims: -To introduce the type of question (open ended vs closed questions) -To clarify the exam question timing (prep and speaking time) -To recommend a clear note taking strategy -To provide a clear structure for how to answer each question -To give a clear speaking frame with sentence starters for guidance -To give useful and relevant advice for answering each question -To offer a model question and high level example answer -To provide further example questions for extra practice

This lesson series was developed for my National Geographic Educator Certification Program. To complete the program I had to make a video explanation of the lesson aims and outcomes. You can watch the video to get a sense of the lesson by clicking the NG Capstone project link. Aim: Students learn about Panda Conservation then take action to create posters that raise awareness about other mistreated animals in China. Panda Conservation Lesson 1- Pre-teach the conservation language (habitat, poacher, predator etc) 2- Reading tasks (transcript from a video) 3- Listening tasks (watch the video) 4- In depth comprehension questions about the reading and charts. 5- Discussion - Is the Panda safe from extinction? China’s Wildlife Protection Law Lesson 1- Introduce the situation of bear bile farms, tiger farms and shark finning 2- In groups, students do independent research and create posters 3- Students share what they’ve learned with each other

Level: Intermediate + Aim: Students learn about the history and culture behind Valentine’s day. Then they write their own simple love poem (Roses are red, Violets are blue…). Finally, they guess the missing words in cheesy pick-up lines.

Level: Beginner Aim: Students learn the days of the week with a focus on pronunciation and spelling. The song in the lesson should be sung to the tune of “Heigh Ho” from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

Level: Elementary Aim: Students learn/ review 15 words for places in a city then practise asking for and giving directions. Vocabulary in this lesson: Park School Café Hotel Cinema Train Station Police Station Supermarket Fire Station Bank Restaurant Post Office Pet Shop Hospital Book Shop Grammar in this lesson: The hotel is on 3rd Street. The hotel is opposite the restaurant. The café is next to the hotel. The hotel is between the café and the cinema. The school is behind the hotel. The café is at the corner of 1st Street and 3rd Street.

Level: Intermediate + Aim: Students learn about Psychology (the study of the mind and human behaviour) and psychology tests. Students try 4 psychology tests (The Rorschach Inkblot , The Stroop Effect, The Cube, A Personality Quiz) and work together with a partner while discussing them.

WARNING - This lesson is just an example of what you could teach about hobbies. It cannot be used exactly how it is. If you want to use this lesson, you will need to change many slides to personalise it about your own hobby. Aim: Students practise fluency in speaking and listening while giving a presentation about their main hobby and asking questions about their peer’s hobbies. The Lesson plan: 1 Students brainstorm as many hobbies as they can think of then discuss which ones they love/hate 2 The teacher gives a presentation about their own hobby (What, when, where, who, why, how) (These slides must be created on your own. I have uploaded my own example to give you an idea.) 3 Students then ask the teacher follow-up questions about their hobby. 4 Next students prepare to talk about their hobby. In small groups they take turns to present and ask further questions. 5 Finally, students discuss past and future hobbies.

Level: Intermediate Aim: Students learn 6 new words related to crime and practise using adverbs of certainty. Students work together in 2 murder mystery roleplays in which they need to piece together the evidence to catch the killers. Lesson Vocabulary: Crime Scene Evidence Murder weapon Witnesses Suspects Motive Lesson Grammar: It can’t be… It probably isn’t… It may/might/could be… It probably is… It definitely is…

Level: Intermediate - Upper-Intermediate Aim: Students learn about the effectiveness of non-verbal communication and discuss examples of positive and negative body language in an interview. Then, they are presented with the research of a social scientist (Amy Cuddy - Ted Talk “Your body language shapes who you are”) and discuss how this knowledge about body language can be applied to their own lives. Body language examples: Leaning forward/back Crossed arms Smiling (Avoiding) Eye contact Fidgeting hands Nodding Handshakes High/Lower-power poses

Level: Intermediate Aim: Students learn 9 movies genres and words related to movies. Then they learn how to talk about the setting, plot and characters. Finally, they listen to a piece of music and imagine a movie scene which they will then describe to their partner. Lesson Vocabulary : Movie Genres Action Martial Arts Animated Western Sci-Fi Horror Super Hero Rom-Com Comedy Movie Language Plot Characters Scene Setting Soundtrack Cast Special Effects Director

Level: Lower-Upper Intermediate Aim: 1 Students learn about different memory techniques that can assist learning English (tips for remembering names, breaking a long word into smaller chunks, using mnemonics etc.) 2 Students practise training their brains by remembering information in different memory games (the name game, memorising numbers and words, spot the missing word review, pair picture descriptions)

Level: Intermediate - Upper-Intermediate Aim: Students play a game of “Balderdash” to learn different business idioms related to body parts. Then they complete a gap-fill and play Pictionary to practise using them. Idioms in this lesson: To keep an eye on something To put your foot in it To hand it to someone To ask for an arm and a leg To do a head count To be up to your neck in work To put your back into it To keep your nose clean To keep your ear to the ground To give your right arm for something

Level: Upper-Intermediate **Aim: ** Students learn about different crimes and punishments and discuss them with a partner. At the end of the lesson they discuss a case in which two tourists in Thailand were sentenced to 10 years in prison for doing graffiti on an old city wall. Lesson Vocabulary Crimes: robbery, assault, fraud, vandalism, arson, murder, kidnapping, possessing drugs Punishments: community service, execution, fine, prison, solitary confinement, rehabilitation

Level: Upper Intermediate Aim: Students review common mistakes in useful email phrases. Activities: Email grammar auction, Gap-fill reading, proof-reading annotation activity, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Quiz.

Aim: Students learn what an Au Pair is and how they are different to baby sitters or nannies. Students read examples of Au Pair profiles and compare them. Then they make their own Au Pair profiles and talk about themselves in an interview with parents.